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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 - 13/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 13/02/18

a.m Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Kestrel 1 Lapwing 60 Grey heron 7 Black-headed gull 185 Eurasian teal 20 Gadwall 20 Shoveler 1 Common snipe 11 Shelduck 24 Wigeon 2 Great black-backed gull 2 Saline Lagoon  Oystercatcher 1 Curlew 62 Jackdaw 1 Hawthorn Wood

13 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 12/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 12/02/18

a.m Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Grey heron 13 Stock dove 3 Eurasian teal 32 Lapwing 87 Herring gull 10 Shoveler 4 Canada goose + single greylag 39 Curlew 11 Kestrel 2 Common snipe 15 Wigeon 4 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 16 Coal tit 3 Ch

12 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 06/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 06/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Shelduck 27 Grey heron 6 Lapwing 242 Shoveler 3 Stock dove 2 Wigeon 2 Common snipe 6 Eurasian teal 20 *displaying Redshank 1 Black-headed gull 282 Herring gull 2 Saline Lagoon Redshank 1 Curlew 1 Shelduck 2 Hawthorn Wood Wi

6 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 05/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 05/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 6 Shelduck 28 Lapwing 119 Shoveler 4 Wigeon 1 Great black-backed gull 2 Mute swan 2 Common snipe 11 Reed bunting 1 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher (heard) 1 Curlew 1 Redshank 1 Eurasian teal (3 pairs) 9 Shelduck (pa

5 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 30/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 30/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Grey heron 6 Shelduck 12 Eurasian teal 30 Herring gull 2 Black-headed gull 35 Wigeon 3 Lapwing 4 Canada geese 40 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 1 Curlew 37 Eurasian teal 25 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 6 Chaffinch 2 Blu

30 January 2018
Wildlife sightings – 27/01/18

Wildlife sightings – 27/01/18

Wader Lake          Tide level  High Grey Heron 7 Lapwing 38 C Snipe 3 Shelduck  30 Wigeon 2 Teal 66 Mallard 110   Saline Lagoon Curlew 8 Shelduck 4   Other birds Goldeneye (all male)                    River 

27 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 25/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 4 Little grebe 1 Lapwing 32 Redshank 6 Shoveler 4 Teal 16 Wigeon 2 Greater black-backed gull 5 Herring gull 16 Saline Lagoon Black-headed gull 265 Curlew 5 Common snipe 1 Grey heron 1 Hawthorn Wood Siskin 4 Bull

25 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 23/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 23/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 4 Shelduck 17 Eurasian teal 38 Lapwing 99 Shoveler 7 Common snipe 7 Great black-backed gull 3 Herring gull 4 Black-headed gull 137 Saline Lagoon Kingfisher 1 Curlew 2 Eurasian teal 19 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Tr

23 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 15/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 15/01/18

a.m. Tide level: Low Wader Lake Eurasian teal 23 Mallard 33 Shelduck 25 Grey heron 3 (in hedge) Redshank 2 Black-headed gull 97 Shoveler 5 Common buzzard 1 (flew over) Wigeon 3 Common snipe 3 Herring gull 7 Saline Lagoon Eurasian curlew 48 Herring gull 1

15 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 09/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 09/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: am Wader Lake Curlew 500+ (flushed) Shelduck 3 Black-headed gull 40 Lapwing 4 Saline Lagoon Curlew 59 Herring gull 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Tree creeper 1 Robin 3 Great tit 4 Blue tit 8 Dunnock 1 Chaffinch 7 Bullfinch 8

9 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 08/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 08/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Common snipe 1 Curlew 74 Kestrel 1 Jackdaw 1 Teal 4 Shelduck 1 Lapwing 67 Herring gull 20 Great black-backed gull 2 Black-headed gull 310 Saline Lagoon Frozen Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Robin 3 Great tit 9 Bu

8 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 02/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 02/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Canada goose 34 Canada x greylag 1 Greylag 1 Shoveler 2 Teal 14 Shelduck 12 Lapwing 45 Saline Lagoon Curlew 27 Teal 4 Hawthorn Wood Treecreeper 2 Nuthatch 1 Goldcrest 1 Blue tit 8 Coal tit 2 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Bull

2 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 31/12/17

Wildlife sightings - 31/12/17

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake (30% frozen) Canada goose 125 Canada goose x greylag 1 Greylag 2 Shelduck 17 Shoveler 9 Teal 38 Wigeon 2 Common snipe 4 Redshank 8 Lapwing 22 Saline Lagoon (40% frozen) Curlew 93 Teal 12 Hawthorn Wood Goldcrest 1 Great spot

31 December 2017
Wildlife sightings - 21/12/17

Wildlife sightings - 21/12/17

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Lapwing 36 Black-headed gull 72 Herring gull 3 Saline Lagoon Black-headed gull 11 Hawthorn Wood Robin 5 Jay 2 Chaffinch 6 Other birds Teal - 32 - River Wear Grey heron - 2 - River Wear Shelduck - 10 - Reservoir Tree sparrow

21 December 2017
Wilflide sightings - 19/12/17

Wilflide sightings - 19/12/17

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake (Frozen) Black-headed gull 27 Saline Lagoon (Frozen) Hawthorn Wood Robin 1 Blue tit 7 Great tit 8 Bullfinch 6 Chaffinch 5 Nuthatch 1 Other birds Shoveler - 2 - Reservoir Shelduck - 8 - Reservoir Tufted duck - 12 - Reservoir

19 December 2017