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Chilean flamingos off show

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 11/09/18

Wildlife sightings 11/09/18

a.m. Wader Lake Avocet Teal 22 Lapwing 5 Black headed gull 80 Grey heron Saline lagoon Black headed gull 16 Teal 9 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Chaffinch 6 Blue tit 5 Bullfinch 3 Great tit 4 Coal tit 2 Greenfinch 2 Goldfinch 3 Willow tit Other

11 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 10/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 10/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Teal 24 Black-tailed godwit 2 Mallard 6 Avocet 1 (juvenile) Lapwing 2 Black-headed gull 32 Linnet 2 Saline Lagoon Grey heron 1 (river reedbed) Teal 11 Hawthorn Wood Willow tit 1 Blue tit 12 Great tit 15 Robin 2 Other birds

10 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 09/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 09/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Stock Dove - 4 Common Snipe - 5 Teal - 32 Grey Heron - 2 Moorhen - 15 Lapwing - 1 Pied Wagtail - 1 Curlew (heard)   Saline Lagoon Teal - 7 Mallard - 2   Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 2 Great Tit - 5 Blue T

9 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 08/09/2018

Wildlife sightings - 08/09/2018

Tide level a.m.: low Wader Lake Avocet 1 juvenile Common snipe 4 Lapwing 8 Teal 35 Grey heron 1 juvenile Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 juvenile 1 female Nuthatch 2 Willow tit 2 Coal tit 3 Blue tit 5 Great tit 5 Sparrowhaw

8 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 07/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 07/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Lapwing - 12 Common Snipe - 3 Redshank - 8 Teal - 31 Pied Wagtail - 3 Stock Dove - 5   Saline Lagoon Greenshank - 1   Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 (male & female) Nuthatch - 2 Willow

7 September 2018
Washington warden joins international effort to save swan species

Washington warden joins international effort to save swan species

Catching and ringing Bewick’s swans on the Russian tundra is no normal business trip. The birds are truly wild and as such favour the remote. Our reserve warden David Dinsley spent two weeks alongside these iconic birds in August as part of Expedition B

4 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 04/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 04/09/18

a.m. Tide level: Mid Wader Lake Avocet (1 ad 1 juv) 2 Redshank 31 Common snipe 3 Black-tailed godwit 2 Black-headed gull 13 Pied wagtail 3 Swallow 3 Saline Lagoon Redshank 3 Green Sandpiper 1 Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Nuthatch 1 Bu

4 September 2018
Essential work on Wader Lake in September

Essential work on Wader Lake in September

After another breeding season on Wader Lake, it's time to get the area in top condition for the arrival of autumn and winter wading birds. This September, our reserve management team along with a group of dedicated volunteers will be doing some work to

3 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 03/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 03/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Lapwing 26 Teal 45 Avocet 2 Snipe 8 Redshank 35 Black-tailed godwit 1 Dunlin 2 Stock dove 2 Common sandpiper 1 Black-headed gull 29 *Possible water rail heard briefly* Saline Lagoon Little egret 1 Grey heron 1 Greenshank

3 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 02/09/18

Wildlife sightings - 02/09/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Common snipe 7 Black-tailed godwit 6 Avocet 2 Teal 13 Redshank 27 Stock dove 5 Grey heron 1 Greenshank 2 Green sandpiper 1 Pied wagtail 4 Lapwing 39 Saline Lagoon Grey heron 1 Snipe 2 Curlew 1 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted w

2 September 2018
Wildlife Sightings - 01/09/18

Wildlife Sightings - 01/09/18

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Avocet - 2 (1 adult & 1 juvenile) Black-tailed Godwit - 10 Greenshank - 3 Green Sandpiper - 1 Common Snipe - 11 Redshank - 46 Lapwing - 30 Common Gull - 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 (1 adult & 2 juven

1 September 2018
Wildlife sightings - 31/08/2018

Wildlife sightings - 31/08/2018

Tide level a.m.: mid Wader Lake Curlew 4 Black-tailed godwit 12 Redshank 47 Greenshank 1 Green sandpiper 1 Dunlin 1 Lapwing 26 Avocet 1 adult + 1 juvenile Grey heron 1 Teal 65 Water rail (briefly heard calling ) 1 Saline Lagoon Black headed gull 4 Curlew

31 August 2018
Wildlife sightings - 30/08/18

Wildlife sightings - 30/08/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Common snipe 3 Green sandpiper 1 Redshank 6 Avocet 1 Black-tailed godwit 5 Lapwing 41 Grey heron 3 Teal 4 Swallow 7 Black-headed gull 47 Lesser black-backed gull 1   Saline lagoon (AM, mid tide): Greenshank 1 Redshank 8 &nb

30 August 2018
wildlife sightings 29/08/18

wildlife sightings 29/08/18

a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Shelduck Black tailed godwit 3 Common snipe 13 Avocet (juvenile) Redshank 6 Lapwing 150 Dunlin 2 Green sandpiper Pied wagtail Black headed gull Saline lagoon Redshank 3 Teal 8 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 5 Great tit 3 Chaffinch 4 Coal

29 August 2018
Wildlife sightings - 28/08/18

Wildlife sightings - 28/08/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Stock dove 3 Eurasian teal 21 Lapwing 171 Avocet 2 (1 ad / 1 juv) Grey heron 2 Black-tailed godwit 3 Snipe 5 Dunlin 2 Redshank 1 Green Sandpiper 1 Swallow 1 Saline Lagoon Grey heron 2 Eurasian teal 4 Lapwing 2 Hawthorn Wood

28 August 2018