Sightings - Washington
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Avocet - 13 Lapwing - 22 Oystercatcher - 2 Common Snipe - 2 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 10 Tundra Bean Goose - 1 Greylag - 10 Shelduck - 14 Black headed Gull - 32 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 4 Teal - 4 Oth
25 March 2015
PICS: Tundra bean goose (site first)
This fantastic tundra bean goose has been visible on Wader Lake since mid-March and is a site first for WWT Washington. Our only previous (possible) sighting was in 1985, when a flock of nine ‘bean gee
23 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Bean Goose (Tundra) on Wader Lake 22/3/15 - last recorded on site in 1985 Wader lake Time/Am Tide/Low Avocet - 11 Lapwing - 23 (8 On Territories) Oystercatcher - 4 Shoveler - 2 Shelduck - 20 Teal - 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 Grey
23 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 12 Mute Swan - 4 Oystercatcher - 1 Lapwing - 43 Heron - 17 Wigeon - 2 Canada Goose - 23 Shoveler - 15 Greylag Goose - 9 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 2 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2 Redshank - 1 Teal - 18 Black Headed Gu
21 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 14 Lapwing - 24 Oystercatcher - 4 Mute Swan - 3 Tundra Bean Goose - 1 Greylag - 18 Shelduck - 16 Shoveler - 6 Wigeon - 3 Grey Heron - 27 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 4 Common Snipe - 2 Oystercatcher - 1 Wader Lake Foot
20 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet - 14 Lapwing - 24 Redshank - 32 Oystercatcher - 4 Common Snipe - 4 Mute Swan - 3 Wigeon - 4 Gadwall - 2 Shoveler - 6 Shelduck - 16 Grey Heron - 25 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Mid She
17 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/Am Tide/Mid Avocet - 12 Mute Swan - 1 Lapwing - 26 (8 on territories) Redshank - 25 Shoveler - 6 Heron - 22 (16 on nests) Teal - 10 Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 30 (16 on meadow) Jackdaw - 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Co
16 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 13 Grey Heron - 22 Lapwing - 38 (8 on territory) Redshank - 30 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 30 Shoveler - 6 Wigeon - 2 Mute Swan - 4 Canada Goose - 5 Greylag Goose - 5 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Greater Black Backed Gull
15 March 2015
TODAY'S SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE / AM / MID TIDE Avocet - 11 Lapwing - 30 Redshank - 7 Oystercatcher - 4 Common Snipe - 6 Wigeon - 6 Shoveler - 10 Teal - 34 Grey Heron - 20 Shelduck - 16 Mute Swan - 3 SALINE LAGOON / AM / MID TIDE Oystercatcher (Middle Island) - 2 Shel
12 March 2015
Stonechat sighting
Many thanks to Natalie Cairns for sending us these fantastic stonechat photos, taken when she hot-footed it after our reserve warden Adam as he ran past with his binoculars on the twitch for
11 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Stonechat (east down/amphibian ponds) - 1 8/3/15 pm Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Lapwing - 48 (8 on territories) Heron - 15 (8 on nests) Redshank - 4 Oystercatcher - 1 Snipe - 1 Shelduck - 18 Shoveler - 8 Teal - 30 Avocet
9 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - very low/Time - AM Lapwing (6 0n territory) - 62 Oystercatcher - 2 Redshank - 4 Snipe - 2 Avocet - 2 Shelduck - 34 Teal - 20 Heron - (14 on nests) - 20 Gadwall - 2 Pink Footed Goose - 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Black headed Gull - 1
8 March 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 2 Lapwing - 76 +10 on territory Redshank - 11 Oystercatcher - 2 Wigeon - 4 Shoveler - 4 Black headed Gull - 216 Herring Gull - 22 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 4 Great Black Backed Gull - 1 Grey Heron - 27 (17 on nest
6 March 2015
Sightings for 5/3/15
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 2 Shelduck - 16 Teal - 20 Mallard - 23 Moorhen - 4 Canada Goose - 12 Lapwing - 75 Tufted Duck - 20 Heron - 17 Oystercatcher - 1 Redshank - 1 Shoveler - 3 Black headed Gull - 70 Coot - 8 Greylag - 4 Saline Lagoon Ma
6 March 2015
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE / AM / LOW TIDE / 60% FROZEN Avocet - 3 Lapwing - 20 Oystercatcher - 4 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 34 Shelduck - 14 Grey Heron - 20 HAWTHORN WOOD / AM Treecreeper - 1 Long-Tailed Tit - 11 Coal Tit - 5 Bullfinch - 10 OTHER BIRDS / AM Goosa
3 March 2015