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Wildlife Sightings 28/05/2025

Wildlife Sightings 28/05/2025

Weather : Overcast

River Wear Tide Level : Mid, going out

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Avocet

25

Oystercatcher

2

Black Headed Gull

28

Herring Gull

5

Shelduck

17

Little Ringed Plover

1

Lapwing

9

Shoveler

2m 1f

Common Tern

45

Gadwall

23

Pied Wagtail

1

Tufted Duck

5m 4f

Moorhen

4

Coot

3

Grey Heron

3

Mallard

6

Redshank

1

Teal

1m

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Great Spotted Woodpecker

1m

Blue tit

2

Goldfinch

6

Robin

1

Chaffinch

1m

Stock dove

1

Greenfinch

2

Moorhen

1

Great tit

1

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Songthrush

Hawthorn Wood

1

Nuthatch

Hawthorn Wood

1

Mallard

Reservoir

5

Shelduck

Reservoir

1

Tufted duck

Reservoir

1m 1f

Shoveler

Saline Lagoon

1m

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

2

Avocet

Saline Lagoon

1

Blackcap

Gully

1m +3juv

Grey Heron

Heronry

8

Chiff chaff

Events Lawn

1

Song Thrush

Events Lawn

1

Long Tailed Tit

North Wood

3

Willow Warbler

Wader Lake Footpath

1

Dunnock

Wader Lake Footpath

1

Chiff Chaff

Wader Lake Footpath

1

Goldfinch

Wader Lake Footpath

2

Bullfinch

The Lookout

1m

Chaffinch

The Lookout

1m

Great Spotted Woodpecker

The Lookout

1

Chaffinch

The Lookout

1m

Great Spotted Woodpecker

The Lookout

1

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

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

Poplar hawk moth x 3

Brimstone moth x 1

Cinnabar moth x 2

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