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Wildlife Sightings - 27/06/25

Wildlife Sightings - 27/06/25

Wildlife Sightings Daily Log

Date: 27/06/2025

Weather: Overcast

River Wear Tide Level: High

am

Wader Lake Species

Water Level

Total

Avocet

22

Oystercatcher

5 +2juv

Common Snipe

1

Little Ringed Plover

1

Lapwing

35

Black-Tailed Godwit

1

Sand Martin

1

Swallow

1

Shelduck

8 +23juv

Grey Heron

1

Mallard

1

Shoveler

2m 1f

Black Headed Gull

94 +7juv

Herring Gull

11

Lesser Black Backed Gull

1

Common Tern

39 +8juv

Greylag

1

Stock Dove

2

Moorhen

3

Coot

3

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Chaffinch

2m 3f +2juv

Blue tit

2

Great-Spotted Woodpecker

1

Coal Tit

1

Goldfinch

3 +1juv

Robin

1 +1juv

Bullfinch

2m 1f +2juv

Mallard

1f

Great Tit

6

Pheasant

1m

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Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Grey Heron

Heronry

2

Bullfinch

Wader Lake Footpath

2m

Goldfinch

Wader Lake Footpath

2

Wren

Northumbrian Water Hide

1 +2juv

Common Buzzard

WWT Washington

1

Willow Tit

Wet Woodland

1 +2juv

Tufted Duck

Reservoir

6m 5f +4juv

Mallard

Reservoir

3m 4f

Teal

Saline Lagoon

1m

Curlew

Saline Lagoon

1

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

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

Small Tortoiseshell x2Meadowsweet

@Amphibian PondsRosebay Willow Herb

Ringlet x3@Wader Lake

@Wader Lake Footpath

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