No access to saline lagoon 27/08/25 only

A small section of our outer circuit will be closed all day on Wed 27 August whilst we conduct some emergency repairs on our visitor access gate. This means that Lagoon View Hide, the Lookout and river viewpoint will be inaccessible . Hawthorn Wood Hide remains accessible via the path past the reservoir. There may be some distant noise created by these works which might be heard from this hide only.

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake Avocet - 6 Oystercatcher - 5 Lapwing - 26 Redshank - 11 Black Headed Gull - 82 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 4 Herring Gull - 1 Shelduck - 33 Grey Heron - 4 [...]

1 min read • 6 March 2012

Wader Lake

Avocet - 6

Oystercatcher - 5

Lapwing - 26

Redshank - 11

Black Headed Gull - 82

Lesser Black Backed Gull - 4

Herring Gull - 1

Shelduck - 33

Grey Heron - 44

Mute Swan - 2

River Wear

Black Headed Gull - 97

Cormorant - 1

Mallard - 46

Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch - 16

Chaffinch - 11

Coal Tit - 7

Blue Tit - 22

Great Tit - 18

Willow Tit - 1

Robin - 4

Dunnock - 2

Reservoir

Coot - 6

Tufted Duck - 21

Greylag - 10

Mammals

Otter Tracks visible from Wiondow on the Wear, River Footpath and The Saline Lagoon

Amphibians

Frog Spawn (Amphibian Pond & Forgotten Meadow Pond)

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