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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Curlew - 382 Redshank - 6 Lapwing - 4 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Common Snipe - 16 Teal - 22 Grey Heron - 6 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 2 Long Tailed Tit - 16 Robin - 1 Other Birds Tawny Owl - Car park & North Wood Great Sp
8 November 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Black-tailed Godwit - 12 Redshank - 20 Teal - 52 Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Curlew - 1 Teal - 14 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Jay - 1 Nuthatch - 1 B
5 November 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Redshank - 24 Teal - 50 Shoveler - 2 Grey Heron - 3 Grey Wagtail - 1 Saline Lagoon Teal - 15 Grey Heron - 1 Wigeon - 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch - 2 Jay - 1 Treecreeper - 1 W
4 November 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Redshank - 14 Black-tailed Godwits - 18 Teal - 54 Black-headed Gull - 9 Saline Lagoon Teal - 9 Hawthorn Wood Great Tit - 12 Blue Tit - 2 Jay - 1 Robin - 2 Chaffinch - 3 Goldfinch - 2 Other B
3 November 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Black-tailed Godwit - 16 Ruff - 1 Common Snipe - 5 Redshank - 124 Teal - 280 Shoveler - 4 Grey Heron - 3 Shelduck - 1 Greylag - 2 Saline Lagoon Teal - 45 Grey Heron - 1 Redshank - 20 Curlew - 1 Ha
2 November 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Common Snipe (flushed from lagoon) - 26 Jack Snipe (flushed from lagoon) - 3 Redshank - 130 Black-tailed Godwit - 8 Teal - 210 Mallard - 64 Gadwall - 2 Grey Heron - 3 Black-headed Gull - 46 Sparrowhawk - 1 (fem
1 November 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - High/Time - AM Shelduck - 1 Teal - 82 Mallard - 31 Redshank - 115 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Common Snipe - 3 Grey Heron - 3 Black Headed Gull - 27 Common Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 2 Wigeon - 4 Teal - 22 Other Birds Kingfisher - G
31 October 2014
Today's sightings
Wader Lake (mid-tide, AM) Black-headed gull - 80 Teal - 35 Black-tailed godwit - 4 Snipe - 1 Hawthorn Wood feeding station Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 8 Greenfinch - 2 Great tit - 6 Blue tit - 3 Coal tit - 2 Robin - 1 Dunnock - 1 Blackbird - 1 Plus A jay in
29 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Teal - 60 Black Headed Gull - 30 Redshank - 3 Snipe - 2 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon - 10 Teal - 10 Grey Heron - 1 Other Birds Redwing - Lagoon Meadow/Reservoir - 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 3 Chaffinch - 4 Greenfinch - 2 G
28 October 2014
Dragonfly nymph on the move
Dragonfly nymph It may not do any migratory miles, but this dragonfly nymph has been on its own #incrediblejourney today, after being rehomed during the clear up of Forgotten Meadow ponds. We're still busy tackling th
27 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Teal - 56 Black Headed Gull - 15 Snipe - 2 Saline Lagoon Teal - 10 Snipe - 1 Other Birds Grey Heron Window on the Wear - 1 Continental Blackbird - Hawthorn Wood - 1 Redwing - Hawthorn Wood - 4 Goldfinch - N
27 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Teal - 60 Black-headed Gull - 50 Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Moorhen - 4 Herring Gull - 3 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 Saline Lagoon Teal - 10 Moorhen - 4 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 4 Gree
26 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Black Tailed Godwit - 4 Common Snipe - 2 Teal - 27 Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew Grey Heron Teal Wigeon Other Birds Grey Wagtail - Gully - 1 Redwing - Hawthorn Wood - 12 Jay - Site Count - 6 Reed Bunting - Wet Wood -
24 October 2014
High tides should flood lagoon
Saline lagoon We're expecting high tides of more than 5 metres from this afternoon until Sunday, meaning the River Wear should flood into the saline lagoon. This is never guaranteed ('tis nature after all!) but if you
23 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Teal - 32 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Moorhen - 2 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 2 Coal Tit - 2 Pheasant - 11 Other Birds Blackbird (continental) play area - 3 Meadow Pipit flew over play area - 2 Bullfi
23 October 2014