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Wildlife Sightings 20/06/2025

Wildlife Sightings 20/06/2025

Weather : Sunny, Hot

River Wear Tide Level : High

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Avocet

34 + 1 chick

Oystercatcher

4 + 3 chicks

Shelduck

33 + 22 ducklings

Greylag

3

Curlew

1

Mallard

3m 2f

Canada Goose

2

Shoveler

2m

Teal

2m

Grey Heron

4

Black headed gull

78 + 4 chicks

Common Tern

35 + 2 chicks

Herring gull

14

Lesser Black backed gull

1

Lapwing

42

Little Ringed Plover

1

Moorhen

3

Starling

1

Gadwall

3

Carrion Crow

2

Magpie

2

Coot

2

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Bullfinch

2m 1f 1 juv

Pheasant

1f

Blue tit

3

Mallard

1f

Great tit

3

Stock dove

3

Chaffinch

2m 1f

Goldfinch

4

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Redshank

Saline Lagoon

9

Oystercatcher

Saline Lagoon

1

Lapwing

Saline Lagoon

17

Moorhen

Saline Lagoon

1

Pheasant

Saline Lagoon

1m 1f

Mallard

Saline Lagoon

1m 1f

Herring gull

River Wear

62

Mallard

Reservoir

7m 5f

Tufted Duck

Reservoir

7m 6f

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