Sightings - Washington
3rd of October Sightings
Weather: Grey cloud with light drizzle Wader Lake Am - Tide Level: Mid to Low Teal - 32 Mallard - 20 Moorhen - 2 Coot - 7 Grey Heron - 1 Black-Headed Gull - 120 Hawthorn Hide Great Tit - 12 Coal Tit - 4 Blue Tit - 10 Nuthatch - 1 Bullfinch - 8
3 October 2012
Todays sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/MID TIDE Redshank - 6 Snipe - 4 Tufted Duck - 6 Teal - 54 Lapwing - 78 Grey Heron - 2 Shoveler - 4 Mallard - 27 SALINE LAGOON/AM/MID TIDE Mallard - 12 Grey Heron - 1 Redshank - 2 Cormorant - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM North Wood Jay - 2
2 October 2012
Avocet
Unringed avocet down on Wader Lake today! :-)
1 October 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Mid Tide Teal - 32 Mallard - 37 Avocet - 1 Mute Swan - 1 Shoveler - 54 Black Headed Gull - 42 Curlew - 1 Grey Heron - 5 Redshank - 5 Snipe - 6 Hawthorn Wood Pheasant - 7 Blue Tit - 2 Nuthatch - 1 Great Tit - 2 Coal Tit - 1 Robin - 1
1 October 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/Am Tide/Low Lapwing - 62 Teal - 54 Shoveler - 4 Mallard - 62 Black-headed Gull - 16 Kestrel spotted hunting - 1 Hawthorn Wood Robin - 2 Nuthatch - 1 Treecreeper - 1 Bullfinch - 4 Siskin - 3 Coal Tit - 5 Greenfinch - 2 Go
30 September 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/Low Tide Redshank - 13 Lapwing - 28 Teal -32 Mallard - 16 Black Headed Gull - 49 Curlew - 1 Saline Lagoon Mallard - 25 Other Birds Goshawk - Spring Gill - 1 Kestrel - Spring Gill - 1 Heron - Window on the Wear - 1 Long Tailed Tit - Wader La
29 September 2012
Stonechat and stick insect
A stonechat has been spotted down at Wader Lake, while a stick insect has been found on the lagoon. We're in the process of trying to identify it.
28 September 2012
Today's sightings
Wader Lake AM low tide: 15 redshank 58 lapwing 10 teal 12 mallard 6 shoveler 18 black-headed gull Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Coal tit, great tit, nuthatch, bullfinch, robin. Other birds: 8 redwing on East Down 1 treecreeper, 3 wren and 1
28 September 2012
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Common Snipe - 6 Redshank - 24 Kingfisher - 1 Teal - 25 Shoveler - 6 Mallard - 18 Coot - 2 Moorhen - 4 SALINE LAGOON/AM/LOW TIDE Jay - 4 Mallard - 5 OTHER BIRDS/AM Wader Lake path: Redwing -3 Blackbird - 11 Wren - 3 Ch
27 September 2012
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Redshank - 36 Common Snipe - 1 Shoveler - 6 Gadwall - 5 Teal - 37 Moorhen - 7 SALINE LAGOON/AM/LOW TIDE Mallard - 20 Common Sandpiper - 1 OTHER BIRDS/AM Wader Lake footpath: Long Tailed Tit -12 Chiffchaff - 4 Reed Bunt
26 September 2012
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Mallard - 24 Moorhen - 2 Black Headed Gull - 20 Heron - 2 Redshank - 23 Lapwing - 1 Shoveler - 2 Mute Swan - 1 Teal - 18 SALINE LAGOON/AM Mallard - 7 OTHER BIRDS/AM Cormorant (River) - 2 HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Pheasa
25 September 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/High Tide Mallard - 24 Moorhen - 2 Black Headed Gull - 20 Heron - 3 Redshank - 23 Lapwing - 1 Shoveler - 2 Mute Swan - 1 Teal - 18 Saline Lagoon - 7 Mallard - 7 Other Birds Comorant - River - 2 Hawthorn Wood Pheasant - 10 Great Tit - 4 Blue
24 September 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/High Tide Curlew - 2 Grey Heron - 5 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 34 Lapwing - 49 Redshank - 62 Snipe - 2 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 1 Black Headed Gull - 36 Saline Lagoon Curlew - 1 Grey Heron - 1 Lapwing - 6 Other Birds Chaffinch - Wader Lake Path -
22 September 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/High Tide Curlew - 10 Redshank - 18 Lapwing - 7 Common Snipe - 4 Teal - 33 Grey Heron - 12 Sparrow Hawk - 1 Saline Lagoon Common Sandpiper - 1 Other Birds Treecreeper - Car Park Wood - 1 Jay - North Wood - 3 Great Spotted Woodpecker - Holl
21 September 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/am/High Tide Black Headed Gull - 62 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 3 Common Snipe - 1 Teal - 72 Shoveler - 5 Gadwall - 2 Grey Heron - 5 Saline Lagoon Redshank - 2 Mallard - 14 Black Headed Gull -18 Other Birds River Wear: Grey Heron - 5 Redshank -
20 September 2012