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Wildlife sightings - first redpoll of the autumn season

Wader Lake AM mid-low: Teal 52 Mallard 9 Shoveler 1 Redshank 3 Lapwing 3 Tufted duck 1 Wader Lake footpath: Redpoll 2 (first of the autumn season) Siskin [...]

1 min read • 27 October 2011

Wader Lake AM mid-low:

Teal 52

Mallard 9

Shoveler 1

Redshank 3

Lapwing 3

Tufted duck 1

Wader Lake footpath:

Redpoll 2 (first of the autumn season)

Siskin 9

Hawthorn Wood feeding station:

Great tit 6

Blue tit 3

Bullfinch 3

Goldfinch 3

Coal tit 4

Chaffinch 2

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

River Wear:

Grey heron 1

Cormorant 1

Plus grey squirrel spotted in Hawthorn Wood and near the dragonfly ponds.

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Wildlife sightings - first redpoll of the autumn season

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