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Wildlife Sightings 27/04/2023

Wildlife Sightings 27/04/2023

Weather: Cloudy

River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake Species

Shelduck - 40
Avocet - 42
Shoveler - 4
Teal - 6
Gadwall - 4
Oystercatcher - 4
Swallow - 3
Lapwing - 12
Canalag - 1
Canada Goose - 23
Greylag Goose - 10
Grey Heron - 27
Herring Gull - 13
Black-headed Gull - 3
Lesser Black-Backed Gull - 2
Tufted Duck - 7
Redshank - 2

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Robin - 2
G.S.Woodpecker - 1
Dunnock - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Reed Bunting - 1
Bullfinch - 4
Chaffinch - 3
Long-tailed tit - 2
Great tit - 2
Coal tit - 2

Saline Lagoon

Gadwall - 2
Canada Goose - 2
Oystercatcher - 1
Shelduck - 8

Reservoir

Tufted duck - 20
Canada Goose - 1
Greylag Goose - 1

Other Birds Noted Around Site

Kestrel - 1 @Corner Meadow
Kestrel - 2 @Hawthorn Wood
Tufted Duck - 18 @River Wear
Cormorant - 1 @River Wear
Oystercatcher - 1 @ Flying over Amphibian Ponds
Willow tit (red+white ringed, red+yellow ringed) - 2 @Wader Lake Footpath
Jay - 1 @ Gully
Blackcap - 1 @ Middle Wood
Grey Heron - 1 @ Flying over Orchard


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