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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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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
Wildlife sightings - 30/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 30/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Grey heron 6 Shelduck 12 Eurasian teal 30 Herring gull 2 Black-headed gull 35 Wigeon 3 Lapwing 4 Canada geese 40 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 1 Curlew 37 Eurasian teal 25 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 6 Chaffinch 2 Blu

30 January 2018
Wildlife sightings 29/01/18

Wildlife sightings 29/01/18

a.m. low tide Wader Lake Grey heron 12 Shelduck 21 Eurasian teal 27 Stock dove Greater black backed gull (2nd winter) Black headed gull 59 Shoveler (male) Common snipe 7 Canada goose 49 Canada/greylag cross Greylag Saline lagoon Greylag Curlew 2 Shelduck

29 January 2018
Wildlife sightings Sun 28/01/18

Wildlife sightings Sun 28/01/18

a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Oystercatcher - 1st of the year Kestrel - male Shelduck 28 Tufted duck 23 Grey heron 8 - 1 pair in hedge, 6 singles Stock dove 3 Lapwing 33 Eurasian wigeon - pair Shoveler 3 Common snipe 11 Gadwall - pair Saline lagoon Eurasian te

28 January 2018
Wildlife sightings – 27/01/18

Wildlife sightings – 27/01/18

Wader Lake          Tide level  High Grey Heron 7 Lapwing 38 C Snipe 3 Shelduck  30 Wigeon 2 Teal 66 Mallard 110   Saline Lagoon Curlew 8 Shelduck 4   Other birds Goldeneye (all male)                    River 

27 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 25/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 4 Little grebe 1 Lapwing 32 Redshank 6 Shoveler 4 Teal 16 Wigeon 2 Greater black-backed gull 5 Herring gull 16 Saline Lagoon Black-headed gull 265 Curlew 5 Common snipe 1 Grey heron 1 Hawthorn Wood Siskin 4 Bull

25 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 24/1/2018

Wildlife sightings - 24/1/2018

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Grey heron 4 (2 in hedge) Mallard 98 Eurasian teal 83 Eurasian wigeon 2 Lapwing 44 Shelduck 17 Common buzzard 1 (flying over, heading North East) Canada goose 1 Kestrel 1 Common snipe 10 Black-headed gull 25   Saline lagoo

24 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 23/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 23/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Grey heron 4 Shelduck 17 Eurasian teal 38 Lapwing 99 Shoveler 7 Common snipe 7 Great black-backed gull 3 Herring gull 4 Black-headed gull 137 Saline Lagoon Kingfisher 1 Curlew 2 Eurasian teal 19 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Tr

23 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 22/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 22/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Grey heron (in hedge) 1 Lapwing 75 Herring gull: Adult 8, 2nd winter 1, 3rd winter 2 Black-headed gull 157 Common snipe 5 Shelduck 12 Shoveler 6 Eurasian teal 1 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Herring gull 4 Hawthorn Wood Great spot

22 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 17/01/2018

Wildlife sightings - 17/01/2018

Wader Lake (AM, low tide, partially frozen): Shelduck 15 Shoveler (one female, two males) 3 Lapwing 155 Eurasian teal (three pairs and two females) 8 Common snipe 2 Black-headed gull 58 Herring gulls - 8 adults, 2 first winter juveniles, 1 second winter j

17 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 15/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 15/01/18

a.m. Tide level: Low Wader Lake Eurasian teal 23 Mallard 33 Shelduck 25 Grey heron 3 (in hedge) Redshank 2 Black-headed gull 97 Shoveler 5 Common buzzard 1 (flew over) Wigeon 3 Common snipe 3 Herring gull 7 Saline Lagoon Eurasian curlew 48 Herring gull 1

15 January 2018
Wildlife sightings 10/01/18

Wildlife sightings 10/01/18

a.m. high tide Wader Lake Tufted duck 14 Greater black backed gull (2nd year juvenile) Black headed gull 52 Lapwing 62 Canada goose 2 Eurasian teal 16 Redshank 2 Shelduck 23 Mallard 20 Carrion crow 2 Saline lagoon Eurasian teal 2 Curlew (on meadow) 47 Haw

10 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 09/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 09/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: am Wader Lake Curlew 500+ (flushed) Shelduck 3 Black-headed gull 40 Lapwing 4 Saline Lagoon Curlew 59 Herring gull 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Tree creeper 1 Robin 3 Great tit 4 Blue tit 8 Dunnock 1 Chaffinch 7 Bullfinch 8

9 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 08/01/18

Wildlife sightings - 08/01/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Common snipe 1 Curlew 74 Kestrel 1 Jackdaw 1 Teal 4 Shelduck 1 Lapwing 67 Herring gull 20 Great black-backed gull 2 Black-headed gull 310 Saline Lagoon Frozen Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Robin 3 Great tit 9 Bu

8 January 2018
Wildlife sightings 05/01/18

Wildlife sightings 05/01/18

a.m. high tide Wader Lake Black tailed godwit Lapwing 50 Canada goose 55 Greylag goose 5 Canada/greylag cross Shoveler 6 Shelduck 25 Eurasian teal 20 Curlew Snipe 3 Black headed gull 30 Saline lagoon Eurasian teal 21 Redshank Lesser black backed gull 5 Ha

5 January 2018