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.

Wildlife Sightings 18/06/2023

1 min read • 18 June 2023

Weather: Sunny

River Wear Tide Level: Low

Wader Lake Species

Gadwall - 2 + 6 ducklings
Shelduck - 19 + 21 ducklings
Teal - 2
Lapwing - 14
Oystercatcher + 2 + 1 chick
Med x Black-backed gull - 1
Avocet - 33
Tufted duck - 4
Common tern - 69 + 9 chicks
Black-headed Gull - 60 + 1fledgling & 13 chicks
Canada Goose - 2 + 1 gosling
Shoveler - 2
Grey Heron - 13
Redshank - 2
Greylag Goose - 4 + 8 goslings
Common Gull - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Station

Nuthatch - 1
Stock Dove - 5
Great tit - 2
Greenfinch - 2
Goldfinch - 4
Bullfinch - 3 + 1 juv.
Chaffinch - 3
G.S. Woodpecker - 1 m
Robin - 1
Blue tit - 1

River Wear

Lapwing - 3
Common Gull - 5
Black-headed Gull - 15 + 2 fledglings
Herring Gull - 11
Lesser Black-backed gull - 3
Common tern - 1
Shelduck - 1

Amphibian Ponds

Reed Warbler - 1

Saline Lagoon

Grey heron - 1
Lapwing - 5

Reservoir

Tufted duck - 17 + 10 ducklings