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Wildlife Sightings 5/5/2025

Wildlife Sightings 5/5/2025

Weather : Overcast

River Wear Tide Level : Mid

am/pm

Wader Lake Species


Total

Gadwall

4

Common Tern*overhead*

3

Avocet

12

Herring gull

36

Grey Heron

8 ad, 2 juv

Canada goose

15

Greylag

25

Sedge warbler*reed end*

1 calling

Tufted duck

9

Shovellers*2 pairs*

4m, 2f

Black headed gull

29, 1 nest

Shelduck

32

Canada goose

18

Lapwing*1 nesting on meadow*

9

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Great Spotted Woodpecker

1m, 1f

Blue tit

3

Goldfinch

Calling

Long tailed-tit

4

am/pm

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Black caps

Spring Gill

2 calling

Reed warbler

Saline Lagoon

1 calling

Sedge warbler

River reedbed

1 calling

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

12

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