Latest sightings
Latest sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide) Grey heron: 27 (22 nests) Common snipe: 2 Lapwing: 76 Redshank: 14 Oystercatcher: 6 Gadwall: 6 Tufted duck: 14 Shelduck: 33 River Wear Goosander: 3 Mute swan: 1 Cormorant: 1 Hawthorn Wood Sparrowhawk: 1 Nuthatch: 1 Siskin: 4 Bull
27 February 2013
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Grey Heron - 25 Shelduck - 16 Canada Goose - 6 Greylag - 6 Teal - 10 Gadwall - 2 Oystercatcher - 2 SALINE LAGOON/AM Shelduck - 6 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Siskin - 8 Bullfinch - 11 Chaffinch - 7 Greenfinch - 1 Long-tailed Tit -
22 February 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Low Tide/Time - AM Grey Heron - 25 Shelduck - 21 Teal - 17 Greylag - 6 Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 4 Oystercatcher - 4 Black Headed Gull - 37 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 6 Hawthorn Wood Siskin - 10 Bullfi
21 February 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Grey Heron - 28 Shelduck - 36 Teal - 14 Mallard - 57 Tufted Duck - 15 Greylag - 6 Canada Goose - 6 Lapwing - 8 Radshank - 5 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 5 Hawthorn Wood L
20 February 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/MID TIDE Grey Heron - 28 Shelduck - 14 Lapwing - 7 Redshank - 11 Crulew - 2 Common Snipe - 2 Oystercatcher - 4 Greylag - 6 Canada Goose - 5 Black-headed Gull - 27 SALINE LAGOON/AM/MID TIDE Oystercatcher - 2 OTHER BIRDS/AM Kestr
16 February 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Grey Heron - 30 Shelduck - 22 Teal - 19 Mallard - 15 Greylag - 8 Canada Goose - 6 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 2 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Treecreeper - 1
15 February 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Shelduck - 16 Grey Heron - 13 Greylag - 1 Mallard - 12 Canada Goose - 11 Curlew - 1 SALINE LAGOON/AM/LOW TIDE Shelduck - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Bullfinch - 12 Blue Tit - 4 Coal Tit - 1 Pheasant - 3 Chaffinch - 2
11 February 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Grey Heron - 8 Shelduck - 12 Teal - 9 Common Snipe - 2 Redshank - 15 OTHER BIRDS/AM Mute Swan (River) - 2 Coot (River) - 2 Grey Heron (River) - 1 Kestrel (East Downs) - 1 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Siskin - 1 Bullfinch - 13 Chaf
8 February 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/HighTide/Time - AM Shelduck - 12 Redshank - 83 Lapwing - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 14 Hawthorn Wood Siskin - 4 Bullfinch - 12 Treecreeper - 1 Nuthatch - 2 Willow Tit - 1 Long Tailed Tit - 14
5 February 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/High Tide/Time - AM 80% Frozen Grey Heron - 21 Shelduck - 10 Teal - 26 Moorhen - 4 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Other Birds Kestrel - River Footpath - 1 Long Tailed Tit - Pond Zone - 15 Jay - Pond Zone - 2 Great Spotted Woodpecker - North Wood - 1 Coot -
2 February 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Grey Heron - 19 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 52 Redshank - 47 Jay - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High Moorhen - 2 Mallard - 14 Teal - 26 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted woodpecker - 1 Spar
1 February 2013
TODAY'S SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/MID TIDE Shelduck - 20 Teal - 96 Mallard - 27 Grey Heron - 8 Redshank - 52 Black Headed Gull - 44 SALINE LAGOON/AM/MID TIDE Moorhen - 2 Mallard - 12 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Siskin - 12 Lesser
31 January 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Saline Lagoon 100% Frozen Hawthorn Wood Greater Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Siskin - 12 Bullfinch - 19 Coal Tit - 9 Blue Tit - 17 Great Tit - 11 Long Tailed Tit - 10 Robin - 5 Dunnock - 2 Blackbird - 4 Other Birds Fieldfare (Sout
24 January 2013
Red-throated diver
A red-throated diver has just been spotted heading from the River Wear onto Wader Lake! They usually winter on the coast so it has most likely been forced up river by the extreme cold snap. We don't have a pic but here's a link to some nice ones we found
23 January 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake 100% Frozen Fieldfare - 24 Jackdaw - 80 Great Black Backed Gull - 1 River Wigeon - 14 Grey Heron - 4 Cormorant - 2 Redshank - 5 Resrvoir Tufted Duck - 67 Shelduck - 10 Gadwall - 4 Coot - 10 Greylag - 11 North Wood Redwing - 15 Hawthorn Wood G
22 January 2013