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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - High/Time - AM Grey Heron - 2 Greylag - 2 Mallard - 36 Teal - 30 Shelduck - 1 Saline Lagoon Teal - 10 Grey Heron - 1 Other Birds Tawny Owl - North Wood - 1 Redwing - Hawthorn Scrub - 26 Mistlethrush - Old Oak Meadow - 2 Tufted Duck - R
8 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Mid/Time - AM Teal - 33 Curlew - 2 Redshank - 19 Shelduck - 2 Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron Other Birds River Wear: Mallard - 32 Teal - 15 Curlew - 4 Grey Heron - 1 Redshank - 11 Cormorant - Flew upstream - 8 Hawthorn Wood Gre
7 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Mallard - 46 Teal - 23 Shelduck - 1 Greylag - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 8 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 9 Chaffinch - 6 Siskin - 1 Coal Tit - 6 Great Tit - 10 Blue Tit - 14 Robin - 2 Dunnock - 1 Moorhe
5 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Low/Time - AM Wigeon - 2 Shelduck - 1 Teal - 12 Greylag - 1 Saline Lagoon/Tide - low/Time - AM Redwing - (Flew over) 11 Teal - 6 Other Birds River Wear: Curlew - 4 Redshank - 14 Cormorant - 3 Goosander - 2 Teal - 26 Grey Heron - 2 Mute
3 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Moorhen - Wader lake - 1 Mallard - River Wear - 30 Mute Swan - River Wear - 2 Redshank - River Wear - 6 Blue Tit River path 2 Coal Tit - River path - 4 Goldfinch - Filer reed bed - 6 Black Bird - North Wood - 1 Jay - Spring Gill - 2 Pheasant - Hawth
1 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader lake/Tide - low/Time - AM Teal - 14 Redshank - 5 Grey Heron - 3 Saline Lagoon Teal - 15 Mallard - 22 Other Birds Long Tailed Tit - River path - 12 Great Spotted Woodpecker - North Wood - 1 Greenfinch - Pond Zone - 1 River Wear: Jay - 1 Coal Tit - 6
30 November 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Teal - 12 Mallard - 50 Greylag - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Tit - 10 Bullfinch - 11 Chaffinch - 5 Robin - 3 Pheasant - 13 Blue Tit - 4 Coal Tit - 7 Other Birds Mute Swan (river) - 2
29 November 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Redshank - 52 Common Snipe - 2 Teal - 14 Grey Heron Saline Lagoon Teal - 8 Hawthorn Wood Sparrowhawk - 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Willow Tit - 1 Long-tailed Tit - 5 Coal Tit - 5 Blue Tit - 21 G
28 November 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/High Tide/100% Frozen Teal - 6 Saline Lagoon - 100% Frozen Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 15 Chaffinch - 10 Willow Tit - 1 Coal Tit - 7 Blue Tit - 11 Great Tit 8 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Moorhen - 1 Other Birds River Wear: Tufted Duck - 44 G
26 November 2013
Wildlife reserve update 21/11/13
Due to the recent rain fall, we have been able to mimic what happens to many natural wetlands at this time of year. We have started flooding and collecting water by adding extra sluice boards to some of our lakes and wetlands. With the volume of water i
24 November 2013
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE - AM Mallard - 36 Redshank - 12 Teal - 42 Moorhen - 4 Curlew - 1 OTHER BIRDS Robin (Wildlife Ponds) - 2 Heron (Wildlife Ponds) - 1 Mallard (River) - 20 Teal (River) - 30 Mute Swan (River) - 2 Blackbird (River Path) - 1 HAWTHORN WO
24 November 2013
Today's Sightings
Weather: Overcast and chilly Tide: Low / Time: AM Wader Lake Teal - 52 Shelduck - 1 Grey Heron - 3 Wader Lake Footpath Siskin - 8 Jay - 2 Bullfinch - 2 Saline Lagoon Grey Heron - 1 Grey Wagtail - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 21 Chaff
23 November 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/Am Tide/Low Teal - 74 Great Black-backed Gull - 1 Shelduck - 1 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Mallard - 15 Teal - 10 Black-headed Gull - 4 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 24 Chaffinch - 15 Willow Tit
22 November 2013
Sightings update!
Green Woodpecker has just been spotted flying over site by a member of reserve staff at 12.10pm. This is the first time we've had one spotted on site in over a year!
21 November 2013
Today's Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/30% FROZEN Teal - 22 Moorhen - 7 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Coal Tit - 4 Blue Tit - 3 Chaffinch - 2 Great Tit - 2 Bullfinch - 3 Pheasant - 13
19 November 2013