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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.

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Wildlife sightings - 09/09/16

a.m. Tide Level: High (falling)

Wader Lake

Black-tailed godwit 28

Common snipe 14

Redshank 40

Greenshank 40

Greenshank 2

Lapwing 85

Curlew 22

Shoveler 6

Gadwall 21

Wigeon 1

Teal 36

Grey heron 5

Saline Lagoon

Redshank 5

Grey heron 2

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Nuthatch 1

Jay 1

Goldfinch 10

Greenfinch 6

Chaffinch 17

Willow tit 2

Coal tit 5

Long-tailed tit 7

Other birds

Grey wagtail - 3 - Wader Lake

Pied wagtail - 2 - Wader Lake

Sparrowhawk - 1 - Wader Lake

Little grebe - 1 - Reservoir

Kestrel - 1 - Forgotten Meadow

Little egret - 1 - River Wear

Kingfisher - 1 - Calling along the river

Teal - 8 - Filter reedbed

Reed warbler - 1 - Filter reedbed

Other wildlife/flora

Weasel - Wader Lake footpath

Stickleback (fish) - Kingfisher pool river reedbed

Toad - Round table pond outlet

Common darter - Forgotten Meadow

Sea aster

Lesser sea-spurrey

Water mint

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