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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 - 1/10/18

Wildlife Sightings - 1/10/18

Wader Lake (AM High Tide) Bar-Tailed Godwit  - 1 Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Greenshank - 2 Stock Dove - 5 Avocet (immature) - 1 Lapwing - 15 Redshank - 29 Grey Heron - 1 Snipe - 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull (1 adult, 2 juveniles) Teal - 17   Saline Lagoo

1 October 2018
Wildlife sightings - 30/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 30/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Bar-tailed godwit (rare visitor) 1 Black-tailed godwit 2 Teal 36 Black-headed gull 242 Curlew 1 Redshank 9   Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Teal 32 (1 at the river reedbed and 31 on the lagoon) Jay 1 (at the river reedbed)

30 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 28/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 28/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid-High Avocet - 1 (immature) Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Common Snipe - 6 Redshank - 4 Lapwing - 80 Black-headed Gull - 212 Shoveler - 8 Gadwall - 2 Teal - 27   Saline Lagoon Black-headed Gull - 80 Teal - 19 &nbs

28 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 27/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 27/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Avocet - 1 (immature) Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Curlew - 1 Lapwing - 60 Herring Gull - 26 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 (1st winter) Black-headed Gull - 106 Teal - 22 Jackdaw - 60 Starling - 5   Saline Lagoon

27 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 26/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 26/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Teal 41 Avocet (immature) 1 Black-headed gull 83 Curlew 1 Lesser black-backed gull (juvenile) 3 Lapwing 20 Jackdaw 1   Saline lagoon: Wigeon 1 Teal 6 Black-headed gull 4 Curlew 1   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-

26 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 25/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Avocet (juvenile) 1 Teal 17 Lapwing 230 Common snipe 1 Black-headed gull 165 Lesser black-backed gull (juveniles) 2 Herring gull 1   Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Coal tit 2 Blue tit 4 Robin 1 Ch

25 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 23/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 23/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Peregrine falcon (immature hunting over the lake) 1 Wigeon 2 Avocet (immature) 1 Teal 19 Lapwing 20 Black-headed gull 13 Saline Lagoon Stock dove 1 (river reedbed) Curlew 1 Teal 3 Hawthorn Wood Willow tit 1 Great spotted wo

23 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 20/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Teal - 16 Common Snipe - 2 Redshank - 12 Black-headed Gull - 85   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM Redshank - 1 Black-headed Gulls - 8 Common Sandpiper - 1 Curlew - 1 Grey Heron - 3   Hawthorn Wood Blue T

20 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 19/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 19/09/18

Wader Lake (AM, high tide): Black-tailed godwit 2 Teal 24 Snipe 3 Redshank 18 Jackdaw 22 Black-headed gull 185 Mallard 3 Shoveler 1 Lapwing 1   Saline lagoon (AM, high tide): Grey heron 1 Snipe 1 Curlew 1 Teal 8   Plus: A juvenile great-spotted

19 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 18/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 18/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Teal 13 Avocet 1 Mute swan 1 Redshank 18 Common snipe 6 Black-headed gull 115 Saline Lagoon Teal 15 Redshank 2 Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Coal tit 3 Chaffinch 11 Blue tit 4 Great tit 6 Robin 1 Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Other

18 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 17/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 17/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 18 Avocet 1 Redshank 36 Snipe 5 Teal 10 Gadwall 1 Curlew 3 Kestrel 1 Greenshank 2 Stock dove 3 Black-headed gull 85 Saline Lagoon Teal 31 Curlew 1 Snipe 1 Heron 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Great spotted

17 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 15/09/2018

Wildlife sightings - 15/09/2018

Tide level a.m.: high Wader Lake Avocet 1 Lapwing 14 Redshank 43 Greenshank 4 Black tailed godwit 6 Common snipe 1 Sparrowhawk 1 Black headed gull 93 Saline Lagoon Common snipe 1 Teal 62 Black headed gull 16 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 3 Nuthat

15 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 14/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 14/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Avocet - 1 (juvenile) Black-tailed Godwit - 14 Redshank - 32 Lapwing - 12 Common Snipe - 8 Kingfisher - 1 (male) Teal - 56 Sparrowhawk - 1   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/High Curlew - 1 Redsh

14 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 13/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 13/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Redshank 36 Greenshank 3 Black-tailed godwit 2 Avocet (juv) 1 Common snipe 5 Lapwing 22 Curlew 4 Teal 36 Grey heron 3 Saline Lagoon Curlew 3 Black-headed gull 60 Linnet 2 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Nuthatch 1

13 September 2018
Wildlife sightings 12/09/18

Wildlife sightings 12/09/18

a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Black tailed godwit 4 Avocet Redshank 4 Sand martin Black headed gull 110 Lapwing 52 Common snipe Mute swan 2 Saline lagoon Black headed gull 40 Redshank Black tailed godwit Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Great tit 5 Gre

12 September 2018