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The meadows around our reserve are being cut this week as part of our reserve management plan. This may mean there's some disturbance around Wader Lake and saline lagoon. Thank you for your patience as we do this essential work.

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Wildlife sightings - 24/12/18

Wildlife sightings - 24/12/18

a.m Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Water rail 1 Snipe 6 Shelduck 9 Teal 13 Saline Lagoon Sparrowhawk 1 Shelduck 1 Hawthorn Wood Brambling 1 Chaffinch 9 Nuthatch 1 Willow tit 1 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Bullfinch 6 Blue tit 5 Coal tit 4 Great tit 9 Other bird

24 December 2018
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