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.

Wildlife sightings - 02/12/16

1 min read • 2 December 2016

a.m. Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake

Shelduck 4

Teal 10

Redshank 12

Lapwing 1

Kestrel (meadow) pair 2

Redwing (hedgerow) 26

Mistle thrush 2

Bullfinch 4

Saline Lagoon

Curlew 14

Teal 9

Jay flew over 2

Hawthorn Wood

Great spotted woodpecker 1

Coal tit 5

Great tit 10

Blue tit 14

Bullfinch 12

Chaffinch 20

Greenfinch 8

Goldfinch 12

Other birds

Peregrine (juvenile) - 1 - Over site

Grey heron - 7 - River Wear

Cormorant - 4 - River Wear

Goosander - 2 - River Wear

Goldcrest - 4 - Spring Gill/Window on the Wear

Long-tailed tit - 10 - Spring Gill/Window on the Wear

Treecreeper - 1 - Spring Gill/Window on the Wear

Ferruginois duck - 1 - White head duck pond

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Wildlife sightings - 02/12/16

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