Skip to header Skip to content Skip to footer

Path closures and Chilean flamingos off show

Due to the current weather conditions, parts of our site are closed for safety. Please ask on arrival which areas are accessible that day. Our Chilean flamingo flock is also 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.

Close alert

Wildlife Sightings - 17/01/25

Wildlife Sightings - 17/01/25

Weather : Dry and Sunny

River Wear Tide Level : High

Wader Lake Species

Canada Goose - 3

Shelduck - 1

Shoveler - 1

Lapwing - 123

Herring Gull - 40

Black Headed Gull - 49

Moorhen - 2

Grey Heron - 5 (sitting in the trees)

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Robin -3

Nuthatch -1

Great Tit -6

Blue Tit - 9

Chaffinch - 5

Greenfinch - 1

Dunnock - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Bullfinch - 5

Coal Tit - 2

Birds Noted Around Site

Redshank - 1 - River Wear

Mallard - 14 - River Wear

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - Lookout (drumming)

Robin -1 - Lookout

Long Tailed Tit - 6 - Lookout

Tufted Duck - 33 - Reservoir

Mallard - 28 - Reservoir

Coot - 1 - Reservoir

Mammals on site

Roe Deer x 4 @ North Wood

Roe Deer x 2 @ Orchard


  • Share this article