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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 - 27/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 27/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Black-headed gull 180 Lapwing 5 Wigeon 5 Common snipe 7 Eurasian teal 20 Shelduck 8 Redshank 1 Grey heron 6 Canada geese 32 Saline Lagoon Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Bullfinch 18 Coal tit 1 Chaffinch 10 Great tit 6

27 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/2/2018

Wildlife sightings - 25/2/2018

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Mute swan 2 Grey heron 18 Oystercatcher 4 (two pairs) Redshank 24 Lapwing 53 (11 on meadow) Tufted duck 13 (six male, seven female) Shelduck 30 Coot 5 Shoveler 4 (three male, one female) Wigeon 6 (three pairs) Kestrel 2 (pair) &

25 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 22/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 22/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Lapwing 35 Grey heron 20 Black-headed gull 35 Oystercatcher 5 Redshank 4 Tufted duck 20 Wigeon 5 Curlew 21 Shelduck 18 Eurasian teal Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Eurasian teal 30 Curlew 6 Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinc

22 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/02/2018

Wildlife sightings - 20/02/2018

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Female pintail (first record for at least five years) Black-tailed godwit 2 Mute swan 2 Grey heron 26 Tufted duck 6 (2 male, 4 female) Oystercatcher 4 Kestrel 2 (pair) Gadwall 2 (pair) Common snipe 9 Eurasian wigeon 3 (2 male, o

20 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 15/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 15/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Mute swan 2 Shelduck 30 Teal 28 Wigeon 6 Lapwing 12 Common snipe 8 Redshank 4 Grey heron 8 Grey heron (6 on nests) 8 Common gull 1 Black-headed gull 74 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 2 Hawthorn Wood Siskin 2 Greenfinc

15 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 14/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 14/02/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Curlew 200 (flew off and headed west at 8.10am) Shoveler 19 (15 male and 4 female) Grey heron 4 Kestrel 1 (male) Gadwall 2 (a pair) Stock dove 3 Lapwing 29 Shelduck 28 Black-headed gull 250+ Wigeon 2 (a pair) Herring gull 2 &nb

14 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 13/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 13/02/18

a.m Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Kestrel 1 Lapwing 60 Grey heron 7 Black-headed gull 185 Eurasian teal 20 Gadwall 20 Shoveler 1 Common snipe 11 Shelduck 24 Wigeon 2 Great black-backed gull 2 Saline Lagoon  Oystercatcher 1 Curlew 62 Jackdaw 1 Hawthorn Wood

13 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 12/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 12/02/18

a.m Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Grey heron 13 Stock dove 3 Eurasian teal 32 Lapwing 87 Herring gull 10 Shoveler 4 Canada goose + single greylag 39 Curlew 11 Kestrel 2 Common snipe 15 Wigeon 4 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 16 Coal tit 3 Ch

12 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 11/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 11/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Kestrel 2 Stock dove (displaying) 3 Teal 33 Grey heron 14 Shelduck 28 Lapwing 95 Common snipe 23 Wigeon 4 Herring gull 3 Great black-backed gull 4 Saline Lagoon Teal 2 Curlew 5 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 9 Robin 5 Chaffinch 6

11 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 10/2/2018

Wildlife sightings - 10/2/2018

Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide): Lapwing 260 Redshank 4 Common snipe 6 Wigeon 2 Teal 44 Shoveler 10 Shelduck 26 Lesser black-backed gull 5 Herring gull 47 Black-headed gull 460 Curlew (flew off at 8.15am at headed west) 500   Saline lagoon: (AM mid-tide):

10 February 2018
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Grey Heron - 11 Shoveler - 14 (9 male/5 female) Eurasian Wigeon - 2 (pair) Lapwing - 274 Black-headed Gull - 360+ Shelduck - 20 Kestrel - 2 (pair) Herring Gull - 15 Common Snipe - 29   Saline Lagoon Frozen

7 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 06/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 06/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Shelduck 27 Grey heron 6 Lapwing 242 Shoveler 3 Stock dove 2 Wigeon 2 Common snipe 6 Eurasian teal 20 *displaying Redshank 1 Black-headed gull 282 Herring gull 2 Saline Lagoon Redshank 1 Curlew 1 Shelduck 2 Hawthorn Wood Wi

6 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 05/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 05/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 6 Shelduck 28 Lapwing 119 Shoveler 4 Wigeon 1 Great black-backed gull 2 Mute swan 2 Common snipe 11 Reed bunting 1 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher (heard) 1 Curlew 1 Redshank 1 Eurasian teal (3 pairs) 9 Shelduck (pa

5 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 01/02/2018

Wildlife sightings - 01/02/2018

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Mute swan 1 Stock dove 7 Shelduck 27 Lapwing 90+ (very mobile thanks to a hunting sparrowhawk!) Grey heron 7 Black-headed gull 59 Common snipe 1 Eurasian teal 23 (17 male and 6 female) Sparrowhawk 1 (large mature female)  

1 February 2018
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Grey Heron - 11 Shelduck - 17 Lapwing - 105 Black-headed Gull - 52 Herring Gull (2 adults & 1 1st winter juvenile)  - 3 Eurasian Teal (36 male/31 female) - 67 Common Snipe - 3   Saline Lagoon    

31 January 2018