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On Thursday 18 September, we will be closed to visitors for operational reasons. We will reopen as usual on Friday 19 September. Thank you for your understanding.

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Todays Sightings

Wader Lake - Mid Tide - AM

Avocet - 8 + 2 juv & 6 chicks

Lapwing - 6 + 3 chicks

Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks

Redshank - 1

Common Tern - 74

Grey Heron - 37

Gadwall - 2 + brood of 10 ducklings

Shoveler - 3

Teal - 2

Tufted Duck - 8 + 11 ducklings

Shelduck - 15 + 33 duckling

Saline Lagoon

Common Tern - 1

Swallow - 14

Robin (lagoon scrub) - 1

Oystercatcher - 2

Little Ringed Plover - 2

Shelduck - 6

Tufted Duck - 4

Hawthorn Wood

Bullfinch - 7

Chaffinch - 2

Blue Tit - 4

Great Tit - 3

Coal Tit - 2

Other Birds

Sedge Warbler - Filter Reedbed - 3

Reed Warbler - Filter Reedbed - 1

Wren Filter - FilterReedbed - 1

Cormorant - River Wear - 1

Common - White Throat - River Footpath - 2

Chiffchaff - River Footpath - 1 

Mammals

Otter Tracks - River Bank

Bank Vole - Hawthorn Wood

Mole - Hawthorn Wood

Amphibians

Frogs & Toad Tadpole - Wildlife Ponds

Invertebrates

Orange Tip

Speckled Wood

Small Tortoiseshell

Gate Keeper

Large White

Flora

Flag Iris

Ragged Rboin

Yellow Rattle

Northern Marsh Orchid

Meadow Vetch

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