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Wildlife Sightings 8/07/2023

Wildlife Sightings 8/07/2023

Weather: Bright, Warm

River Wear Tide Level: High

The Lookout

Goldfinch - 1 juv.
Bullfinch - 2
Dunnock - 1
Chaffinch - 2 m, 2 f

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Chaffinch - 3 m, 2 f
Bullfinch - 1 m, 1 f
Robin - 1
Great tit - 3
Blue tit - 3
Jay - 1
Stock Dove - 2

Saline Lagoon

Lapwing - 4
Common Sandpiper - 2
Shelduck - 2
Reed warbleer - 3 (heard)
Herring Gull - 7
Black-headed Gull - 1
Mallard - 1 1 f + 6 ducklings

River Wear

Mute Swan - 1

Filter Reedbed

Reed Bunting - 1 (heard)

Reservoir

Tufted duck - 5 + 17 ducklings
Mallard - 3 ducklings
Canalag Geese - 4 Juv.

Mammals

Hedgehog (juv.) @ The Lookout

Invertebrates

Meadow Brown - across site
Small Skipper x 1 @ Wader Lake Footpath

Flora/Fungi

Gorse Seeds popping @ Saline Lagoon