Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Wigeon - 1 Common Tern - 100 + 20 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 6 + 16 duckling Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 2 Tufted Duck - 15 Bl [...]
26 June 2012
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Wigeon - 1 Common Tern - 100 + 20 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 6 + 16 duckling Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 2 Tufted Duck - 15 Bl [...]
26 June 2012
The soap opera that is Wader Lake continues! The oystercatcher pair that nested on Tern Island approximately three weeks ago still have two well grown chicks on East Island. Three of the four [...]
26 June 2012
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 6 + 2 chicks Redshank - 8 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Common Tern - 80 pairs + 15 chicks Grey Heron 10 + 14 juvinile Tufted Du [...]
23 June 2012
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Redshank - 10 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Common Tern - 80 pairs 18 chicks Grey Heron - 22 Grey Wagtail - 3 + 5 j [...]
22 June 2012
Weather: Rain with a slight easterly breeze Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid. Avocet - 8 + 6 chicks Redshank - 7 Lapwing - [...]
21 June 2012
Wader Lake Tufted Duck - 20 Shelduck - 4 + 11 ducklings Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Common Tern - 80 pairs + 13 chicks Avocet - 8 + 6 chicks Lapwing - 35 Gery Heron [...]
20 June 2012
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 8 adults + 7 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 adult + 2 chicks Lapwing - 9 Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 80 [...]
19 June 2012
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid. Oystercatcher - 3 + 2 chicks Avocet - 8 + 3 chicks Shelduck - 4 + 8 ducklings Mallard - 15 + 8 ducklings Tufted duck - 15 Grey Heron - 26 [...]
18 June 2012
Four avocet chicks have hatched! Three from one nest, which are now venturing into the water with mam/dad, and one is just visible in a second nest. One brood down, two and two-and-two-thirds-ish to g [...]
17 June 2012
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet - 8 Common Tern - 80 pairs - 14 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 - 2 chicks Gadwall - 5 Mallard - 15 - 7 duckling [...]
17 June 2012
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid. Avocet - 6 Common Tern - 80 pairs + 13 chicks Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 chicks Redshank - 2 Gadwall - 8 Wigeon - 1 Tufted Duck - 1 [...]
16 June 2012
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Low Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 4 Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Little Ringer Plover - 2 Common Tern - 80 pairs Gadwall - 7 Widgeon - 1 Shelduck - [...]
15 June 2012
Fish have begun to populate our saline lagoon! Wardens have just spotted a common tern making off with small fry in its beak, closely followed by three more making flying visits. Bui [...]
15 June 2012
Wader Lake A.M Low Tide Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 14 Oystercatcher - 4 + 2 Chicks Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 80 pairs + 10 chicks Gadwall - 10 Wige [...]
14 June 2012