Sightings - Washington
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
Today's Sightings
Time: am / Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Jack Snipe - 1 Common Snipe - 5 Redshank - 30 Lapwing - 120 Gadwall - 24 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 20 Grey Heron - 6 Mallard - 16 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 4 Chaffinch - 8 Blue tit -
15 September 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake - Mid Tide - AM Black Tailed Godwit - 24 Gadwall - 264 Redshank - 38 Lapwing - 45 Common Snipe - 9 Teal - 38 Shelduck - 4 Mallard - 54 Shoveler - 6 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 10 Lapwing - 5 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Other Birds Longtailed Tit -
14 September 2013
Black-tailed godwit
A tremendous 24 black-tailed godwit are on Wader Lake this morning - three times our typical number!
14 September 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Greenshank - 1 Redshank - 52 Dunlin - 1 Common Snipe - 5 Lapwing - 110 Curlew - 2 Gadwall - 26 Shoveler - 13 Teal - 55 Shelduck - 4 Mallard - 36 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/High Black-head
13 September 2013
Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide Level: High Wader Lake Wigeon - 1 Gadwall - 16 Redshank - 42 Lapwing - 22 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Greenshank - 2 Teal - 22 Common Snipe - 5 Mallard - 30 Grey Heron - 5 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 40 Black-headed Gull - 1 Redshan
12 September 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Gadwall - 20 Shoveler - 6 Teal - 32 Redshank - 42 Lapwing - 28 Common Snipe - 5 Grey Heron - 4 Black-headed Gull - 76 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Cormorant - 2 Lesser Black-backed Gull
11 September 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake (High Tide, Time - AM) Gadwall - 22 Shoveler - 10 Teal - 36 Mallard - 31 Redshank - 26 Lapwing - 114 Curlew - 2 Common Snipe - 3 Saline Lagoon (High Tide) Cormorant - 3 Black Headed Gull - 60 Mallard - 42 Other Birds Grey Heron - River Wear -
10 September 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Gadwall - 22 Teal - 28 Mallard - 34 Cormorant - 2 Lapwing - 16 Redshank - 2 Grey Heron - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 20 Black Headed Gull - 16 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 6 Chaffinch - 4 Robin - 1 Dunnock - 2 Coal Tit - 6
7 September 2013