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⚠️ Vital Improvements to Our Flamingo Exhibit

We’re currently carrying out vital improvements to our flamingo exhibit to create an even better environment for our flock.

While these enhancements are underway, our flamingos will be temporarily off show. The improvements will help ensure they can be enjoyed by visitors on most days throughout the year for many years to come.

We appreciate your understanding and look forward to welcoming you back to see the finished exhibit.

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Wildlife Sightings - 08/05/2020

Wildlife Sightings - 08/05/2020

Weather: Sunny 18°C

Wind speed: Light

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake - AM - Mid / low water level

Avocet 46

Lapwing 20

Oystercatcher 2

Little ringed plover 2

Common sandpiper 1

Curlew 1

Common tern 62

Black headed gull 28

Lesser black backed gull 1

Jackdaw 46

Saline Lagoon

Avocet 2

Oystercatcher 1

Black headed gull 4

Lesser black backed gull 1

Shelduck 7

Hawthorn Wood

Sparrowhawk 1 (female)

Great spotted woodpecker 1 (male)

Nuthatch 1

Treecreeper 1

Robin 2

Blue tit 3

Great tit 5

Bullfinch 2

Goldfinch 2

Chaffinch 2

Jay 1

Other birds noted around site

Gadwall 9 (site count)

Shoveler 8 (site count)

Mute swan 2 (Round Table Ponds)

Reed warbler 3 (Round Table Ponds)

Sedge warbler 2 (Round Table Ponds)

Reed bunting 2 (Round Table Ponds)

Common buzzard 1 (Top Meadow)

Tawny owl 2 chicks (Hawthorn Wood)

Other wildlife species around site

Invertebrates:

Speckled wood

Small tortoiseshell

Red Admiral

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