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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 - 30/10/16

Wildlife Sightings - 30/10/16

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Redshank - 7 Teal - 25 Snipe - 3   Saline Lagoon Curlew - 1   Hawthorn Wood Coal Tit - 5 Bullfinch - 10 Greenfinch - 2 Blue Tit - 8

30 October 2016
Wildlife Sightings - 29/10/16

Wildlife Sightings - 29/10/16

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Teal - 83 Shelduck - 1 Kestrel (pair) - 2 Stock Dove - 9 Grey Wagtail - 2 Jackdaw - 8 Starling - 2   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/Low Curlew - 20 Teal - 38 Black-headed Gull - 18 Great Black-b

29 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 28/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 28/10/16

a.m. Tide level: Low Wader Lake Peregrine falcon (juvenile) 1 Lapwing 32 Black-tailed godwit 11 Redshank 23 Curlew 10 Grey heron 4 Stock dove 14 Jay 3 Saline Lagoon Curlew Teal Grey heron Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Nuthatch 1 Willow tit 2 Lo

28 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 27/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 27/10/16

a.m. Tide level: Low Wader Lake Water rail 1 (in front of Diageo Hide) Lapwing 42 Curlew 18 Redshank 9 Teal 36 Black-tailed godwit 5 Saline Lagoon Curlew 22 Grey heron 2 Teal 16 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 10 Chaffinch 6 Goldfinch 11 Willow tit 1 Coal tit 7 G

27 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 26/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 26/10/16

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 4 Eurasian teal 35 Lapwing 14 Grey heron 1 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch 4 Goldfinch 6 Blue tit 3 Dunnock 2 Great tit 1 Greenfinch 3 Other birds Cormorant - 1 - River Wear Black-hea

26 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 24/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 24/10/16

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Avocet 1 Curlew 1 Common snipe 2 Eurasian teal 47 Redshank 32 Black-headed gull 41 Kestrel 1 Wigeon 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Eurasian teal 4 Stock dove 2 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Bullfinch 4 Chaffinch 10 Rob

24 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 22/10/2016

Wildlife sightings - 22/10/2016

a.m. Tide level: high Wader Lake Curlew 8 Eurasian teal 40 Black tailed godwit 14 Gadwall 1 Lapwing 6 Grey heron 2 Redshank 45 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal 4 Hawthorn Wood Greenfinch 1 Chaffinch 2 Blue tit 4 Robin 1 Great tit 3 Dunnock 1 Other birds Siskin

23 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 21/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 21/10/16

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Curlew 45 Eurasian teal 20 Black-tailed godwit 5 Wigeon 7 Lapwing 35 Black-headed gull 10 Grey heron 1 Redshank 50 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal 8 Cormorant 4 Redwing 4 Hawthorn Wood Willow tit 1 Chaffinch 2 Other birds Kest

21 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 20/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 20/10/16

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Dunlin 1 Black-tailed godwit 18 Redshank 72 Lapwing 72 Common snipe 5 Greenshank 1 Grey heron 4 Teal 27 Saline Lagoon Curlew 3 Teal 16 Wigeon 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 1 Nuthatch 1 Willow tit 2 Coal tit 5 Lo

20 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 17/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 17/10/16

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Wigeon 1 Eurasian teal 37 Grey heron 2 Kestrel 1 Curlew 1 Common snipe 1 Lapwing 6 Saline Lagoon Kingfisher 1 Grey heron 2 Herring gull 2 Black-headed gull 20 Hawthorn Wood Coal tit 2 Dunnock 3 Bullfinch 9 Greenfinch 4 Gold

17 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 12/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 12/10/16

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 6 Eurasian teal 15 Redshank 4 Grey heron 2 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal 6 Hawthorn Wood Willow tit 1 Blue tit 4 Chaffinch 3 Goldfinch 2 Robin 1 Dunnock 2 Bullfinch 6 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Other birds

12 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 11/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 11/10/16

a.m. Tide Level: Mid-High Wader Lake Eurasian teal 15 Redshank 13 Heron 2 Black-headed gull 10 Snipe 1 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal 10 Cormorant 1 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch 6 Blue tit 4 Great tit 3 Willow tit 1 Coal tit 1 Goldfinch 3 Robin 2 Dunnock 4 Other

11 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 10/10/16

Wildlife sightings - 10/10/16

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Black-headed gull 60 Redshank 20 Teal 10 Grey heron 2 Greenshank 2 Saline Lagoon Black-headed gull 30 Teal 4 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 1 Robin 3 Willow tit 1 Bullfinch 1 Greenfinch 1

10 October 2016
Wildlife Sightings 5/10/16

Wildlife Sightings 5/10/16

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Black-tailed Godwit - 25 Redshank - 32 Greenshank - 1 Lapwing - 44 Curlew - 6 Common Snipe - 12 Teal - 21 Black-headed Gull - 57 Swallow (low over the lake) - 7 Kestrel (meadow) - 2   Saline Lagoon Grey Her

5 October 2016
Wildlife Sightings - 30/9/16

Wildlife Sightings - 30/9/16

Wader Lake Tide Level: Low AM Black-Tailed Godwit: 10 Common Snipe: 12 Lapwing: 36 Redshank: 20 Teal: 17   Saline Lagoon Tide Level: Low AM Common Snipe: 3 Kestrel (Meadow): 2 Grey Heron (Meadow): 1   Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker: 2 Bu

3 October 2016