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 - 15/08/19

1 min read • 15 August 2019

Wader lake: AM - Low tide
Greylag - 4
Shelduck - 2
Lesser Black backed gull - 2
Avocet - 18
Lapwing - 160
Common tern - 14
Black tailed godwit - 2
Redshank - 15
Black headed gull - 44
Common snipe - 1

Saline lagoon
Mallard - 29
Moorhen - 2
Wood pigeon - 4

Hawthorn wood
Great spotted woodpecker - 3
Coal tit - 2
Dunnock - 1
Goldfinch - 9
Greenfinch - 2
Blue tit - 14
Nuthatch - 1
Robin - 2
Chaffinch - 21
Great tit - 7
Bullfinch - 5

Other Birds:
Green sandpiper - Stream channel
Grey Heron - Heron hedge
Herring gull - River Wear
Mute swan - River Wear
Wren - Saline meadow path

Invertebrates:
Wall Brown
Common Darter
Meadow Brown

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