Sightings - Washington
Avocet on Wader Lake
Three avocet are present on Wader Lake this morning - the first time we've ever had this species on site in autumn. A sure sign that the migratory season is well underway! Other wildlife highlights today include: Wader Lake AM mid-tide Shoveler 5 Teal 30
25 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Mid Teal - 32 Mute Swan - 2 Lapwing - 90 Greylag - 1 Moorhen - 5 Heron - 4 Mallard Gadwall - 4 Black Headed Gull - 25 Snipe - 4 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 1 Coot - 2 Mallard - 4 Other Birds Cormorant - River - 3 Curlew - River - 2
24 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Lapwing - 38 Teal - 20 Gadwall - 7 Black Tailed Godwit - 5 Dunlin - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 8 Teal - 5 Other Birds Treecreeper - Carpark - 2 Black Headed Gull - River Wear - 20 Lesser Black Backed Gull - Ri
21 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time- AM/Tide - Low Black Tailed Godwit - 8 Common Snipe - 10 Redshank - 13 Lapwing - 27 Black Headed Gull - 30 Teal - 19 Gadwall - 6 Wigeon - 5 Saline Lagoon Black Tailed Godwit - 3 Common Snipe - 4 Curlew - 1 Kingfisher - 1 Other Birds Jay -
20 September 2014
Wildlife highlights
Wader Lake AM mid-tide Black-headed gull 30 Gadwall 29 Lapwing 6 Teal 30 Redshank 5 Snipe 3 Black-tailed godwit 1 Wigeon 1 Saline lagoon Black-tailed godwit 5 Snipe 3 Teal 6 Jay at the river viewpoint 1 Blackbird on Wader Lake footpath 1 Gre
18 September 2014
Today's sightings
Wader Lake AM mid-tide Black-tailed godwit 2 Redshank 42 Common snipe 4 Lapwing 16 Wigeon 1 Gadwall 16 Teal 37 Black-headed gull 43 Grey heron 6 Saline lagoon Black-tailed godwit 1 Common snipe 2 Hawthorn Wood feeding station Bullfinch 5 Cha
17 September 2014
Wildlife sightings (16 Sep)
AM high tide Wader Lake Redshank 25 Lapwing 8 Black-tailed godwit 5 Snipe 4 Teal 20 Gadwall 9 Black-headed gull 4 Mallard 12 Saline Lagoon Teal 8 Grey heron 1 Snipe 5 Mallard 6 Cormorant at the river viewpoint 6 Blackbird on Wader Lake path
17 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Lapwing - 40 Black-headed Gull - 20 Snipe - 4 Teal - 25 Dunlin - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 2 Great Tit - 4 Blue Tit - 2 Greenfinch - 1 Jay - 1 Other Birds Cormorant (river wear) - 1 Redshank (riv
11 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Lapwing - 30 Black Headed Gull - 12 Teal - 35 Snipe - 2 Saline Lagoon Wren - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Great Tit - 4 Blue Tit - 2 Chaffinch - 2 Robin - 1 Dunnock - 1
10 September 2014
Sightings Update
One Kingfisher and four Greenshank spotted on Wader Lake at 2:10pm
6 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - Low Mute swan - 2 Snipe - 6 Lapwing - 64 Heron - 3 Teal - 11 Saline Lagoon/Tide - Low Snipe - 1 Teal - 1 Other Birds Cormorant - River Path View - 1 Curlew - Window On the Wear - 1 Redshank - Window on the Wear - 1 Oystercatche
6 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 18 Lapwing - 42 Common Snipe - 4 Gadwall - 16 Teal - 38 Shoveler - 2 Mallard - 33 Tufted Duck - 10 Grey Heron - 8 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Mid Black-he
4 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - High/Time - AM Lapwing - 304 Redshank - 42 Greenshank - 1 Common Snipe - 3 Gadwall - 4 Tufted Duck - 6 Black Headed Gull - 43 Grey Heron - 4 Saline Lagoon Redshank - 2 Common Snipe - 1 Tufted Duck - 4 Other Birds River Wear: Tufted Duck
2 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Redshank - 20 Snipe - 4 Black-headed Gull - 20 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Gadwall - 6 Teal - 5 Coot - 4 Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 12 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 5 Greenfinch
1 September 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - High/Time - AM Lapwing - 311 Curlew - 3 Gadwall - 6 Teal - 19 Grey Heron - 6 Black headed Gull - 32 Coot - 6 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 48 Cormorant - 10 Other Birds Stream Channel: Common Snipe - 1 Good numbers of passerines Bullfinch - 2
30 August 2014