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Chilean flamingos off show

Our Chilean flamingo flock is 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.

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Wildlife sightings - 11/12/2017

Wader Lake (AM, high tide, frozen):

Mediterranean gull 1

Black-headed gull 169

Curlew 123

Starling 1

Lapwing 54

 

Saline lagoon (frozen):

Herring gull 12

Black-headed gull 140+

 

Hawthorn Wood feeding station:

Jay 2

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Blackbird 5

Robin 7

Bullfinch 15

Chaffinch 12

Nuthatch 1

 

Other birds:

Cormorant (2), grey heron (1) and greater black-backed gull (5) on the River Wear

Shoveler (12), little grebe (1), shelduck (1) and tufted duck (62) on the reservoir

Teal at the filter reedbed 11

Tree sparrow on the centre feeders 5+

 

Plus a brown hare near the amphibian ponds

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