Sightings - Washington
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
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
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Teal - 52 Black-tailed Godwit - 13 Knot - 1 Coot - 1 Moorhen - 2 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch - 3 Great Tit - 2 Blue Tit - 4 Bullfinch - 1 Robin - 1 Pheasant - 6 Other Birds Jay (North Wood) - 1 Ma
21 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Teal - 66 Redshank - 12 Moorhen - 3 Grey Heron - 1 Stock Dove - 1 Saline Lagoon Black-tailed Godwit - 9 Teal - 12 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Blue Tit -
19 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Redshank - 45 Black Headed gull - 30 Black Tailed Godwit - 10 Lapwing - 8 Mallard - 15 Shoveler - 4 Grey Heron - 3 Teal - 20 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 20 Teal - 15 Heron - 2 Other Birds Kingfisher - Gully - 1 Swallow - Over s
15 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Black-tailed Godwit - 8 Redshank - 67 Common Snipe - 2 Black-headed Gull - 46 Teal - 70 Mallard - 60 Greylag - 2 Shoveler - 2 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High Mallard - 50 Teal - 18 Black-
14 October 2014
Today's Sightings
9.30am Skein of 50+ Greylag and Pinkfeet flew towards Penshaw Monument Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Redshank - 80 Lapwing - 30 Teal - 60 Black-headed Gull - 65 Mallard - 40 Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Shoveler - 3 Lesser Black-backed Gul
13 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Redshank - 46 Lapwing - 30 Common Snipe - 4 Greylag - 2 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 63 Gadwall - 10 Black-headed Gull - 50 Herring Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low W
10 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Gadwall - 12 Teal - 84 Shoveler - 4 Mallard - 26 Common Snipe - 2 Coot - 4 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Wigeon (on meadow) - 7 Curlew - 1 Black-headed Gull - 15 Hawthorn Wood Bull
8 October 2014