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 - PM/Tide - High Whooper Swan - 2 Wigeon - 2 Shoveler Shelduck Other Birds Kestrel - Flew over site Goosander - River Wear

19 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

WADER LAKE / AM / HIGH TIDE Curlew - 24 Teal - 68 Black-headed Gull - 30 Grey Heron - 1 Shoveler - 2 Shelduck - 2   SALINE LAGOON AM HIGH TIDE Grey Heron - 1   HAWTHORN WOOD - AM Chaffinch - 5 Great Tit - 10 Blue Tit - 3 Robin - 1 Willow Tit - 2

18 November 2015

Today's Signting's

Today's Signting's

Wader Lake / Time: Am / Tide: Mid Jay - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Canada Geese - 30 Tufted Duck - 6 Grey Heron - 1 Grey Wagtail - 1 Stock Dove - 6 Teal - 12 Shoveler - 1 Lapwing - 1   Saline Lagoon Lesser-Black Gull - 1   Hawthorn Wood Coal

17 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

WADER LAKE / AM / HIGH TIDE Teal - 70 Tufted Duck - 20 Lapwing - 10 Shoveler - 4 Black-headed Gull - 15 Shelduck  - 1   OTHER BIRDS / AM Sparrowhawk (Forgotten Meadow) - 1 Teal (Reservoir) - 20 Tufted Duck (Reservoir) - 15 Kestrel (Stream Channel) -

16 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake Tide Level - High/Time - AM Teal - 3 Grey Heron - 3 Black Headed Gull - 12 Hawthorn Wood Coal Tit - 1 Blue Tit - 3 Bullfinch - 2 Blackcap - 2

15 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide - Low Grey Wagtail - 1 Pied Wagtail - 1 Eurasian Teal - 20 Lapwing - 1 Shoveler - 2 Saline Lagoon Eurasian Teal - 7 Curlew - 1 Jay - 1 Other Birds Mistle Thrush - Compost Toilet - 1 Grey Heron - River Wear - 1 Cormorant - River W

14 November 2015

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake AM Low Tide Cormorant  (fly over) 1 Shoveler (drake) 1 Tufted duck (male) 1 Eurasian Teal 12 Mallard 40 Black Headed Gull 3   Saline Lagoon Carrion Crow 2 Curlew (calling)   Other Birds Jay  (Wader lake footpath) 1 Song Thrush (

13 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

WADER LAKE / AM / HIGH TIDE Lapwing - 5 Pied Wagtail - 1 Black-headed Gull - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Teal - 4 Tufted Duck - 1   SALINE LAGOON / AM Curlew - 25   OTHER BIRDS / AM Tufted Duck (Reservoir) - 18   HAWTHORN WOOD / AM Great Spotted Wood

11 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

WADER LAKE / AM / LOW TIDE Herring Gull - 4 Black-headed Gull - 23 Teal - 45   SALINE LAGOON/ AM / LOW TIDE Curlew - 1   OTHER BIRDS / AM Kestrel (Wader Lake footpath) - 1 Grey Heron (Window on the Wear) - 1   HAWTHORN WOOD / AM Bullfinc

10 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Lapwing - 3 Black-headed Gull - 36   Hawthorn Wood Treecreeper - 3 Bullfinch - 2 Great Tit - 2 Blue Tit - 3 Long-tailed Tit - 1 Blackcap - 1 Pheasant - 3

8 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Canada Goose - 29 Mallard - 25 Tufted Duck - 9 Grey Heron - 3 Teal - 16   Saline Lagoon Curlew - 2 Teal - 14 Common Snipe - 1   Hawthorn Wood Willow Tit - 1 Coal Tit - 7 Great Tit - 9 Blue Tit - 14 Bul

6 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Teal - 14 Herring Gull - 4   Hawthorn Wood Dunnock - 1 Bullfinch - 2 Treecreeper - 2 Great Tits - 2 Coal Tits - 5 Pheasants - 6

2 November 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake Time - AM/Tide Level - Mid Common Snipe - 6 Redshank - 14 Lapwing - 32 Black Headed Gull - 56 Herring Gull - 4 Teal - 55 Grey Heron - 2 Grey Wagtail - 1 Black tailed Godwit - 1 Saline Lagoon Common Snipe - 10 Teal - 40 Curlew - 2 Grey Heron - 1

1 November 2015

Rare visitor!

Rare visitor!

We again have a (very handsome) male Ferruginous duck on site today. The bird has been here since Friday, first spotted in the filter reed beds. This species has not been seen wild on site for over thirty years!

1 November 2015

Sightings Update

Sightings Update

This afternoon at 4 o clock we spotted an adult male Ferruginous duck in the white headed duck pen on the inner circle. This is the second sighting in two days, first spotted in the filter reed beds. This species has not been seen on site for over thirt

31 October 2015