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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 - 30/01/2022

Wildlife Sightings - 30/01/2022

Weather: Sunny

Wind speed: low

River wear tide level: low

A.M

Wader lake:

Tufted duck - 2

Shoveler - 9

Teal - 42

Shelduck - 15

Wigeon - 2

Mute swan - 2

Herring gull - 26

Black-headed gull - 8

Lapwing - 12 ( 3 on the lake - 9 on the meadow)

Common snipe - 1

Grey heron - 10 ( 1 on the lake - 9 in the hedge)

Saline lagoon:

Water rail - 1

Common snipe - 2

Other birds noted around site:

Great spotted woodpecker - 3 (South wood 2 / Hawthorn wood 1 )

Siskin - 30+

Jay - 3 (Wader lake path)

Mistle thrush - 2 (Wader meadow)

Goldcrest - 1 (Hollowood)

Hawthorn wood:

Bullfinch - 6

Chaffinch - 5

Jay - 2

Long-tailed tit - 2

Wren - 1

Robin - 4

Blackbird - 2

Lookout feeding station:

Willow tit - 1

Dunnock - 3

Robin - 2

Bullfinch - 2

Other Wildlife species around site:

Mammals:

Roe deer - 5 (Spring Gill wood)

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