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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 - 30+ Avocet - 16 + 5 chicks Shelduck - 30 + 7 Chicks Oystercatcher - 1 Common Tern - 50+ Little Ringed Plover - 2 Ringed Plover - 1 Lapwing - 16 Swallow - 3 Lon-tailed Tit - 5 Shoveler - 2   Sal

22 May 2016
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM Avocet - 16 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Common Tern - 57 Shoveler - 1 Black-headed Gull - 2 Grey Heron - 23 Shelduck - 32 + 7 juvenile House Martin - 2 Oystercatcher - 3 + 2 juvenile   Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 3   Hawthor

21 May 2016
Today's sightings - 20/05/16

Today's sightings - 20/05/16

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 16 + 6 chicks (2 broods) Oystercatcher 4 + 3 chicks (2 broods) Little ringed plover 2 Redshank 3 Lapwing 9 + 7 chicks (3 broods) Common tern 52 Grey heron 30 + 41 young Shoveler 3 Gadwall 5 Shelduck 17 Saline Lagoon

20 May 2016
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Whimbrel (pair) - 2 Avocet - 16 Oystercatcher - 2 Black-headed Gull - 3 Common Tern - 50+ Redshank - 5 Tufted Duck - 16 Shoveler - 1 Lapwing & chicks - 20 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Shelduck - 10   Saline

16 May 2016
Wildlife sightings - 12/05/16

Wildlife sightings - 12/05/16

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 17 Little ringed plover 2 Redshank 2 Lapwing 9 (+ 4 chicks) Oystercatcher 2 Common tern 36 Black headed gull 2 (nest building) Shoveler 4 Gadweall 3 Grey heron 26 (+ 30 young) Shelduck 16 Saline Lagoon Avocet 1 Sheld

12 May 2016
Wildlife sightings - 11/05/16

Wildlife sightings - 11/05/16

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Common sandpiper 7 Avocet 16 Little ringed plover 2 Common tern 45 Black headed gull 2 Lapwing 18 Gadwall 4 Oystercatcher 1 Grey heron 35 Shovoler 4 Shelduck 10 Saline Lagoon (Tide level: mid) Oystercatcher 2 Sedge warbler

11 May 2016
Wildlife sightings - 10/05/16

Wildlife sightings - 10/05/16

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Avocet 18 Little ringed plover 2 Common turn 23+ Oystercatcher 3 Shovoler 3 Canada goose/Greylag (hybrid) 1 Black headed gull 2 Lapwing + chicks 24 Grey heron 3-+ Gadwall 4 Stock dove 2 Saline Lagoon Shoveler 2 Lesser black

10 May 2016
Sightings 9/5/16

Sightings 9/5/16

Wader Lake   (Time: AM   Tide Level: Mid) Common Tern: 32 Little Ringed Plover: 2 Avocet: 16 Gadwall: 8 Shoveler: 3 Whitethroat: 2 Sedge Warbler: 1 Stock Dove: 2 Lapwing (& chicks): 20   Saline Lagoon   (Time: AM  Tide Level: Mid) Grey Heron

9 May 2016
Sighting 8/5/16

Sighting 8/5/16

Wader Lake     (Time/AM     Tide/Low) Common Sandpiper:  1 Avocet: 18 Gadwall: 8 Shoveler:  3 Lapwing: 20 Common Tern: 21 Little Ringed Plover: 2   Saline Lagoon     (Time - AM   Tide - Low) Shelduck: 3 Gadwall: 2 Tufted Duck: 4 Oyst

9 May 2016
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Avocet - 18 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Lapwing - 7 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 3 Swallow (low over water) - 90 Sand Martin - 34 Grey Heron - 52   Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 6 Goosand

7 May 2016
Wildlife sightings - 05/05/2016

Wildlife sightings - 05/05/2016

a.m. tide level: low Wader Lake Avocet 18 Little ringed plover 2 Lapwing 8 + 6 chicks Oystercatcher 2 Common tern 10 Grey heron 21 + 27 young Shoveler 2 Gadwall 5 Teal 4 Shelduck 14 Saline Lagoon Grey heron 1 Shelduck 8 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 10 Greenfin

5 May 2016
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake Avocet - 18 Shelduck - 22 Common Tern - 24 Moorhen - 2 Canada Goose - 10 Greylag - 32 Black-backed Gull - 2 Gadwall - 1 Grey Heron - 16 Lapwing - 4   Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 1 Mallard - 4   Hawthorn Wood Blue Tit - 10 Pheasant - 12 G

4 May 2016
Wildlife sightings - 02/05/16

Wildlife sightings - 02/05/16

a.m. Tide Level: mid Wader Lake Little Egret 1 Common tern 6 House Martin 1 Barn swallow 20 Gadwall 3 Avocet 16 Black-headed gull 1 Eurasian teal 6 Grey heron 30 Oystercatcher 4 Saline Lagoon Cormorant 2 Shoveler drake 1 Oystercatcher 1 Hawthorn hide Bull

2 May 2016
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid-High Shelduck - 25 Gadwall - 4 Avocet - 16 Eurasian Teal - 6 Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 2 Tufted Duck - 22 Grey Heron - 28 Redshank - 3 Sand Martin - ? Swallow - ?   Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 6   H

1 May 2016
Sightings 30/04/16

Sightings 30/04/16

  Wader Lake - a.m. high tide Oystercatcher 5 Common tern 2 Avocet 16 Shelduck 10 Goosander 2 Little ringed plover 2 Gadwall 2 Tufted duck 7 Eurasian teal 13 Lapwing 15 Grey heron 26 + 3 juveniles Saline lagoon - a.m. mid tide (Please note we are co

30 April 2016