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Chilean flamingos

ℹ️ Flamingos off show
Our flock of Chilean flamingos is currently being housed indoors. This is a temporary measure as a precaution to local avian influenza (bird flu).
We don't know how long this will last but we'll let you know as soon as they are safe to be back outdoors!
Thanks for your understanding.

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Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Teal - 56 Shelduck - 4 Mallard - 31 Grey Heron - 2 Tufted Duck - 4   HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Nuthatch (just outside of hide calling to each other)- 2 Bullfinch - 4 Pheasants - 24 Blue Tit - 6 Coal Tit - 4

16 December 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake/Time - AM/Low Tide Shelduck - 5 Teal - 27 Coot - 2 Mallard - 14 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 4 Tufted Duck - 12 Grey Heron - 4 Other Birds Wader Lake Footpath: Waxwing - 8 Redwing - 1 Robin - 2 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker -

15 December 2012

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE/25% FROZEN Shelduck - 5 Teal - 34 Mallard - 22 Herring Gull - 25 Lesser Black-Backed Gull - 4 Black Headed Gull - 26 Redshank - 5 Grey Heron - 4 Sparrowhawk - 1   SALINE LAGOON/100% FROZEN   HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Great Spotted

11 December 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake 100% frozen Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon 100% frozen Other Birds Siskin - Dragonfly Pond - 52 Mallard - River Wear - 121 Tufted Duck - River Wear - 26 Great Spotted Woodpecker - Carpark - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 14 Nuthatch - 1 Willow Tit

8 December 2012

Flock of siskin and a lone bittern

Flock of siskin and a lone bittern

A fabulously festive flock of fifty siskin were spotted congregating fleetingly down at the amphibian ponds this morning. Flippin’ fantastic! Also, I’ve been told that a beautiful bittern flew west over Top Meadow yesterday. We had a male in our river

8 December 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake & Saline Lagoon Frozen Siskin - Play Area - 45 Cormorant - Site Count - 2 Treecreeper - Pond Zone - 1 Mallard - River Wear - 50 Teal - River Wear Cormorant - River Wear  Heron - River Wear   Hawthorn Wood Numerous Coal Tit, Blue Tit and G

7 December 2012

Todays Sightings 6/12/12

Todays Sightings 6/12/12

Wader Lake    Time/AM     Tide/High    100% Frozen Lapwing - 46 Black-headed Gull - 119   Hawthorn Wood Greater Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Long Tailed Tit - 10 Robin - 5 Blue Tit Great Tit Coal Tit Bullfinch Chaffinc

6 December 2012

TODAYS SIGHTINGS

TODAYS SIGHTINGS

WADER LAKE/AM/MID TIDE/ 100% FROZEN Moorhen - 1   HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Nuthatch - 1 Bullfinch - 3 Coal Tit - 7 Blue Tit - 7 Blue Tit - 6 Great Tit - 3 Robin - 3   OTHER BIRDS/AM Goosander (Window on the Wear) - 1 Grey Heron (Window on the Wear) - 2

3 December 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 Nuthatch - 2 Willow Tit - 1 Long Tailed Tit - 8 Sparrowhawk - 1 Bullfinch - 11   OTHER BIRDS/AM Reservoir Tufted Duck - 26 Shelduck - 2 Teal - 19 Mallard - 14 River Grey Heron - 4 Black Headed Gull - 114

1 December 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake 100% Frozen Saline Lagoon 100% Frozen Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 Jay - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Lesser Redpoll - 6 Greenfinch - 2 Bullfinch - 10 Chaffinch - 7 Robin - 4 Blackbird - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Coal Tit - 8 Blue Tit - 14 Reservoir Tea

30 November 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM      Tide/Low Little Grebe - 1 Shelduck - 3 Teal - 44 Grey Heron - 4 Stock Dove - 2   Saline Lagoon      Time/AM     Tide/Low Grey Heron - 4   Hawthorn Wood Willow Tit - 2 Nuthatch - 2 Greater Spotted Woo

29 November 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake - AM - Low tide but still high due to flooding Teal - 92 Mallard - 46 Shelduck - 4 Redshank - 82 Grey Heron - 8 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 16 Other Birds Siskin - Play Area - 38 Long Tailed Tit - Gully - 4 Grey Wagtail - Gully - 1 Hawthorn Wood G

27 November 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

WADER LAKE/AM/LOW-MID TIDE Teal - 60 Mallard - 46 Shelduck - 3 Heron - 4 Moorhen - 6 Black Headed Gull - 27 Lapwing - 6 Redshank - 1   OTHER BIRDS/AM Goshawk (over head in Spring Gill Wood) - 1 Wren, Chaffinch, Robin, Great Tit and Long Tailed Tit (

23 November 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake      Time/AM       Tide/Low Teal - 64 Shelduck - 2 Wigeon - 4 Redshank - 77 Black-headed Gull - 18   Saline Lagoon Mallard - 14   Hawthorn wood Greater Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Bullfinch - 10 Chaffinch - 8 Willo

21 November 2012

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake       Time/AM     Tide/High Wigeon - 7 Mallard - 106 Shelduck - 2 Black-headed Gull - 33 Teal - 96 Moorhen - 5 Redshank - 80 Lapwing - 70   Hawthorn Wood Greenfinch Goldfinch Bullfinch Chaffinch Nuthatch Coal Tit Blue Tit Great T

20 November 2012