Path closures and Chilean flamingos off show

Due to the current weather conditions, parts of our site are closed for safety. Please ask on arrival which areas are accessible that day. Our Chilean flamingo flock is also currently being housed indoors. This is a temporary measure as a precaution to avian influenza (bird flu). We will let you know as soon as they are safe to be outdoors. Thank you for your understanding.

Wildlife Sightings - 07/01/20

1 min read • 7 January 2020

Weather: Overcast
Wind Speed: Strong
River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake
AM
Water Level

Curlew - 21
Mute Swan - 1
Shelduck - 20
Wigeon - 4 (2 pairs)
Teal - 49
Grey Heron (Wader Meadow) - 3

Hawthorn Wood

Siskin - 1
Coal Tit - 2
Bullfinch - 8
Long-tailed Tit - 8
Treecreeper - 1
Blackbird - 2
Blue Tit - 10
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 (male)
Nuthatch - 1
Dunnock - 2
Goldfinch - 2
Chaffinch - 4
Robin - 1
Great Tit - 4

Other Birds Noted Around Site

River Wear

Goldeneye - 4 (3 male, 1 female)
Grey Heron - 1
Cormorant - 1
Mute Swan - 1

Mute Swan (Reservoir) - 1
Kestrel (Pen 1) - 1 (female)

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