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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 - 20/12/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 20/12/2022

Weather: Sunny / Cloudy

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Redshank - 6

Moorhen - 5

Lapwing - 1

Canada goose -1

Greylag goose - 1

Wood pigeon - 1

Hawthorn wood:

Great spotted woodpecker - 2

Blue tit - 4

Robin - 1

Coal tit - 4

Chaffinch - 3

Blackbird - 1

Bullfinch - 2

Great tit - 5

Magpie - 3

Other birds noted around site:

Golden eye - 7 (River wear)

Grey Heron - 2 (River wear)

Herring gull - 92 (River wear)

Little grebe - 1 (River wear)

Black-headed gull - 22 (Saline Lagoon)

Common Crow - 3 (Saline Lagoon meadow)

Greylag goose - 1 (Saline Lagoon meadow)

Shelduck - 1 (Reservoir)

Teal - 18 (Reservoir)

Tufted duck - 19 (Reservoir)

Gadwall - 11 (Reservoir)

Mallard - 120 (Reservoir)

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