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Wildlife Sightings - 20/10/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 20/10/2022

Weather: raining

River Wear tide level: mid

A.M

Wader lake:

Teal - 91

Moorhen - 17

Dunlin - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Hawthorn Wood:

Willow tit - 1

Coal tit - 2

Greenfinch - 3

Chaffinch - 12

Bullfinch - 3

Robin - 1

Dunnock - 2

Nuthatch - 1

Great tit - 5

Blue tit - 6

Other birds noted on site:

Goldcrest - 1 (Slick Gill Hedge)

Buzzard - 1 (Hidden Meadow Hedge)

Little Grebe - 1 (River Wear)

Cormorant - 1 (River Wear)

Sparrow Hawk - 1 (Heron Hedge)

Goldfinch - 12 (Wader Lake path)

Siskin - 3 (Wader Lake path)

Little Egret - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Curlew - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Redshank - 2 (Saline Lagoon)

Common Snipe - 1 (Saline Lagoon)

Other Wildlife Species spotted around grounds:

Flora / Fungi:

Grey Knight

Scrambled Egg Fungus

Birch Blypor (North Wood)