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Sightings - Washington

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Bean Goose (Tundra) on Wader Lake 22/3/15 - last recorded on site in 1985 Wader lake     Time/Am      Tide/Low Avocet - 11 Lapwing - 23  (8 On Territories) Oystercatcher - 4 Shoveler - 2 Shelduck - 20 Teal - 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 Grey

23 March 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 12 Mute Swan - 4 Oystercatcher - 1 Lapwing - 43 Heron - 17 Wigeon - 2 Canada Goose - 23 Shoveler - 15 Greylag Goose - 9 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 2 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2 Redshank - 1 Teal - 18 Black Headed Gu

21 March 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 14 Lapwing - 24 Oystercatcher - 4 Mute Swan - 3 Tundra Bean Goose - 1 Greylag - 18 Shelduck - 16 Shoveler - 6 Wigeon - 3 Grey Heron - 27 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 4 Common Snipe - 2 Oystercatcher - 1 Wader Lake Foot

20 March 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Avocet - 14 Lapwing - 24 Redshank - 32 Oystercatcher - 4 Common Snipe - 4 Mute Swan - 3 Wigeon - 4 Gadwall - 2 Shoveler - 6 Shelduck - 16 Grey Heron - 25   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/Mid She

17 March 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/Am     Tide/Mid Avocet - 12 Mute Swan - 1 Lapwing - 26 (8 on territories) Redshank - 25 Shoveler - 6 Heron - 22 (16 on nests) Teal - 10 Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 30 (16 on meadow) Jackdaw - 10 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Co

16 March 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 13 Grey Heron - 22 Lapwing - 38 (8 on territory) Redshank - 30 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 30 Shoveler - 6 Wigeon - 2 Mute Swan - 4 Canada Goose - 5 Greylag Goose - 5 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Greater Black Backed Gull

15 March 2015

TODAY'S SIGHTINGS

TODAY'S SIGHTINGS

WADER LAKE / AM / MID TIDE Avocet - 11 Lapwing - 30 Redshank - 7 Oystercatcher - 4 Common Snipe - 6 Wigeon - 6 Shoveler - 10 Teal - 34 Grey Heron - 20 Shelduck - 16 Mute Swan - 3   SALINE LAGOON / AM / MID TIDE Oystercatcher (Middle Island) - 2 Shel

12 March 2015

Stonechat sighting

Stonechat sighting

                  Many thanks to Natalie Cairns for sending us these fantastic stonechat photos, taken when she hot-footed it after our reserve warden Adam as he ran past with his binoculars on the twitch for

11 March 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Stonechat (east down/amphibian ponds) - 1       8/3/15 pm   Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Low Lapwing - 48 (8 on territories) Heron - 15 (8 on nests) Redshank - 4 Oystercatcher - 1 Snipe - 1 Shelduck - 18 Shoveler - 8 Teal - 30 Avocet

9 March 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake/Tide - very low/Time - AM Lapwing (6 0n territory) - 62 Oystercatcher - 2 Redshank - 4 Snipe - 2 Avocet - 2 Shelduck - 34 Teal - 20 Heron - (14 on nests) - 20 Gadwall - 2 Pink Footed Goose - 1 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Black headed Gull - 1

8 March 2015

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 2 Lapwing - 76 +10 on territory Redshank - 11 Oystercatcher - 2 Wigeon - 4 Shoveler - 4 Black headed Gull - 216 Herring Gull - 22 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 4 Great Black Backed Gull - 1 Grey Heron - 27 (17 on nest

6 March 2015

Sightings for 5/3/15

Sightings for 5/3/15

Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Avocet - 2 Shelduck - 16 Teal - 20 Mallard - 23 Moorhen - 4 Canada Goose - 12 Lapwing - 75 Tufted Duck - 20 Heron - 17 Oystercatcher - 1 Redshank - 1 Shoveler - 3 Black headed Gull - 70 Coot - 8 Greylag - 4 Saline Lagoon Ma

6 March 2015

TODAYS SIGHTINGS

TODAYS SIGHTINGS

WADER LAKE / AM / LOW TIDE / 60% FROZEN Avocet - 3 Lapwing - 20 Oystercatcher - 4 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 34 Shelduck - 14 Grey Heron - 20   HAWTHORN WOOD / AM Treecreeper - 1 Long-Tailed Tit - 11 Coal Tit - 5 Bullfinch - 10   OTHER BIRDS / AM Goosa

3 March 2015

More avocets arrive

More avocets arrive

Three avocets have been spotted on Wader Lake as of 9am this morning :-D

3 March 2015

Avocets return

Avocets return

Our first avocet of 2015 returned to Wader Lake on Sat 28 February - the second earliest arrival ever since first nesting here in 2006. Thanks to Steve Johnson for sharing this pic via Facebook. Avocet on Wader Lake by Ste

2 March 2015