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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 - 02/11/18

Wildlife Sightings - 02/11/18

Wader Lake    Time/AM     Tide/Mid Redshank - 6 Black-headed Gull - 21 Teal - 12 Shelduck - 1 Snipe - 3   Saline Lagoon Curlew - 1 Shelduck - 1 Black-headed Gull - 16   Hawthorn Wood Great Tit - 5 Coal Tit - 3 Blue Tit - 6 Bullfinch - 3 G

2 November 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 31/10/18

Wildlife Sightings - 31/10/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Teal - 21 Redshank - 8 Redwing - 9 Black-headed Gull - 2   Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 1 Teal - 15 Wigeon - 2   Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch - 1 Treecreeper - 1 Blue Tit - 4 Great Tit - 5 Coal Tit - 3 Bullfinc

31 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 30/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 30/10/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Shelduck 1 Kestrel 1 Redwing 2 Snipe 6 Teal 37 Black-headed gull 62 Saline Lagoon Grey heron 2 Shelduck 3 Teal 9 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 2 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Greenfinch 1 Robin 3 Willow tit 1 Bullfinch 5 Chaffinch 7

30 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 29/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 29/10/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Teal 48 Snipe 5 Herring gull 3 Black-headed gull 128 Kestrel 1 Shelduck 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 2 Teal 23 Curlew 1 Black-headed gull 4 Snipe 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Nuthatch 1 Robin 2 Bullfinch 3 Willow

29 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 26/10/2018

Wildlife sightings - 26/10/2018

Tide level a.m.: mid Wader Lake Teal 29 Lapwing 42 Black headed gull 173 Redshank 3 Saline Lagoon Teal 12 Black headed gull 29 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 (male & female) Nuthatch 2 Great tit 8 Bullfinch 3 Coal tit 5 Greenfinch 1 Blue tit

26 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 25/10/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Common snipe 10 Lapwing 16 Redshank 2 Teal 27 Shoveler 2 Black-headed gull 136 Herring gull 1 Stock dove 8 Fieldfare 4 Saline Lagoon Grey heron 2 Teal 21 Teal - 1 (river reedbed) Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 4 Chaffinch 8 Willow

25 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 23/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 23/10/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Snipe 4 Grey heron 1 Teal 14 Saline Lagoon Teal 38 Curlew 1 Teal 5 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 2 Willow tit 1 Robin 1 Bullfinch 4 Long-tailed tit 5 Great tit 2 Other birds Grey heron - 1 - Forgotten Meadow Long-tailed tit - 6 -

23 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 19/10/2018

Wildlife sightings - 19/10/2018

a.m. Tide Level: low Wader Lake Teal 23 Redshank 1 Lapwing 9 Black headed gull 30 Saline Lagoon Wood pigeon 20 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 2 Coal tit 3 Willow tit 2 Chaffinch 4 Goldfinch 2 Bullfinch 3 Great tit 5 Blue tit 3 Other birds noted around site Cormor

19 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 18/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 18/10/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Teal 12 Lapwing 51 Black-headed gull 162 Redshank 5 Curlew 1 Black-tailed godwit 3 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 5 Blue tit 5 Coal tit 3 Willow tit 2 Bullfinch 6 (2 male + 4 female) Nuthatch 1 Ro

19 October 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 17/10/18

Wildlife Sightings - 17/10/18

Tide level: High Wader Lake Snipe                                      2 Redshank                              17 Black-Headed Gull              100 Lapwing          

17 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 15/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 15/10/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Mediterranean gull 1 Black-headed gull 120 Teal 18 Greenshank 1 Bar-tailed godwit 1 Redshank 17 Curlew 1 Shoveler 1 Saline Lagoon Teal 19 Black-headed gull 35 Redshank 1 Herring gull 1 (first winter) Hawthorn Wood Great

15 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 13/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 13/10/18

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Lapwing 114 Greenshank 1 Redshank 55 Common snipe 5 Curlew 4 Starling 5 Grey heron 3 Common gull 1 Black-headed gull 90 Teal 117   Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Female marsh harrier over the reedbed and lagoon Greenshank

13 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 11/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 11/10/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Bar-tailed godwit 1 Black-tailed godwit 6 Curlew 4 Lapwing 114 Common snipe 2 Black-headed gull 90 Teal 36 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Teal 22 Grey heron 1 Hawthorn Wood Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Willow tit 2 Coal tit 5 Blue ti

11 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 09/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 09/10/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Black-tailed godwit 2 Lapwing 4 Redshank 2 Stock dove 1 Curlew 1 Teal 15   Saline lagoon (AM, low tide): Teal 6 Woodpigeon 27 Jay 1 Buzzard (over reedbed) 1 Sparrowhawk (over reedbed) 1   Hawthorn Wood feeding station:

9 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 08/10/18

Wildlife sightings - 08/10/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Teal 25 Black-tailed godwit 2 Fieldfare 1 Redshank 3 Jay 1 Saline Lagoon Teal 15 Black-headed gull 2 Hawthorn Wood Robin 1 Great spotted woodpecker 3 Willow tit 2 Great tit 5 Nuthatch 1 Blue tit 3 Chaffinch 4 Goldfinch 7 Gr

8 October 2018