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 - 17/08/19

1 min read • 17 August 2019

Weather: Sunny
Wader Lake - AM - Low Tide

Lesser black backed gull - 3
Avocet - 18
Shoveler - 2
Shelduck - 4
Lapwing - 165
Common tern - 9
Common snipe - 1
Redshank - 3
Black headed gull - 50

Saline lagoon
Lapwing - 2
Redshank - 1
Mallard - 50

Hawthorn wood
Blue tit - 18
Willow tit - 1
Great tit - 11
Dunnock - 1
Chaffinch - 9
Coal tit - 4
Bullfinch - 4
Long tailed tit - 4
Goldfinch - 6

Other birds
Grey heron - Heron hedge - 6
Cormorant - River Wear - 2
Great spotted woodpecker - Saline meadow path - 1
Black cap - Saline meadow path - 3
Tufted duck - Reservoir - 7

Mammals:
Bank vole

Invertebrates:
Meadow brown
Speckled wood
Small white

Flora:
Biting stonecrop

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