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Wildlife Sightings - 21/07/2023

Wildlife Sightings - 21/07/2023

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Weather - Cloudy, light rain

River Wear Tide Level - Mid

Wader Lake Species

Greylag Goose - 9

Avocet - 28

Black-headed Gull - 86 (16 chicks)

Common Tern - 8 (1 chick)

Curlew - 3

Teal - 10

Shelduck - 2 (+10 ducklings)

Grey Heron - 9

Lapwing - 216

Ruff - 3

Oystercatcher - 1

Tufted Duck - 1 male (+2 ducklings)


Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Coal Tit - 2

Great Tit - 2 + 4 juvs

Bullfinch - 1 male + 2 females

Chaffinch - 2 males + 2 females

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 male + 1 juv

Magpie - 1

Stalk Dove - 1

Dunnock - 1


Bird Species Noted Around Site

Lesser Black-backed Gull - River Wear - 4

Grey Heron - River Wear - 1

Black-headed Gull - River Wear - 11

Common Tern - River Wear - 2

Herring Gull - River Wear - 26

Common Gull - River Wear - 1

Kestrel - Corner Meadow - 1 juv

Canada Goose - Corner Meadow - 2 (+ 5 goslings)

Lapwing - Saline Lagoon - 11

Woodpigeon - Saline Lagoon - 8

Tufted Duck - Reservoir - 4 male + 1 female (+4 ducklings)

Coot - Reservoir - 1