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Sightings - Washington

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Gadwall - 20 Shoveler - 6 Teal - 32 Redshank - 42 Lapwing - 28 Common Snipe - 5 Grey Heron - 4 Black-headed Gull - 76   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/Low Cormorant - 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull

11 September 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake  (High Tide, Time - AM) Gadwall - 22 Shoveler - 10 Teal - 36 Mallard - 31 Redshank - 26 Lapwing - 114 Curlew - 2 Common Snipe - 3 Saline Lagoon (High Tide) Cormorant - 3 Black Headed Gull - 60 Mallard - 42 Other Birds Grey Heron - River Wear -

10 September 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake Gadwall - 22 Teal - 28 Mallard - 34 Cormorant - 2 Lapwing - 16 Redshank - 2 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 20 Black Headed Gull - 16 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 4 Robin - 1 Dunnock - 2 Coal Tit - 6

7 September 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Common Snipe - 12 Lapwing - 33 Gadwall - 21 Shoveler - 11 Shelduck - 2 Teal - 37 Tufted Duck - 5   Hawthorn Wood Sparrowhawk (female) - 1   Other Birds Willow Warbler (river footpath) - 2 Mixed tit flo

5 September 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

WADER LAKE - AM Heron - 1 Snipe - 4 Black Headed Gull - 16 Teal - 20 Redshank - 2 Shelduck - 1 Lapwing - 9   HAWTHORN WOOD - AM Jay - 1 Great Tit - 4 Blue Tit - 5 Pheasant - 6 Chaffinch - 3

2 September 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Weather: Warm and sunny Time: AM / Tide Level: Mid   Wader Lake Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Greenshank - 2 Lapwing - 172 Redshank - 84 Common Snipe - 8 Grey Heron - 16 Shelduck - 2 Shoveler - 10 Gadwall - 14 Mandarin Duck - 1   Saline Lagoon Greens

30 August 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Weather: Beautiful sunshine. Don't forget your suncream! Time: AM / Tide Level: High   Wader Lake Common Sandpiper - 4 Greenshank - 2 Green Sandpiper - 1 Teal - 24 Redshank - 56 Common Tern - 4 Lapwing - 204 Shelduck - 6 Mallard - 26   Saline

26 August 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Weather: Cool with sunny intervals and light rain. Time: AM / Tide Level: Mid   Wader Lake Black-tailed Godwit - 5 Common Snipe - 7 Greenshank - 1 Lapwing - 102 Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 4 Teal - 22 Mallard - 20 Shoveller - 2 Canada Goose - 6 Grey

24 August 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

WADER LAKE-AM-MID TIDE Black Tailed Godwit - 5 Lapwing - 244 Common Snipe - 7 Redshank - 4 Common Tern - 7 adults + 5 young Grey Heron - 6 Shoveler - 8 + 5 young Shelduck - 5 Teal - 15 Mallard - 22   SALINE LAGOON-AM-MID TIDE Common Sandpiper - 1 Gr

23 August 2013

Wildlife sightings

Wildlife sightings

Wader Lake: Snipe - 13 Lapwing - 214 Redshank - 5 Grey heron - 3 Shelduck - 2 Common tern - 5 Mallard - 46 Moorhen - 3 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Willow tit - 1 Robin - 2 Blue tit - 2 Pheasant - 6 Dunnock - 1 As well as 8 black-headed gull on the sali

22 August 2013

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Snipe - 4 Lapwing - 140 Redshank - 1 Grey heron - 3 Canada geese - 6 Greylag - 1 Common tern - 8 Moorhen - 6 Shelduck - 4 Black-headed gull - 10 Black-backed gull - 3 Mallard - 30 Saline lagoon: Black-headed gull - 9 Mallard -

21 August 2013

Latest wildlife sightings

Latest wildlife sightings

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Snipe - 2 Black-tailed godwit - 2 Redshank - 2 Curlew - 1 Shelduck - 5 Lapwing - 160 Greylag - 1 Black-headed gull - 11 Common tern - 7 Grey heron - 3 Moorhen - 3 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Nuthatch - 1 Great tit - 11 Bullfi

20 August 2013

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Snipe - 5 Coot - 4 Moorhen - 5 Lapwing - 140 Common tern - 8 Black-headed gull - 4 Grey heron - 7 Curlew - 2 Redshank - 4 Greylag - 2 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great tit - 3 Bullfinch - 1 Blue tit - 5 Pheasant - 5 Plus 10 g

19 August 2013

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Lapwing - 157 Redshank - 2 Teal - 10 Common tern - 10 Grey heron - 9 Black-headed gull - 46 Lesser black-backed gull - 2 Snipe - 1 Shelduck - 6 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Dunnock - 1 Robin - 1 juvenile Goldfinch - 2 Chaffinc

18 August 2013

Wildlife sightings

Wildlife sightings

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Lapwing - 110 Redshank - 6 Teal - 12 Shoveler - 2 Gadwall - 1 Common tern - 10 Snipe - 1 Lesser black-backed gull - 1 Black-headed gull - 6 Grey heron - 2 Tufted duck - 2 Saline lagoon (AM, low tide): Mallard - 32 Oystercatcher

17 August 2013