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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 - 13/06/2022

Wildlife sightings - 13/06/2022

a.m. Tide level: low

Wader Lake

Avocet 48

Common tern 168 (3 chicks)

Lapwing 10 (4 chicks)

Oystercatcher 9 (5 chicks)

Redshank 1

Sand martin 2

Swallow 4

Shelduck 32 (21 ducklings)

Shoveler 3

Tufted duck 5

Gadwall 8

Teal 2

Black-headed gull 115 (48 chicks)

Saline Lagoon

Oystercatcher 1

Shoveler 1

Hawthorn Wood

Greenfinch 1

Dunnock 1

Great tit 11

Blue tit 7

Chaffinch 6

Robin 1

The Lookout

Bullfinch 6

Great tit 5

Chaffinch 3

Blue tit 4

Blackbird 1

Coal tit 1

Other birds

Kestrel - 2 - Corner meadow / Hawthorn Wood

Sedge warbler - 1 - Amphibian ponds

Blackcap - 3 - Amphibian ponds

Whitethroat - 1 - Dragonfly ponds

Lesser black-backed gull - 2 - River Wear

Song thrush - 1 - Wader Lake footpath

Nuthatch - 2 - Hawthorn Wood

Invertebrates

7 spot ladybird pupae

Garden bumblebee

Nettle weevil

Speckled wood butterfly

Tree bumblebee

Flora/fungi

Nipplewort

Greater tusseck

Cats-ear

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