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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 27/07/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low

Avocet - 22 (12 adults, 8 juvenile & 2 chicks)

Black-tailed Godwit - 16

Common Sandpiper - 4

Green Sandpiper - 2

Common Snipe - 2

Redshank - 30

Lapwing - 180

Common Tern - 90

Black-headed Gull - 216

Grey Heron - 8

 

Saline Lagoon

Avocet - 2

Lapwing - 6

Redshank - 8

Common Sandpiper - 2

 

Hawthorn Wood

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 juvenile

Jay - 1

Nuthatch - 1

Bullfinch - 6

Coal Tit - 2

Robin - 2 & 2 juvenile

 

Other Birds Noted Around Site

Song Thrush (North Wood) - 1 juvenile

Robin (Hollowood) - 1 juvenile

Cormorant (River Wear) - 4

Little Egret (River Wear) - 1

Great Black-backed Gull - (over site) - 1     2nd summer

 

Other Wildlife Species

Invertebrates:

Peacock

 

Flora:

Great Burnet

Yarrow

Marsh Thistle

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