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Wildlife Sightings - 06/06/25

Wildlife Sightings Daily Log

Date: 06/06/2025

Weather: Overcast

River Wear Tide Level: High

am

Wader Lake Species

Water Level

Total

Swallow

2

Oystercatcher(1 Nesting)

3

Little Ringed Plover

1

Lapwing

25

Avocet(11 Nesting)

24

Gadwall

8m 6f

Mallard

5

Tufted Duck

1m

Shelduck

14 +8juv

Teal

3m

Shoveler

2m

Common Tern(29 Nesting)

50

Black Headed Gull(32 Nesting)

81

Herring Gull

2

Lesser Black Backed Gull

3

Canada Goose

2

Moorhen(1 Nesting)

2

Coot

Spoonbill

2

1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Area

Total

Bullfinch

2m 1f +1juv

Blue tit

2 +1juv

Greenfinch

1

Great Tit

1 +1juv

Goldfinch

3 +1juv

Chaffinch

1m 1f +1juv

Nuthatch

1

Moorhen

1

Great-Spotted Woodpecker

1m

Magpie

2 + 2juv

am

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Location

Total

Grey Heron

Heronry

10

Shelduck

Wader Lake Meadow

4

Shelduck

Saline Lagoon

2

Black Headed Gull

Saline Lagoon

4

Herring Gull

River Wear

52

Cormorant

River Wear

1

Tufted Duck

River Wear

2m 1f

Mallard

Reservoir

3

Tufted Duck

Reservoir

1m 1f

Canada Goose

Reservoir

1

Blackbird

Hollow Wood

2m 2f

Wren

Hollow Wood

2

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