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 - 21/10/2020

1 min read • 21 October 2020

Weather: Overcast/Some Rain
Wind Speed: Still
River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake
AM
Low Tide Level

Teal - 67
Grey Heron - 4
Shelduck - 9
Curlew - 1
Redshank - 51
Lapwing - 4
Moorhen - 9
Jay (hedge) - 1

Saline Lagoon
AM
High

Common Snipe - 2
Black Headed Gull - 7
Teal - 3
Jay (Meadow) - 1

Hawthorn Wood
AM

Coal tit - 3
Bullfinch - 3 (male), 1 (female)
Greenfinch - 1
Chaffinch - 2
Blue tit - 4
Great tit - 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 (male)
Nuthatch - 2

Other Birds Noted Around Site
AM

Fieldfare - Flew over site (South) - 20
Redwing - Hawthorn Scrub - 14
Goldcrest - Pen 1 - 1
Chiffchaff - Pen 1 - 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Wet Wood - 2
Long tailed tit - Amphibian Ponds - 9
Siskin - Wader Lake Footpath - 2

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Wildlife Sightings - 21/10/2020

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