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.

Today's sightings

Wader Lake, AM, high tide: Grey heron 44 Shelduck 23 Wigeon 7 Teal 19 Mallard 46 Lapwing 20 Redshank 7 Oystercatcher 4 Plus 2 mute swans on the river [...]

1 min read • 1 March 2012

Wader Lake, AM, high tide:

Grey heron 44

Shelduck 23

Wigeon 7

Teal 19

Mallard 46

Lapwing 20

Redshank 7

Oystercatcher 4

Plus 2 mute swans on the river

Hawthorn Wood Hide:

Bullfinch 14

Greenfinch 3

Chaffinch 7

Goldfinch 4

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Plus 2 grey partridge on East Down and a grey wagtail on the stream

Mammals:

Increased wild otter activity near Window on the Wear and at the saline lagoon

Amphibians:

4 common frogs in the filter reedbed and frog spawn in the amphibian ponds and Forgotten Meadow

Plus ladybirds on the stream - the first seven-spots of the year!

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