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 - 30/12/19

1 min read • 30 December 2019

Weather: Sunny
Wind Speed: Slight Gusts
River Wear Tide Level: High

Wader Lake
AM

High Tide

Grey Heron - 4
Shelduck - 15
Snipe - 3
Wigeon - 2 (male), 2 (female)
Black-Headed Gull - 33
Sparrowhawk - 1 (female)
Mute Swan - 3
Teal - 82

Saline Lagoon
AM
Mid Water Level

Teal - 47
Grey Heron - 1
Snipe - 4

Hawthorn Wood Hide

Bullfinch - 8
Willow tit - 1
Nuthatch - 2
Long tailed tit - 6
Coal tit - 3
Robin - 3

Other birds noted around site

Great Spotted Woodpecker (Centre Feeders) - 1 (male)
Long tailed tit (North Wood Entrance) - 8
Sparrowhawk (Top Meadow) - 1 (female)
Kestrel (Old Oak Meadow) - 1 (male)
Jay (Dragonfly Ponds) - 1
Bullfinch (Lagoon Footpath) - 3
Goldfinch (Lagoon Footpath) - 1

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Wildlife Sightings - 30/12/19

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