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Wildlife Sightings 24/06/2023

Wildlife Sightings 24/06/2023

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Avocet - 30
Lapwing - 26 + 1 chick
Redshank - 12 + 2 juv.
Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks
Common Tern - 60 + 16 chicks
B.H. Gull - 400 + 16 chicks
Gadwall (5 juv. + 5 ducklings + 8 adult) - 18
Shoveler (2juv. + 3 adult) - 5
Teal (8m , 1f) - 9
Tufted Duck (4 broods of 32 ducklings) - 9
Shelduck (3 broods of 16 ducklings) - 11
Grey Heron - 12
Swallow 12 + 6 juv.
Swift - 2
Kestrel 1 m

Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station

G.S. Woodpecker - 2 m + 2 juv.
Bullfinch - 2 m + 1 juv.
Wood Pigeon - 1
Moorhen - 2 + 1 chick
Great tit - 1 + 6 juv.
Stock dove - 3
Chaffinch - 2 m, 2 f + 1 juv
Mallard - 1 f + 3 chicks
Blue tit - 1 + 5 juv.
Dunnock - 1

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 25
Redshank - 6

River Wear

Cormorant - 1