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Wildlife Sightings 5/05/2023

Wildlife Sightings 5/05/2023

Weather: Overcast, Drizzly

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Gadwall - 5
Common Tern - 104
Avocet - 22
Tufted Duck - 12
Shelduck - 12
Oystercatcher - 2
Grey heron - 27
Common Snipe - 2
Redshank - 2
Lapwing - 13 + 2 chicks
Barn Swallow - 1
Kestrel - 1 (m)

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Willow warbler - 1
Nuthatch - 1
Bullfinch - 2
Great tit - 6
Robin - 1
Blue tit - 3
Goldfinch - 2
Magpie - 1
Coal tit - 1
Greenfinch - 1

Wader Lake Meadow

Greylag Goose - 15
Canada Goose - 19
Canalag Goose - 1

River Wear

Black-headed Gull - 15
Shelduck - 16
Tufted Duck - 4
Herring Gull - 1 imm.
Cormorant - 1

The Lookout

Chaffinch - 3
Blue tit - 2
Bullfinch - 3

Reservior

Tufted Duck - 8