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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 - 21/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 21/12/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Mute swan 2 Shelduck 8 Shoveler (male) 1 Teal 8 Grey heron 3 Lapwing 26 Water rail 2   Saline lagoon (AM, low tide): Curlew 1 Shelduck 1 Grey heron 1   Hawthorn wood feeding station: Great-spotted woodpecker 3 Nuthatch

21 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 20/12/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Canada goose 15 Shelduck 11 Shoveler 1 Water rail 1 Teal 16 Saline Lagoon Snipe 3 Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Goldfinch 3 Robin 6 Blue tit 8 Great tit 8 Coal tit 3 Bullfinch 6 Great-spotted woodpecker 1 Nuthatch 2 Other birds

20 December 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 19/12/18

Wildlife Sightings - 19/12/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Herring Gull - 1 Black-headed Gull - 22 Redshank - 4 Shelduck - 10 Teal - 9 Grey Heron - 2   Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Curlew - 3   Hawthorn Wood Jay - 3 Robin - 6 Dunnoc

19 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 18/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 18/12/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Water rail 1 (outside Diageo hide) Teal 5 Grey heron 2 Shelduck 16 Snipe 4 Curlew 1 Saline Lagoon Curlew 2 Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch 14 Great-spotted woodpecker 1 Goldfinch 4 Bullfinch 6 Nuthatch 1 Blue tit 6 Grea

18 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 17/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 17/12/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Water rail - 2 Snipe 1 Shelduck 11 Redshank 6 Herring gull 1 Black-headed gull 8 Teal 10 Saline Lagoon Redshank 2 Curlew 3 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Great-spotted woodpecker 1 Jay 1 Coal tit 2 Blue tit 4 Robin 3 Bullfinch 2

17 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 13/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 13/12/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Lapwing 44 Teal 6 Shelduck 9 Shoveler 1 Wigeon 2 Black-headed gull 26 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 17 Great tit 10 Willow tit 1 Coal tit 5 Nuthatch 2 Bullfinch 12 Chaffinch 9 Robin 3 Great spotte

13 December 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 12/12/18

Wildlife Sightings - 12/12/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Shelduck - 16 Teal - 8 Black-headed Gull - 5 Water Rail (Paddy Fleming hide) - 1 Wigeon - 1   Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch - 2 Bullfinch - 13 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 3 Coal Tit - 5 Goldfinch - 4 Great Tit - 7

12 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 11/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 11/12/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Teal 4 Shelduck 5 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Redshank 1 Black-headed gull 40 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Blue tit 9 Coal tit 2 Bullfinch 6 Great tit 5 Jay 1 Chaffinch 4 Other birds Mandarin duck - 1 - Close Encou

11 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 10/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 10/12/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Shelduck 1 Greater black-backed gull 1 Water rail 1 (seen from Diageo hide) Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Grey heron 1 Water rail 1 (heard from river reedbed) Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 5 Great tit 6 Coal tit 2 Willow tit 1 Bullfin

10 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 5/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 5/12/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Common snipe 3 Teal 15 Grey heron 1 Water rail (Paddy Fleming hide) 1   Saline lagoon (AM, low tide): Teal 5   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted woodpecker 4 (three female, one male) Nuthatch 1 Great tit 6 B

5 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 4/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 4/12/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Water rail 1 Snipe 3 Kestrel 1 (female)   Saline lagoon (AM, mid tide): Snipe 1 Kingfisher (heard)   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Treecreeper 1 Nuthatch 2 Jay 1 Willow tit 1 Blue tit 8 Great tit 7 Bullfinch 2 Robin 2

4 December 2018
Wildlife sightings - 2/12/2018

Wildlife sightings - 2/12/2018

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Snipe 14 Water rail (Diageo Hide) 1 Redshank 51 Teal 66 Shelduck 12   Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Jack snipe (flew towards golf course) 1 Grey heron 1   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Willow tit 1 Great tit 6 Chaff

2 December 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 30/11/18

Wildlife Sightings - 30/11/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Water Rail - 2 (1 Paddy Fleming hide & 1 Northumbrian Water hide) Redshank - 8 Common Snipe - 5 Lapwing - 12 Curlew - 4 Shelduck - 10 Teal - 48 Grey Heron - 5 Black-headed Gull - 186   Saline Lagoon Sh

30 November 2018
Wildlife sightings - 28/11/18

Wildlife sightings - 28/11/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid-high tide): Shoveler (three male and one female) 4 Shelduck 14 Teal 18 Water rail (Paddy Fleming Hide) 1 Tufted duck 35   Saline lagoon (AM, mid-high tide): Teal 28 Redshank 1   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted wo

28 November 2018
Wildlife sightings - 27/11/18

Wildlife sightings - 27/11/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid/low Wader Lake Water rail 1 Teal 3 Snipe 7 Kestrel 1 Shelduck 7 Buzzard 1 Redwing 6 Saline Lagoon Teal 7 Black-headed gull 31 Shelduck 2 Hawthorn Wood Great-spotted woodpecker 1 Great tit 5 Willow tit 1 Bullfinch 3 Blue tit 4 Coal tit

27 November 2018