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Wildlife sightings - 11/05/2018
Tide level a.m.: low Wader Lake Avocet 38 (8 nesting) Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 12 + 5 young Little ringed plover 2 Redshank 3 Common tern 16 Black headed gull 22 Lesser black backed gull 2 Grey heron 30 + 10 young Shoveler 4 Shelduck 21 Saline Lagoon Lapwi
11 May 2018
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Mute Swan - 8 Avocet - 28 Gadwall - 5 Oystercatcher - 2 Grey Heron - 20 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Common Tern - 28 Black-headed Gull - 15 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 7 Oystercatcher - 2 Gadwall - 1 Ha
10 May 2018
Wildlife sightings 09/05/18
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Avocet 32 Little ringed plover 2 Oystercatcher 2 Black tailed godwit 4 Redshank 2 Common tern 32 Black headed gull 12 Grey heron 36 adult + 10 fledglings Saline lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck 10 Lapwing Hawthorn Wood Gre
9 May 2018
Wildlife sightings 08/05/18
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Common tern 27 Ringed plover 1 Little ringed plover 2 Shoveler 6 Common whitethroat 2 Avocet 33 Grey heron 20 Shelduck 28 Oystercatcher Saline lagoon Oystercatcher Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 4 Other birds Black cap (male) - amphibian
8 May 2018
Wildlife sightings - 07/05/18
Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 30 Oystercatcher 1 Little ringed plover 1 Black-tailed godwit 1 Common tern 18 Black-headed gull 23 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Shelduck 31 Shoveler 4 Saline lagoon: Avocet 4 Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck 5 Hawtho
7 May 2018
Wildlife sightings 06/05/18
a.m. high tide Wader Lake Mute swan Tufted duck 38 Shoveler 5 Shelduck 29 Avocet 34 Lapwing 14 Common tern 19 Black tailed godwit 2 Little ringed plover 2 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 2 Saline lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Avocet Shoveler 2 Lapwing Tufted duck Hawth
6 May 2018
Wildlife sightings 05/05/18 (sorry for the delay)
a.m. high tide Wader Lake avocet 34 (along with the 6 birds on lagoon, total of 40 adult birds - site record) Grey heron 38 Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Black tailed godwit Lapwing 10 adults + 4 chicks Redshank 2 Common tern 24 Black headed gull 1
6 May 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/04/18
Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 34 adults Black-tailed godwit 16 Redshank 4 Little ringed plover 2 Lapwing 14 Oystercatcher 2 Grey heron 36 Teal 2 Shoveler 6 Gadwall 6 Shelduck 21 Goosander 2 (pair) Black-headed gull 12 Stock dove 2 Saline lagoon
25 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 24/04/18
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 34 (highest ever adult number recorded at once before breeding) Shoveler 5 Reed warbler 1 Black-tailed godwit 4 Little-ringed plover 2 Mute swan 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Gadwall 4 Grey heron 24+ Eurasian teal 2 Saline Lagoon
24 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 23/04/18
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 12 Avocet 26 Grey heron 19 (+ juveniles ready to fledge) Shoveler 4 Stock dove 2 Shelduck 16 Redshank 3 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck 6 Hawthorn Wood Reed bunting 1 Bullfinch 7 Robin 1 Other bi
23 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 22/04/2018
a.m. Tide level: high Wader Lake Avocet 34 Common tern 3 Black-tailed godwit 11 Little ringed plover 1 Grey heron 25+ Gadwall 6 (3 pairs) Shoveler 4 (3 male & 1 female) Mute swan 1 Oystercatcher 4 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 9 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Spar
22 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/04/2018
a.m. Tide Level: high Wader Lake Avocet 24 Little ringed plover (displaying on islands) 2 Black-tailed godwit 6 Redshank 4 Lapwing 16 Oystercatcher 2 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 8 Shelduck 18 Teal 5 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatcher 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 6
20 April 2018
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 26 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lapwing - 20 Redshank - 4 Grey Heron - (22 nests) 25 +4 young Oystercatcher - 2 Shoveler - 5 Gadwall - 10 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High Curlew - 2 O
19 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 17/04/18
a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 2 Little-ringed plover 1 Avocet 26 Kestrel 1 Northern shoveler 5 Black-headed gull 34 Oystercatcher 4 Gadwall 8 Eurasian teal 2 Bullfinch 2 Grey heron 23 (4 chicks almost fledging) Saline Lagoon Oysterca
17 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 10/04/18
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 25 Kestrel 2 Gadwall 3 Shelduck 24 Shoveler 8 Common snipe 2 Lapwing 22 Grey heron 19 Oystercatcher 2 Tufted duck 18 Eurasian teal 5 Saline Lagoon Shoveler 2 Shelduck 10 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 7 Great tit 8 Chaffin
10 April 2018