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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 - 05/10/18

Wildlife Sightings - 05/10/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Teal - 27 Redshank - 6 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Pied Wagtail - 2 Lapwing - 6 Black-headed Gull - 2 Common Snipe - 1 Wren - 1 Curlew - 1   Saline Lagoon Curlew - 1 Black-headed Gull - 26

5 October 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 2/10/18

Wildlife Sightings - 2/10/18

Wader Lake (AM High Tide) Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 Black-tailed Godwit - 14 Greenshank - 3 Pied Wagtail - 1 Kestrel - 1 pair Lapwing - 10 Avocet - 1 Redshank - 51 Curlew - 12   Saline Lagoon (AM High Tide) Teal - 32 Curlew - 1 Teal (River Reedbed) - 5 &

2 October 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 1/10/18

Wildlife Sightings - 1/10/18

Wader Lake (AM High Tide) Bar-Tailed Godwit  - 1 Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Greenshank - 2 Stock Dove - 5 Avocet (immature) - 1 Lapwing - 15 Redshank - 29 Grey Heron - 1 Snipe - 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 adult, 2 juveniles) Teal - 17   Saline Lagoo

1 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 30/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 30/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Bar-tailed godwit (rare visitor) 1 Black-tailed godwit 2 Teal 36 Black-headed gull 242 Curlew 1 Redshank 9   Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Teal 32 (1 at the river reedbed and 31 on the lagoon) Jay 1 (at the river reedbed)

30 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 28/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 28/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid-High Avocet - 1 (immature) Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Common Snipe - 6 Redshank - 4 Lapwing - 80 Black-headed Gull - 212 Shoveler - 8 Gadwall - 2 Teal - 27   Saline Lagoon Black-headed Gull - 80 Teal - 19 &nbs

28 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 27/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 27/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Avocet - 1 (immature) Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Curlew - 1 Lapwing - 60 Herring Gull - 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 (1st winter) Black-headed Gull - 106 Teal - 22 Jackdaw - 60 Starling - 5   Saline Lagoon

27 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 26/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 26/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Teal 41 Avocet (immature) 1 Black-headed gull 83 Curlew 1 Lesser black-backed gull (juvenile) 3 Lapwing 20 Jackdaw 1   Saline lagoon: Wigeon 1 Teal 6 Black-headed gull 4 Curlew 1   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-

26 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 25/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Avocet (juvenile) 1 Teal 17 Lapwing 230 Common snipe 1 Black-headed gull 165 Lesser black-backed gull (juveniles) 2 Herring gull 1   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Coal tit 2 Blue tit 4 Robin 1 Ch

25 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 23/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 23/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Peregrine falcon (immature hunting over the lake) 1 Wigeon 2 Avocet (immature) 1 Teal 19 Lapwing 20 Black-headed gull 13 Saline Lagoon Stock dove 1 (river reedbed) Curlew 1 Teal 3 Hawthorn Wood Willow tit 1 Great spotted wo

23 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Teal - 16 Common Snipe - 2 Redshank - 12 Black-headed Gull - 85   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM Redshank - 1 Black-headed Gulls - 8 Common Sandpiper - 1 Curlew - 1 Grey Heron - 3   Hawthorn Wood Blue T

20 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 19/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 19/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Black-tailed godwit 2 Teal 24 Snipe 3 Redshank 18 Jackdaw 22 Black-headed gull 185 Mallard 3 Shoveler 1 Lapwing 1   Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Grey heron 1 Snipe 1 Curlew 1 Teal 8   Plus: A juvenile great-spotted

19 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 18/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 18/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Teal 13 Avocet 1 Mute swan 1 Redshank 18 Common snipe 6 Black-headed gull 115 Saline Lagoon Teal 15 Redshank 2 Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Coal tit 3 Chaffinch 11 Blue tit 4 Great tit 6 Robin 1 Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Other

18 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 17/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 17/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 18 Avocet 1 Redshank 36 Snipe 5 Teal 10 Gadwall 1 Curlew 3 Kestrel 1 Greenshank 2 Stock dove 3 Black-headed gull 85 Saline Lagoon Teal 31 Curlew 1 Snipe 1 Heron 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Great spotted

17 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 15/09/2018

Wildlife sightings - 15/09/2018

Tide level a.m.: high Wader Lake Avocet 1 Lapwing 14 Redshank 43 Greenshank 4 Black tailed godwit 6 Common snipe 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Black headed gull 93 Saline Lagoon Common snipe 1 Teal 62 Black headed gull 16 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 3 Nuthat

15 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 14/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 14/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Avocet - 1 (juvenile) Black-tailed Godwit - 14 Redshank - 32 Lapwing - 12 Common Snipe - 8 Kingfisher - 1 (male) Teal - 56 Sparrowhawk - 1   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/High Curlew - 1 Redsh

14 September 2018