Sightings - Washington
Bittern
A bittern has just been flushed from Top Meadow, looks like it headed down to Wader Lake! [...]
24 April 2012
Avocet chick
Happy birthday to our first avocet chick of the season! Pics to follow and looks like mam is possibly brooding a second. [...]
24 April 2012
More avocet chicks!
And then there were three! A bit hard to make out but there really is a trio of avocet chicks in this here nest. Thanks to Ian Hamilton, one of our volunteers, for donating the pic. The avocets, of co [...]
24 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 (first chick hatched) Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 5 Common Tern - - 7 Shoveler - 15 Gadwall - 15 Shelduck - 9 Tufted Duck [...]
24 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet - 8 Oystercatcher - 5 Common Tern - 1 Teal - 26 Lapwing - 16 Shelduck 24 Shoveler - 2 Swallow - 8 Grey Heron - 41 Tufted Du [...]
23 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Oystercatcher - 5 Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 10 Common Tern - 2 Grey Heron - 46 + 15 Chicks Gadwall - 4 Shoveler - 2 Swallow - 5 Stock Dove - [...]
21 April 2012
Wheatear
A wheatear has been spotted down at the saline lagoon - a first for our site since the 1980s. [...]
20 April 2012
Latest Sightings
19.04.12 Wader Lake Avocet 8 Lapwing 14 Tern 1 Oystercatcher 5 Shelduck 22 Teal 5 Black Headed Gull 6 Shoveler 4 [...]
20 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Low Tide Avocet 8 Oystercatcher 5 Lapwing 10 Redshank 15 Shelduck 16 Tufted Duck 10 Gadwall 2 Shoveler 3 [...]
20 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 36 Lapwing - 21 Oystercatcher - 1 Curlew - 1 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 25 Shelduck - 18 Swallow - 1 Grey [...]
14 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: High Avocet - 8 Black-Tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 18 Lapwing - 20 Oystercatcher - 6 Shelduck - 14 Grey Heron - 42 Adults & 13 [...]
13 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Curlew - 2 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Common Snipe - 5 Redshank - 18 Lapwing - 15 Oystercatcher - 14 Shelduck - 14 Gadwall - 2 Shoveler - 4 [...]
12 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader lake AM High Tide Avocet - 8 Common Snipe - 10 Redshank - 27 Lapwing - 15 Grey Heron - 46 Shelduck - 20 Barn Owl - 2 [...]
11 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Mid Tide Avocet (all 4 pairs Nesting) - 8 Black Tailed Godwit 1 Lapwing 24 Redshank 47 Oystercatcher 2 Common Snipe 2 [...]
10 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Lapwing - 26 Redshank - 12 Oystercatcher - 3 Grey Heron - 36 Shoveler - 4 Teal - 24 Canada Goose - 6 Greylag - 8 [...]
9 April 2012