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Wildlife Sightings 26/12/2022

Wildlife Sightings 26/12/2022

Weather: Icy

River Wear Ride Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Black-headed gull (7 1st Winter) - 52
Grey heron - 1
Herring Gull - 65
Curlew - 1
Lapwing - 8
Greylag goose - 3
Shelduck - 2
Whooper Swan (Flying over lake) - 2

Wader Lake Footpath

Robin - 1
Bullfinch - 1 (m)
Siskin - 4
Goldfinch - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

GS Woodpecker - 1 (heard)
Nuthatch - 1
Robin - 4
Goldfinch - 1
Bullfinch - 2 (1m, 1f)
Coal tit - 2
Chaffinch - 2 (1m, 1f)
Great tit - 4
Blue tit - 3

Saline Lagoon

Greylag - 2
Little Egret - 1
Grey heron - 1

The Lookout

Siskin - 6
Robin - 3
Dunnock - 2
Bullfinch - 7 ((4f, 3m)
Great tit - 2
Blue tit - 2
Chaffinch - 2 (1m, 1f)

River Wear

Teal - 4

Mammals

Roe Deer North Wood - 3












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