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Wildlife Sightings 7/06/2025

Wildlife Sightings 7/06/2025

Weather : Sunny Intervals

River Wear Tide Level: High

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Wader Lake Species


Total

Oystercatcher

(1 pair with 3 chicks west end of Lake) (1 pair nest scraping middle of lake) (1 pair nesting on top of Sand Martin bank)

6 + 3 Chicks

Little Ringed Plover

2

Lapwing

22

Avocet(11 Nesting)

24

Redshank

2

Gadwall

16m 6f

Tufted Duck

4m + 3f

Shelduck

14 + 8juv

Teal

3m

Shoveler

2m

Grey Heron

22

Little Egret (in Heronry)

1

Common Tern(28 Nesting)

55

Black Headed Gull(32 Nesting)

80

Swallow

2

Sand Martin

2

Stock Dove

5 + 5 juv

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Bullfinch

5m 1f + 2 juv

Willow Tit

1 + 2 juv

Greenfinch

3

Blue tit

6 + 8 juv

Goldfinch

11 + 7 juv

Great Tit

2 + 5 juv

Chaffinch

2m

Nuthatch

2

Long-Tailed Tit

2 + 5 juv

G.S Woodpecker

1m

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Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Lesser Whitethroat

Amphibian Pond

1

Reed Bunting

Saline Lagoon

1

Grey Heron

Wet Wood

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Chiffchaff

Wet Wood

1

Willow Warbler

Wet Wood

1

Other Wildlife Species Noted Around Site

Mammals :Invertebrates :Flora / Fungi:

Roe Deer Speckled Wood Bee Orchid

2 @Lagoon bank Longhorn Moth @path edge towards Play Area

@Wet WoodWater Forget me not

@Wet Wood

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