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Wildlife Sightings 25/05/2025

Weather : Windy, Sunny

River Wear Tide Level : Mid

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Avocet14 nests

41

Shelduck

38

Black headed gull27 nest

65

Grey Heron

8, 16 juv

Greylag goose

43, 1 gosling

Shoveller

8

Common Tern7 nests

31

Herring Gull

1

Common Gull

2 1st Winter

Gadwall

34 (3f, 31m)

Canada goose

43

Tufted duck

11

Teal

4

Lapwing1 on meadow

6

Swallow

1

Lesser black backed gull

2

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Nuthatch

2

Great Spotted Woodpecker

Female

Goldfinch

1

Stock dove

1

Bullfinch

1

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Reedbunting

Amphibian Ponds

2 male calling

Shelduck

River Wear

5

Cormorant

River Wear

1 diving

Tufted Duck

River Wear

1 pair

Greater Whitethroat

Amphibian Ponds

1 singing

Avocet

Saline Lagoon

2

Shoveller

Saline Lagoon

1 pair

Goldcrest

Southwood

1 calling

Black cap

Middlewood

1 singing

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Mammals: Amphibians / Fish:Invertebrates:Flora / Fungi:

Common Stinkhorn fungus x1 @ Wader Lake footpath

Tree bumblebee x1 @Wader Lake footpath

Silver ground carpet moth x1 Hawthorn Wood

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