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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 - 26/07/2017

Wader Lake (AM, high tide):

Avocet 5 adult and 1 fledged young

Dunlin 1

Oystercatcher 1

Teal 3

Lapwing 2

Little-ringed plover 127

Black-tailed godwit 1

Greylag goose 39

Common tern 69

Pied wagtail 2

 

Saline Lagoon:

Canada goose 17

Black-headed gull 32

 

Hawthorn Wood:

Bullfinch 9

Great-spotted woodpecker 1

Jay 1

Chaffinch 12

Robin 4

Goldfinch 6

Greenfinch 2

Willow tit 1

 

Plus 2 whitethroat on the lagoon footpath and a grey heron on the River Wear

 

Fungi:

Sulphur tuft

Bay bolete

Purple brittlegill

Birch polypore

 

Flora:

Betony

Teasel

Hemp agrimony

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