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We are closed from 2pm on Christmas eve (24 Dec), staying closed on Christmas Day and Boxing Day (25 and 26 Dec). We will be back open to visitors from Friday 27 December, remaining open all throughout the New Year period from 10am to 4.30pm. Have a very Merry Christmas!

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Wildlife Sightings - 19/11/2024

Weather: Cold / Frosty

River Wear Tide Level: Mid

Wader Lake Species

Black-Headed Gull - 2

Moorhen - 1

Hawthorn Wood Bird Feeding Hide

Bullfinch - 2

Goldfinch - 3

Great Tit - 3

Blue Tit - 2

Blackbird - 1

Chaffinch - 4

Greenfinch - 5

Dunnock - 1

Coal Tit - 1

Robin - 1

Bird Species Noted Around Site

Black-Headed Gull - 32 (River Wear)

Mallard - 4 (River Wear)

Chaffinch - 5 (The Lookout)

Nuthatch - 1 (The Lookout)

Blackbird - 1 (The Lookout)

Great Tit - 2 (The Lookout)

Robin - 1 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Goldfinch - 16 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Blackbird - 1 (Wader Lake Footpath)

Mammals:

Roe Deer - 4 (Saline Lagoon Meadow)

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