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Wildlife Sightings - 21/06/23

Wildlife Sightings - 21/06/23

Weather: Bright, sunny
River Wear Tide Level: Mid


Wader Lake Species

Gadwall - 2 female & 7 ducklings (2 broods, 1 of 6 & 1 of 1)
Avocet - 34 & 2 chicks (1 brood of 2)
Tufter Duck - 1 female & 9 ducklings
Common Tern - 52 & 18 chicks
Black-headed Gull - 39 & 43 chicks
Shelduck - 18 & 18 young (2 broods, 1 of 14 & 1 of 4)
Greylag - 1
Shoveler - 1 male
Oystercatcher - 2
Lapwing - 5
Teal - 1 male & 2 female
Redshank - 3


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Goldfinch - 1
Reed Bunting - 1 male
Great Tit - 2
Blue Tit - 1 & 2 juvenile
Chaffinch - 1 male & 1 female
Greenfinch - 1 female
Bullfinch - 1 juvenile
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 juvenile


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Canada Goose (River Wear) - 2
Lapwing (Saline Lagoon) - 7
Shelduck (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Grey Heron (Saline Lagoon) - 1 juvenile
Teal (Saline Lagoon) - 2
Mallard (Amphibian Pond) - 1 female & 8 ducklings

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