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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 - 10/03/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 10/03/2020

Weather: Overcast
Wind Speed: Gusty
River Wear Tide Level: Low


Wader Lake
AM
Water Level: High

Grey Heron- 34
Lesser Black-Backed Gull- 4
Lapwing- 33
Shelduck- 53
Teal- 25
Stock Dove- 1
Mute Swan- 2
Canada Goose- 33
Shoveler- Pair
Curlew- 2
Greylag- 5

Saline Lagoon
AM
Tide Level- Low


Oystercatcher- 2
Kestrel- 1 (male)
Stock Dove- 2
Teal- 9

Hawthorn Wood
AM


Nuthatch- 1
Sparrowhawk- 1 (juvenille)
Treecreeper- 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2
Reed Bunting- 1 (male)
Long Tailed Tit- 7
Chaffinch- 14
Coal Tit- 5

Other Birds Noted Around Site
AM

Buzzard (Spring Gill Wood)- 1
Little Grebe (Window on the Wear)- 1
Mute Swan (River View Point)- 2
Gadwall (Wader Lake)- 1 male
Gadwall (Reservoir)- 2 male
Goldcrest (Wader Lake Footpath)- 2

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