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Wildlife Sightings 3/06/2023

Wildlife Sightings 3/06/2023

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Avocet (2 broods with 3 chicks each) - 36 + 6 chicks
Oystercatcher (1 brood - 3 chicks + 1 pair nesting) - 4 + 3 chicks
Lapwing - 5
Redshank - 2
Common Tern - 240
B.H. Gull (first brood of chicks hatched) - 107 + 3 chicks
Teal - 2 (m)
Shoveler (1 brood of ducklings, 3 days old) - 5 + 3 ducklings
Gadwall - 28
Shelduck - 11 + 9 ducklings
Grey Heron - 12 ad. + 14 juv.

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

G.S. Woodpecker - 1 (m)
Nuthatch - 1
Stock Dove - 2
Goldfinch - 4
Greenfinch - 4
Bullfinch - 4
Chaffinch - 3
Coal tit - 2

Bird Species Noted around Site

RED-BREASTED GEESE (pair) @ Ganderland

Common Whitethroat @ Across site - 2
Song Thrush @ Wader Lake Footpath - 1 + 2 juv.