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Todays Sightings
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
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM/Mid Tide Avocet - 9 Lapwing - 12 Common Tern - 80 pairs Gadwall - 5 Wigeon - 1 Oystercatcher - 6 + 2 chicks Little Ringed Plover [...]
13 June 2012
Deer tracks spotted!
Roe deer tracks have been spotted on the saline lagoon. On the second image you can see the dew claws quite clearly in the soft mud, suggesting it was running! [...]
13 June 2012
Sightings 12th June
WADER LAKE a.m. high tide Avocet 9 Lapwing 8 Oyster catcher 6 + 2 chicks Common tern 80 pairs + 11 chicks Gadwall 5 Wigeon 1 Black headed gull 8 Grey heron 17 adult + 1 [...]
12 June 2012
10th of June Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: High Avocet - 10 Shelduck - 29 + 16 ducklings Tufted Duck - 16 Gadwall - 4 Widgeon - 1 Oystercatcher - 5 + 3 chicks Common Tern - 80+ pairs + [...]
10 June 2012
Today's sightings 9th June
WADER LAKE a.m. HIGH TIDE Avocet 9 Common tern 120 Lapwing 8 Gadwall 2 Wigeon 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Shelduck 22 + 16 ducklings Tufted duck 15 Grey heron 29 O [...]
9 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Common Tern - 80 Pairs + 2 Chicks Oystercatcher - 6 Lapwing - 7 Shelduck - 25 Adult + 14 Duckling Tufted Duck - 18 Gadwall - 4 Wigeon - 1 Grey [...]
7 June 2012
Sightings 4th June 2012
WADER LAKE low tide Avocet 10 (4 nests) Common tern 125 Shelduck 42 (+ 2 broods of ducklings) Lapwing 10 Tufted duck 25 Oystercatcher 4 Grey heron 32 Swallow 21 Swi [...]
4 June 2012
Ringed avocet returns
An avocet hatched and ringed here back in 2010 has returned - our first ever! It's with an unringed mate and they're busy scraping in the mud near the 'fingers' at Wader Lake; a re [...]
2 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet 10 Oystercatcher 5 Lapwing 6 Common Tern 80 pai [...]
2 June 2012
Yellow wagtail - site first for many years
A yellow wagtail is present on Wader Lake, near the avocet nests on Tern Island. This is a first for the site in many years. [...]
1 June 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Yellow Wagtail - 1 Avocet - 8 Oystercatcher - 6 Lapwing - 6 Curlew - 1 Common Tern - 80 Pairs Gadwall Shelduck - 19 + 15 Ducklings Grey Heron - 51 Sa [...]
1 June 2012
Todays sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 10 Shelduck + 2 broods of young - 15 adults  [...]
31 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Shelduck - 27 + 7 chicks Gery Heron - 45 Oystercatcher - 6 Tufted Duck - 14 Lapwing - 8 Common Tern - 60 pairs Saline Lagoon Lesser Black Back [...]
29 May 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Shelduck - 35 + 10 Chicks Avocet - 9 Tufted Duck - 42 Grey Heron - 42 Redshank - 42 Wigeon - 1 Lapwing - 6 Oystercatcher - 6 Canada - 5 Commen Tern - [...]
28 May 2012