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Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet 8 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 12 Shelduck 23 Canada Goose 9 Shoveler 4 Teal  [...]
4 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Common Snipe - 7 Oystercatcher - 4 Redshank - 17 Lapwing - 20 Grey Heron - 45 Gadwall - 3 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 18 [...]
3 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet 8 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Oystercatcher 3 Redshank 13 Lapwing 35 Heron 46 Shoveler 4 Teal 22 Wige [...]
1 April 2012
Today's sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 (including at least two eggs) Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 27 Common Snipe - 5 Lapwing - 22 Oystercatcher - 4 Grey Heron - 40 (three chicks in n [...]
31 March 2012
Four otters on the River Wear
The contractors working on our new saline lagoon have just spotted four otter on the River Wear for the second time this month. Get me on a digger pronto please! [...]
28 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet 9 Shoveler 2 Shelduck 22 Teal 18 Heron 36 Greylag 16 Canada Geese 6 Lapwing 29 Redshank 16 O [...]
25 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet (one pair mating) - 6 Lapwing - 14 Redshank - 10 Oystercatcher - 2 Stock Dove (male displaying) Shelduck - 15 Mallard - 27 Teal - 9 Wigeon - 4 [...]
23 March 2012
Countryfile magazine highlights our grey heron colony
Countryfile magazine has named WWT Washington as one of the best places to spot grey herons in the whole of the UK! http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/wildlife-watch-out-march [...]
22 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM/Low Tide Avocet 6 Black Tailed Godwit 2 Redshank 8 Teal 18 Black Headed Gull 25 Lapwing 31 Shelduck 5 Grey Heron [...]
21 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet 8 Black Headed Gull 56 Lesser Black Backed Gull 4 Common Gull 2 Teal 30 Wigeon 8 Heron 39 Lapwing&nb [...]
20 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet - 8 (2 pairs are starting to nest!) Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Black Headed Gull - 50 Teal - 21 Wigeon [...]
19 March 2012
Wild otter
A wild otter has been spotted playing on the riverbank beneath the saline lagoon, right next to where the public viewing platform will be once its open! [...]
14 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 23 Redshank - 20 Oystercatcher- 5 Shelduck - 19 Wigeon - 7 Mute Swan - 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 14 Oystercatcher - 2 Grey [...]
13 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 46 Shelduck - 43 Grey Heron - 39 Redshank - 10 Wigeon - 6 Oystercatcher - 2 Mute Swan - 2 Black Headed Gull - 180 Greylag - 6 [...]
12 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet 6 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 46 Redshank 12 Wigeon 9 Sheld [...]
11 March 2012