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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 - 19/03/16

a.m. Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Avocet 4

Black-tailed godwit 3

Common snipe 7

Common sandpiper 1

Lapwing 314

Redshank 96

Curlew 4

Common tern 36

Saline Lagoon

Grey heron 2

Redshank 9

Hawthorn Wood

Jay 2

Great spotted woodpecker 3

Willow tit 2

Coal tit 8

Bullfinch 22

Chaffinch 30

Goldfinch 6

Greenfinch 6

Robin 3

Other birds

Cormorant - 6 - River Wear

Grey heron - 4 - River Wear

Kestrel - 1 - Lagoon Meadow

Linnet - 6 - East down

Redwing - 1 - Flew over site (West)

Chiffchaff - 1 ad, 5 juvenile - Lagoon path

Long-tailed tit - 10 - Lagoon path

Other wildlife

*Grey seal at spotted 9:00am swimming down the river - viewed from Window on the Wear

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