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Wildlife Sightings - 29/06/26

Wildlife Sightings - 29/06/26

A quiet overcast morning before the sun came out, Black Headed Gull chicks are getting adventures and walking all around the lake on their own stretching their legs and wings. A pair of juvenile Great Spotted Woodpeckers at Hawthorn Wood Feeding station, look for the all red cap which indicated it’s a juvenile.

am/pm
Wader Lake Species
Water Level
Total
Avocet
20
Oystercatcher
1
Lapwing
14
Common Tern
16
Shelduck
2+7juv
Mallard
7
Black Headed Gull
77+26juv
Gadwall
11
Teal
1m+2f
Greylag
2
Grey Heron
2
Moorhen
2
Coot
1
am/pm
Bird Species Noted Around Site
Location
Total
Black Headed Gull
River Wear
32
Herring Gull
River Wear
9
Redshank
River Wear
2
Curlew
River Wear
1
Chiffchaff
Amphibian Ponds
1
Sedge Warbler
Amphibian Ponds
1♫
Goldfinch
Wader Lake Footpath
3
Blackbird
Wader Lake Footpath
1m 1f
Oystercatcher
Saline Lagoon
1
Grey Heron
Saline Lagoon
1
Great Spotted Woodpecker
Hawthorn Wood Feeding station
2juv
Blue Tit
Hawthorn Wood Feeding station
1juv
Tufted Duck
Reservoir
4+1juv
Mallard
Reservoir
6

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site  

Mammals:
Roe Deer x2
@Hidden Meadow
Amphibians / Fish:
Invertebrates:
Red Admiral x1
Speckled Wood x2
@Wader Lake Footpath
        Flora / Fungi: