Wader Lake works

Our reserve team are working on Wader Lake today (Thursday 28 November) which may cause disturbance to the wildlife in the area. Thank you for your patience.

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wildlife Sightings -19/01/2022

Weather: Bright

Windspeed: low

River wear tide level: mid

A.M

Wader lake:

Mute swan - 2

Shelduck - 20

Shoveler 11

Teal - 15

Tufted duck - 8

Wigeon - 2

Canada goose 1

Black-heade Gulls - 63

Herring Gulls - 5

Lapwing - 5

Saline Lagoon:

Common snipe - 1

Other birds noted around site:

Mistle thrush - 2 (Wader lake meadow)

Great spotgted woodpecker - 1 (Centre feeders)

Long-tailed tits - 5 (Amphibian ponds)

Goldfinch - 3

Song thrush - 1 (Hawthorn wood)

Coal tit - 2 (South wood)

Hawthorn wood:

Robin - 7

Jay - 1

Bullfinch - 5

Blue tits - 10

Great tits - 9

Sparrow hawlk - 1

Lookout feeding station:

Bullfinch - 4

Greenfinch - 1

Blackbird - 3

Dunnock - 1

Chaffinch - 2

Other wildlife species spotted around site:

Flora / Fungi:

Creeping Buttercup ( Lagoon path)

Dogs Mercury ( Hawthorn wood)

Broad Buckler fern ( Hawthorn wood)

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