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Wildlife Sightings 25/11/2023

Wildlife Sightings 25/11/2023
Weather: Cold/Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Shelduck - 2 + 2 overhead

Moorhen - 4

Teal - 24

Black-headed Gull - 48

Herring Gull - 2

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Blue Tit - 9

Great Tit - 6

Coal Tit - 2

Chaffinch - 2 (F) 3 (M)

Bullfinch - 4 (F) 2M)

Goldfinch - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Robin - 3

Stock Dove - 1

Moorhen - 3

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Blackbird - Around site - 18

Greylag - Flying overhead - 5

Kestrel - Spring Gill - 1

Bullfinch - Amphibian Ponds - 2 (M)

Mallard - Reservoir - 23

Tufted Duck - Reservoir - 16

Redshank - River Wear - 2

Black-headed Gull - River Wear - 163

Grey Heron - River Wear - 2

Goosander - River Wear - 3 (M) 1 (F)

Mute Swan - River Wear - 1 (juv )

Cormorant - River Wear - 1

Mallard - River Wear - 43

Pheasant - Wader Lake Meadow - 2 (M)

Canada Goose - Wader Lake Meadow - 1

Flora/Fungi

Candle snuff - Northwood + Spring Gill

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