Latest sightings
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Black Tailed Godwit - 4 Common Snipe - 2 Teal - 27 Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew Grey Heron Teal Wigeon Other Birds Grey Wagtail - Gully - 1 Redwing - Hawthorn Wood - 12 Jay - Site Count - 6 Reed Bunting - Wet Wood -
24 October 2014
High tides should flood lagoon
Saline lagoon We're expecting high tides of more than 5 metres from this afternoon until Sunday, meaning the River Wear should flood into the saline lagoon. This is never guaranteed ('tis nature after all!) but if you
23 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Teal - 32 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Moorhen - 2 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 2 Coal Tit - 2 Pheasant - 11 Other Birds Blackbird (continental) play area - 3 Meadow Pipit flew over play area - 2 Bullfi
23 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Teal - 52 Black-tailed Godwit - 13 Knot - 1 Coot - 1 Moorhen - 2 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch - 3 Great Tit - 2 Blue Tit - 4 Bullfinch - 1 Robin - 1 Pheasant - 6 Other Birds Jay (North Wood) - 1 Ma
21 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Teal - 66 Redshank - 12 Moorhen - 3 Grey Heron - 1 Stock Dove - 1 Saline Lagoon Black-tailed Godwit - 9 Teal - 12 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Blue Tit -
19 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Redshank - 45 Black Headed gull - 30 Black Tailed Godwit - 10 Lapwing - 8 Mallard - 15 Shoveler - 4 Grey Heron - 3 Teal - 20 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 20 Teal - 15 Heron - 2 Other Birds Kingfisher - Gully - 1 Swallow - Over s
15 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Black-tailed Godwit - 8 Redshank - 67 Common Snipe - 2 Black-headed Gull - 46 Teal - 70 Mallard - 60 Greylag - 2 Shoveler - 2 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High Mallard - 50 Teal - 18 Black-
14 October 2014
Today's Sightings
9.30am Skein of 50+ Greylag and Pinkfeet flew towards Penshaw Monument Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Redshank - 80 Lapwing - 30 Teal - 60 Black-headed Gull - 65 Mallard - 40 Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Shoveler - 3 Lesser Black-backed Gul
13 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Redshank - 46 Lapwing - 30 Common Snipe - 4 Greylag - 2 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 63 Gadwall - 10 Black-headed Gull - 50 Herring Gull - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low W
10 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Gadwall - 12 Teal - 84 Shoveler - 4 Mallard - 26 Common Snipe - 2 Coot - 4 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Wigeon (on meadow) - 7 Curlew - 1 Black-headed Gull - 15 Hawthorn Wood Bull
8 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Very Low Teal - 20 Gadwall - 4 Shoveler - 6 Mallard - 12 Redshank - 6 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Snipe - 1 Kingfisher - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 2 Chaffinch - 1 Blue Tit - 4 Great Tit - 2 P
6 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Very low Teal - 60 Gadwall - 40 Mallard - 15 Black Headed Gull - 25 Shoveler - 5 Wigeon - 1 Black Tailed Godwit - 4 Redshank - 1 Snipe - 4 Kingfisher - 1 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Other Birds Jay - Spring Gill Wood - 1 Goldf
5 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Dunlin - 1 Black-tailed Godwit - 10 Redshank - 73 Lapwing - 14 Snipe - 8 Wigeon - 10 Gadwall - 38 Shoveler - 9 Teal - 114 Saline Lagoon Kestrel - 1 Grey Heron - 2 Teal - 17 Hawthorn Wood Great Spot
3 October 2014
Migration season at Wader Lake
I have just been watching the wonderful array of wading and wildfowl birds down at Wader Lake. During the migration season it’s a constant changing picture, with different birds coming and going as they refuel for their incredible journeys. Look care
2 October 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Lapwing - 12 Dunlin - 1 Green Sandpiper - 1 Redshank - 107 Greenshank - 2 Black-tailed Godwit - 12 Curlew - 3 Common Snipe - 8 Ruff - 1 Gadwall - 46 Wigeon - 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 2 Redshank - 9 Grey
2 October 2014