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Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Snipe - 3 Teal - 143 Black-headed Gull - 96 Moorhen - 2 Heron - 3 Redshank - 10 Gadwall - 5 Mallard - 50 Saline Lagoon Teal - 6 Mallard - 10 Other Birds Whooper Swan (over site) - 1 Other Species Hare (Old Oak Meadow)
30 October 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Mid Tide/AM Teal - 67 Mallard - 36 Gadwall - 11 Snipe - 4 Redshank - 23 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Black Headed Gull - 52 Sparrowhawk - 1 Saline Lagoon/Mid Tide/AM Grey Heron - 1 Teal - 32 Other Birds Redwing - Lagoon Scrub - 14 Jay - Site Count
29 October 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Snipe - 5 Teal - 163 Redshank - 63 Black Headed Gull - 4 27/10/13 PM Curlew - 560 Lapwing - 27 Redshank - 101 Saline Lagoon Teal - 3 Shelduck 2 Black Headed Gull - 4 Other Birds Jay - Spring Gill - 2 Robin - 1 Siskin - 2 Bullfinch - 5 Blue
28 October 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Lapwing - 32 Redshank - 6 Common Snipe - 5 Teal - 62 Mallard - 47 Grey Heron - 2 Saline Lagoon Black-headed Gull - 27 Grey Heron - 1 Other Birds Great Spotted Woodpecker (North Wood) - 1 Redwing (s
18 October 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Teal - 37 Gadwall - 6 Mallard - 20 Black Headed Gull - 4 Other Birds Cormorant - River 2 Curlew - River - 2 Redshank - 13 Jay - River Path - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Great Tit - 4 Blue Tit - 3 Goldfinch - 1 Pheasant - 9
15 October 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader lake am mid tide Teal 62 Gadwall 3 Redshank 26 Common snipe 1 Grey Heron 4 Mallard 30 Saline lagoon Teal 14 Cormorant 1 Grey Heron 1 Mallard 6 Forgotten meadow Sparrow hawk 1 male North wood Jay 2 Blackbird 1 River path Long tailed tit 6 Hawthorn wo
13 October 2013

Autumn migrant passage
Autumn migration is underway, with a number of species passing through en route to their wintering grounds. Yesterday, 5 crossbill were spotted flying overhead and tonight, a record 52 black-tailed godwit were on site - 40 on Wader Lake and 12 on the s
3 October 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Shoveler - 11 Gadwall - 6 Teal - 14 Mallard - 15 Jay - 2 Saline Lagoon Wigeon - 2 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 7 Goldfinch - 2 Coal Tit - 5 Blue Tit - 10 Great Tit - 7 Wil
2 October 2013

Work on Wader Meadow
Please bear with us and apologies for any bird disturbance while our fantastic volunteers carry out essential clearance on Wader Meadow this Weds and Thurs :-)
1 October 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Snipe - 17 Lapwing - 20 Teal - 17 Black-headed Gull - 1 Heron - 3 Mallard - 27 Moorhen - 2 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 3 Hawthorn Wood Pheasant - 7 Robin - 2 Bullfinch - 3 Great Tit - 2
30 September 2013

Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Black-tailed Godwit - 8 Common Snipe - 7 Redshank - 29 Lapwing - 22 Gadwall - 6 Wigeon - 2 Grey Heron - 3 Sparrowhawk (female) - River Path - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 1 Nuthatch - 1 Coal tit - 4 Blue
28 September 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Mid Tide/Time - AM Black Tailed Godwit - 8 Redshank - 117 Lapwing - 72 Common Snipe - 6 Greenshank - 1 Gadwall - 11 Grey Heron - 7 Wigeon - 4 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 22 Back Tailed Godwit - 2 Hawthorn Wood Willow Tit - 2 Coal Tit - 11 Great Ti
27 September 2013

Kingfisher sighting
A kingfisher was spotted this morning, darting out of the gully and out along the River Wear.
25 September 2013

Black-tailed godwit record
There were 40 black-tailed godwit down on Wader Lake this evening - the most ever recorded on site.
23 September 2013

Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Teal - 20 Gadwall - 2 Heron - 2 Moorhen - 5 Mallard - 6 Redshank - 4 Saline Lagoon Black-headed Gull - 34 Hawthorn Wood Pheasant - 6 Other Birds Buzzard (River) - 1 Whimbrel (River) - 1 Redshank (River) - 2 Black-headed Gul
16 September 2013