Latest sightings
Wildlife Sightings 13/3/14
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Avocet - 11 Lapwing - 9 Oystercatcher - 2 Redshank - 18 Grey Heron - 31 Shoveler- 4 Gadwall - 4 Teal - 15 Shelduck - 36 Sparrowhawk - 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 6 Other Birds Mistle Thrush - Spring Gill - 2 Song Thrush - La
14 March 2014
Sightings 12/3/14
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Avocet - 11 (10 displaying) Lapwing - 16 (10 holding territory) Oystercatcher - 4 (2 displaying) Redshank - 42 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Dunlin - 2 Grey Heron (24 nests) - 46 + 2 young chicks Teal - 14 Shovel
13 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 9 Shelduck - 30 Canada Goose - 2 Greylag - 56 Redshank - 40 Teal - 6 Gadwall - 12 Shoveler 10 Heron - 42 Lapwing - 16 Mallard - 46 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2 Mallard - 12 Hawthorn Wood Pheasant - 8 Bullfinch - 6 Robin - 1 Blue Tit -
11 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 10 Shoveler - 10 Gadwall - 16 Redshank - 101 Shelduck - 40 Mallard - 140 Canada Goose - 6 Greylag Goose - 22 Heron - 52 Lapwing - 21 Oystercatcher - 4 Black-headed Gull - 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 1
10 March 2014
Hide disturbance (19 March)
There will be some disturbance at Hawthorn Wood hide on Wednesday 19 March, as our reserve warden and a team of volunteers tidy up and improve the bird feeding station outside. We apologise for any inconvenience that this may cause you and hope you enjoy
9 March 2014
10 avocets on Wader Lake
As of 11.30am we have 10 avocets on Wader Lake! If they all pair off and nest, that's a new site record (we had four pairs last year and in 2012 too) :-)
9 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - High Avocet - 9 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 93 Lapwing - 6 Oystercatcher - 4 Grey Heron - 30 Shelduck - 33 Shoveler - 4 Gadwall - 2 Mute Swan - 4 Greylag - 6 Canada Goose - 9 Black Headed Gull - 55 Lesser Black Backed G
8 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 6 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 10 Lapwing (6 on meadow) - 8 Oystercatcher - 6 Grey Heron - 29 Teal - 3 Shoveler - 4 Gadwall - 3 Shelduck - 31 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher - 2 Mallard - 6 She
6 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet (displaying) - 4 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Oystercatcher (displaying) - 2 Lapwing (4 holding territory) - 8 Gadwall - 4 Shoveler - 2 Mute Swan (holding territory) - 2 Stock Dove (nest building) - 2 Grey He
5 March 2014
Spring has sprung (images)
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4 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet - 4 Lapwing - (4 on meadow) 8 Redshank - 2 Common Snipe - 1 Grey Heron - 32 Shoveler - 3 Gadwall - 5 Teal - 15 Shelduck - 30 Black-headed Gull - 42 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 4 Canada Goose - 8 Greylag -
4 March 2014
Otter cubs in Spring Gill Wood
Otter footage Feb 2014 WWT and DWT Look at this brief bit of overnight footage of two wild otter cubs in Spring Gill that we managed to capture with our spycam!
3 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 4 Redshank - 8 Gadwall - 5 Lapwing - 10 Shelduck - 32 Heron - 26 Teal - 30 Mallard - 46 Canada Goose - 5 Greylag Goose - 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 12 Blue Tit - 6 Coal Tit - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Great Tit - 8 Pheasant - 8 Treecree
3 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Mid/Time - AM Avocet - 4 Shelduck - 12 Lapwing - 50 Gadwall - 2 Black Headed Gull - 34 Heron - 15 Canada Goose - 12 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 6 Shelduck - 2 Other Birds Oystercatcher - Flew across river - 1 Hawthorn Wood Robin - 7 Chaffin
1 March 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low 90% Frozen Avocet - 4 Common Snipe - 3 Lapwing - 32 and 3 on meadow Curlew - 1 Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 16 Black-headed Gull - 52 Herring Gull - 4 Grey Heron - 24 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2
28 February 2014