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On Thursday 18 September, we will be closed to visitors for operational reasons. We will reopen as usual on Friday 19 September. Thank you for your understanding.

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wildlife sighting 22/3/2022

wildlife sightings 23/03/2022

wildlife sighting 22/3/2022

Weather bright and sunny

Wind speed light

River Wear..mid

Wader lake

Tufted duck -4

Barnacle Goose -1

Oyster Catcher -4

Avocet -1

Common snipe-1

Lapwing -18

Greylag -63

Canada Goose -20

Wigeon -4

Gadwell -8

Shellduck -37

Shoveler -5


Saline Lagoon

Oyster catcher -2

Mute swan -2

Common snipe -1

Greylag -2

Teal -4

Other birds noted around site

Grey heron..hedge -23

Chaffinch..across site -7

Kestrel..corner meadow -1

Great spotted woodpecker ..Hawthorn wood -1

Kestrel ..Hawthorn wood -1

Greenfinch Hawthorn wood -1

Sparrowhawk ..southwood-1

Goldcrest..-carpark -1


Hawthorn wood

Reed bunting-1

Nuthatch -1

Robin -2

Longtailed tit -2

Bullfinch -2

Chaffinch 10

Lookout feeding station

Blue tit -3

Dunnock -2

Chaffinch -5

Bullfinch -2

Great tit -2

Coal tit -1

Other Wildlife species around site

W.L.Mute swan -2

Blackheaded Gull -175

Herring Gull -107

Common Gull -1

Kingfisher -1


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