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Wildlife Sightings 21/5/2025

Wildlife Sightings 21/5/2025

Weather : Cool/Cloudy

River Wear Tide Level : High, going out

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Grey Heron

3

Avocet

32

Tufted Duck

9m 6f

Mallard

7

Lapwing

5

Black-Headed Gull

38

Common Tern

17

Gadwall

18

Greylag Goose

32+1 juv

Shelduck

27

Canada Goose

15

Oystercatcher

1

Herring Gull

23

Lesser Black Backed Gull

3

Shoveler

2m

Moorhen

5

Coot

3

Redshank

2

Swallow

3

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Bullfinch

2m 1f

Coal tit

2

Robin

1

Goldfinch

4

Mallard

2

Greenfinch

1

Moorhen

1

Blue tit

1

Great Spotted Woodpecker

1m

Magpie

1

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Grey Heron

Heronry

10

Canada Goose

Wader Lake Meadow

8

Greylag Goose

Wader Lake Meadow

3

Shelduck

Wader Lake Meadow

10

Cormorant

River Wear

2

Shelduck

River Wear

4

Bullfinch

The Lookout

1m 1f

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

6+8 juv

Redshank

Saline Lagoon

2

Black Headed Gull

Saline Lagoon

1

Tufted Duck

Reservoir

8m 5f

Shoveler

Reservoir

1m

Gadwall

Reservoir

2m 1f

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