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Wildlife Sightings 8/05/2023

Wildlife Sightings 8/05/2023

Weather: Raining

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Shelduck - 39
Tufted Duck - 23
Avocet - 31
Canada Goose - 22
Black-headed Gull - 26
Common Tern - 7
Oystercatcher - 2
Grey Heron - 18
Swallow - aprox 10
Gadwall - 2
Lapwing - 9
Redshank - 2
Greylag - (10 ad. + 5 goslings) - 15
Shoveler - 1
Common Sandpiper - 1
Sand martin - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Dunnock - 2
Robin - 2
Reed Bunting - 1
G.S.Woodpecker - 1
Chaffinch - 1
Bullfinch - 5
Blue tit - 3
Great tit - 2

River Wear

Shelduck - 11
Tufted Duck - 6
Black-headed Gull - 4
Lesser black-backed Gull - 2

Saline Lagoon

Grey Heron - 1
Oystercatcher - 1
Tufted Duck - 2
Shelduck - 3
Avocet - 1

Wader Lake Footpath

Goldfinch - 3
Willow tit - 1 (heard)

Filter Reedbed

Grey heron - 1