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Our Chilean flamingo flock is currently being housed indoors. This is a temporary measure as a precaution to avian influenza (bird flu). We will let you know as soon as they are safe to be outdoors. Thank you for your understanding.

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Wildlife sightings 06/05/18

Wildlife sightings 06/05/18

a.m. high tide Wader Lake Mute swan Tufted duck 38 Shoveler 5 Shelduck 29 Avocet 34 Lapwing 14 Common tern 19 Black tailed godwit 2 Little ringed plover 2 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 2 Saline lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Avocet Shoveler 2 Lapwing Tufted duck Hawth

6 May 2018
Wildlife sightings 05/05/18 (sorry for the delay)

Wildlife sightings 05/05/18 (sorry for the delay)

a.m. high tide Wader Lake avocet 34 (along with the 6 birds on lagoon, total of 40 adult birds - site record) Grey heron 38 Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Black tailed godwit Lapwing 10 adults + 4 chicks Redshank 2 Common tern 24 Black headed gull 1

6 May 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 25/04/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 34 adults Black-tailed godwit 16 Redshank 4 Little ringed plover 2 Lapwing 14 Oystercatcher 2 Grey heron 36 Teal 2 Shoveler 6 Gadwall 6 Shelduck 21 Goosander 2 (pair) Black-headed gull 12 Stock dove 2   Saline lagoon

25 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 24/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 24/04/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 34 (highest ever adult number recorded at once before breeding) Shoveler 5 Reed warbler 1 Black-tailed godwit 4 Little-ringed plover 2 Mute swan 2 Sparrowhawk 1 Gadwall 4 Grey heron 24+ Eurasian teal 2 Saline Lagoon

24 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 23/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 23/04/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 12 Avocet 26 Grey heron 19 (+ juveniles ready to fledge) Shoveler 4 Stock dove 2 Shelduck 16 Redshank 3 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck 6 Hawthorn Wood Reed bunting 1 Bullfinch 7 Robin 1 Other bi

23 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 22/04/2018

Wildlife sightings - 22/04/2018

a.m. Tide level: high Wader Lake Avocet 34 Common tern 3 Black-tailed godwit 11 Little ringed plover 1 Grey heron 25+ Gadwall 6 (3 pairs) Shoveler 4 (3 male & 1 female) Mute swan 1 Oystercatcher 4 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 9 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Spar

22 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/04/2018

Wildlife sightings - 20/04/2018

a.m. Tide Level: high Wader Lake Avocet 24 Little ringed plover (displaying on islands) 2 Black-tailed godwit 6 Redshank 4 Lapwing 16 Oystercatcher 2 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 8 Shelduck 18 Teal 5 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatcher 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 6

20 April 2018
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Avocet - 26 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lapwing - 20 Redshank - 4 Grey Heron - (22 nests) 25 +4 young Oystercatcher - 2 Shoveler - 5 Gadwall - 10   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/High Curlew - 2 O

19 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 17/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 17/04/18

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 2 Little-ringed plover 1 Avocet 26 Kestrel 1 Northern shoveler 5 Black-headed gull 34 Oystercatcher 4 Gadwall 8 Eurasian teal 2 Bullfinch 2 Grey heron 23 (4 chicks almost fledging) Saline Lagoon Oysterca

17 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 10/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 10/04/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 25 Kestrel 2 Gadwall 3 Shelduck 24 Shoveler 8 Common snipe 2 Lapwing 22 Grey heron 19 Oystercatcher 2 Tufted duck 18 Eurasian teal 5 Saline Lagoon Shoveler 2 Shelduck 10 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 7 Great tit 8 Chaffin

10 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 09/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 09/04/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 24 Mute swan 1 Gadwall 2 Shoveler 4 Oystercatcher 4 Shelduck 7 Black-headed gull 5 Little-ringed  plover 1 Redshank 5 Common snipe 2 Grey heron 28 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 6 Redshank 1 Shelduck 2 Oystercatcher 2 Hawt

9 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 08/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 08/04/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 29 Lapwing 24 Shelduck 9 pairs Shoveler 5 Eurasian teal 8 Gadwall 4 Tufted duck 25 Grey heron 26 Oystercatcher 4 Common snipe 3 Redshank 12   Hawthorn Wood: Bullfinch 12 Dunnock 3 Coal tit 4 Blue tit 8 Robin 2  

8 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 05/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 05/04/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 20 Lapwing 22 Oystercatcher 4 Common snipe 10 Curlew 2 Redshank 13 Grey heron 34 Mute swan 2 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 4 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 12 Greylag 2 Canada goose 4 Black-headed gull 2 Lapwing 1 (displaying over mea

5 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 02/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 02/04/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide): Avocet 20 Lapwing 16 Oystercatcher 2 Common snipe 12 Grey heron 34 Teal 16 Gadwall 4 Shoveler 5 Wigeon 1 Shelduck 29   Saline Lagoon (AM, mid-tide): Curlew 1 Shelduck 14 Lapwing 2 Common snipe 2   Hawthorn Wood feeding

2 April 2018
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS 30/03/18

WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS 30/03/18

a.m. mid tide level Wader Lake lapwing 25 Grey heron 30 Oystercatcher 4 Tufted duck 35 Shelduck 27 Shoveler 18 Mute swan 2 Eurasian teal 35 Saline lagoon Shelduck 12 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 3 Blue tit 5 Dunnock Chaffinch Goldfinch 2 Other birds

30 March 2018