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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 - 02/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 02/04/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide): Avocet 20 Lapwing 16 Oystercatcher 2 Common snipe 12 Grey heron 34 Teal 16 Gadwall 4 Shoveler 5 Wigeon 1 Shelduck 29   Saline Lagoon (AM, mid-tide): Curlew 1 Shelduck 14 Lapwing 2 Common snipe 2   Hawthorn Wood feeding

2 April 2018
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS 30/03/18

WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS 30/03/18

a.m. mid tide level Wader Lake lapwing 25 Grey heron 30 Oystercatcher 4 Tufted duck 35 Shelduck 27 Shoveler 18 Mute swan 2 Eurasian teal 35 Saline lagoon Shelduck 12 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 3 Blue tit 5 Dunnock Chaffinch Goldfinch 2 Other birds

30 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 29/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 29/03/18

a.m. Tide Level: Very low Wader Lake Grey heron 33 + 2 chicks (21 nests) Avocet 6 Lapwing 27 (19 territories) Common snipe 10 Redshank 6 Black-tailed godwit 3 Oystercatcher 2 Gadwall 6 Shoveler 4 Teal 9 Shelduck 37 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 10 Greylag 2 Hawt

29 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 28/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 28/03/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Mute swans 3 Avocet 5 Shelduck 24 Lapwing 28 Shoveler 6 Gadwall 4 Tufted duck 16 Herring gull 4 Kestrel 1 Canada geese 16 Greylag 12   Saline Lagoon: Shelduck 18 Redshank 2 Eurasian teal 18   Hawthorn Wood: Great tit 8

28 March 2018
Wildlife sightings 26/03/18

Wildlife sightings 26/03/18

a.m. tide level high Wader Lake Kestrel (pair) Grey heron 33 Redshank 12 Lapwing 34 Oystercatcher 4 Great black backed gull (3rd summer) Avocet 11 Common snipe 2 Shoveler 3 (males) Shelduck 39 Lesser black backed gull 2 Saline lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatche

26 March 2018
Wildlife sightings 21/03/18

Wildlife sightings 21/03/18

a.m. mid tide level Wader Lake shelduck 42 avocet 6 redshank black headed gull 72 lapwing 35 grey heron 30 Eurasian teal 18 shoveler 9 oystercatcher herring gull 4 kestrel 2 Saline lagoon curlew shelduck 2 snipe Hawthorn Wood dunnock 2 robin great tit 6 b

21 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/03/2018

Wildlife sightings - 20/03/2018

a.m. tide level: low Wader Lake Avocet 2 Kestrel 2 Lapwing 26 Shoveler 8 Grey heron 25 Mute swan 2 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Herring gull 5 Oystercatcher 5 Eurasian teal 18 Tufted duck 24 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Canada goose 2 Reed bunting (singing

20 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 19/03/2018

Wildlife sightings - 19/03/2018

a.m. Tide level: mid Wader Lake Avocet 8 (one pair noted mating) Lapwing 19 Mute swan 1 (juvenile) Shelduck 62 Shoveler  4 (2 pairs) Stock dove 1 Kestrel 1 (male) Grey heron 10 Gadwall 1 (male) Black-headed gull 35 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Shelduck 2 Hawth

19 March 2018
Today's sightings 15/03/18

Today's sightings 15/03/18

a.m. low tide Wader Lake Avocet 10 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 32 (21 on territory) Redshank 16 Common snipe 6 Mute swan (juvenile) Shelduck 53 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 4 Black headed gull 73 Herring gull Saline lagoon Teal 84 Shelduck 4 Kestrel Hawthorn Wood Sparr

15 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 14/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 14/03/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 18 Grey heron 35 Lapwing 28 Oystercatcher 4 Black-headed gull 43 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 33 Tufted duck 16 Mute swans 3 Eurasian teal 19 Redshank 5   Saline Lagoon: Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 1 Eurasian teal 4   Hawthor

14 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 13/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 13/03/18

a.m. Tide level: mid Wader Lake Avocet 2 Grey heron 28 Lapwing 32 Oystercatcher 5 Common gull (1st winter) 1 Black-headed gull 56 Shelduck 37 Common snipe 5 Tufted duck 24 Eurasian teal 15 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck 7 Hawthorn Wood Treecreeper

13 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 12/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 12/03/18

a.m. Tide Level High Wader Lake Avocet (flew off) 1 Grey heron 25 Tufted duck 29 Eurasian 7 Oystercatcher 4 Redshank 20 Lapwing 19 Common snipe 8 Shelduck 23 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Black-headed gull 26 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 1 Eurasian

12 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 07/03/2018

Wildlife sightings - 07/03/2018

a.m. Tide level: High  Wader Lake Lapwing 26 Black head gull 36 Herring gull 3 Shelduck 24 Grey heron 7 Tufted duck 29 Oystercatcher 2 Mute swan 2 Eurasian teal 18 Canada geese 2 Greylag geese 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Eurasian teal 5 Redshank 3 Hawthorn

7 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 06/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 06/03/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Tufted duck 31 Eurasian teal 17 Grey heron 4 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 6 Redshank 5 Shelduck 25 Gadwall 2 Greylag 1 Stock dove 1 Siskin 12 Saline Lagoon Kingfisher 1 Shelduck 6 Oystercatcher 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Coal t

6 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 05/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 05/03/18

a.m Tide Level: High Wader Lake Oystercatcher 2 Coot 3 Common snipe 1 Shoveler 2 Teal 24 Mute swan 2 Grey heron 3 Tree sparrow 1 Stock dove 3 Herring gull 1 Saline lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 1 Teal 36 Shelduck 4 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 2 Willow tit 1 Gr

5 March 2018