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Wildlife sightings 27/11/17
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Shelduck 2 Common snipe 4 Black headed gull 35 Redshank 2 Kestrel (female) Goldfinch 16 Saline lagoon Redshank Eurasian teal 5 Shelduck Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Willow tit Blue tit 12 Coal tit 6 Bullfinch 7 Goldfin
27 November 2017
Wildlife sightings 24/11/17
a.m. high tide Wader Lake - 80% frozen Teal 2 Lapwing 20 Saline lagoon - 100% frozen Hawthorn Wood Willow tit Coal tit 2 GS woodpecker Dunnock 2 Great tit 6 Blue tit 4 Chaffinch 6 Other birds Kingfisher - gully Meadow pipit 2 - stream channel Tufted duck
24 November 2017
Wildlife sightings 23/11/17
a.m. high tide Wader Lake - work underway on lake today so it will be quiet Teal 1 Saline lagoon Shelduck 4 Teal 60 Curlew 13 Black headed gull 10 Hawthorn Wood Coal tit Blue tit 4 Chaffinch 6 Bullfinch 2 Dunnock Other birds Tufted duck 24 - reservoir Lon
23 November 2017
Wildlife sightings 22/11/17
a.m. low tide Wader Lake - please note we are undertaking the last bits of early winter work on the lake this week so there will be some disturbance. Teal (male) Saline lagoon Shelduck 3 Teal 17 Curlew Hawthorn Wood Coal tit 4 Bullfinch 9 Dunnock 2 Robin
22 November 2017
Wildlife sightings 17/11/17
am low tide Wader Lake (frozen) Lapwing 60 Common snipe 5 Teal 10 Saline lagoon Curlew 22 Redshank 10 Common snipe 2 Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker 2 Willow tit 2 Coal tit 5 Bullfinch 20 Greenfinch 6 Chaffinch 10 Robin 3 Dunnock 2 Goldcrest Other
17 November 2017
Wildlife sightings - 15/11/2017
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Common snipe 3 Redshank 14 Eurasian teal 9 Lapwing 82 Saline lagoon: Curlew 5 Eurasian teal 6 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Nuthatch 1 Great-spotted woodpecker 1 Hay 2 Robin 1 Plus: Goldfinch at the amphibi
15 November 2017
Wildlife sightings 9/11/17
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Black headed gull 50 Eurasian teal 12 Redshank 40 Snipe Shoveler 3 Saline lagoon Eurasian teal 48 Curlew 14 Black headed gull 20 Shelduck 3 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 2 Dunnock Chaffinch Goldfinch 4
10 November 2017
Today Sightings 08/11/17
Am Tide/ Mid Wader Lake: Little Egret :- 1 Eurasian Teal : - 20 Lapwing : - 100 Black Headed Gull : - 50 Kestrel : - 2 (Male & female) Saline Lagoon: Black Headed Gull : - 20 Shelduck : - 2 Eurasian Teal : - 10 Hawthorn Wood : Gr
8 November 2017
Wildlife Sightings 7/11/2017
Wader Lake (AM tide level low) Eurasian Wigeon (drake): 1 Eurasian Teal: 16 Shelduck: 2 Shoveler: 3 Saline Lagoon (AM tide level low) Eurasian Teal: 18 Black-headed Gull: 182 Curlew: 1 Hawthorn Wood Feeding Station Bull
7 November 2017
Wildlife sightings - 06/11/2017
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): FROZEN Saline Lagoon: Grey heron 1 Curlew 2 Eurasian teal 20 Shelduck 5 Black-headed gull 89 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Coal tit 3 Bullfinch 9 Great tit 4 Blue tit 6 Jay 1 Magpie 1 Plus: Great-spotted wo
6 November 2017
Wildlife sightings 05/11/17
a.m. low tide Wader Lake Shoveler 5 Black headed gull 4 Kestrel (pair) Eurasian teal 29 Shelduck 3 Lapwing 11 Redshank 5 Saline lagoon Curlew Shelduck Grey heron Hawthorn Wood Jay Coal tit 3 Dunnock 2 Bullfinch 9 Other birds Cormorant - river Wear 7 Bullf
5 November 2017
Wildlife Sightings - 03/11/17
a.m. Tide level: low Wader Lake Black tailed godwit 8 Eurasian teal 22 Redshank 4 Shelduck 3 Saline Lagoon Black headed gull 16 Eurasian teal 6 Shelduck 1 Hawthorn Wood Willow tit 1 Goldfinch 1 Blue tit 1 Chaffinch 4 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Other birds
3 November 2017
Wildlife sightings - 01/11/2017
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Lapwing 100 Redshank 12 Teal 30 Saline lagoon: Curlew 6 Teal 8 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Great-spotted woodpecker 1 Nuthatch 1 Bullfinch 10 Greenfinch 4 Goldfinch 4 Willow tit 2 Coal tit 7 Plus: 15 sisk
1 November 2017
Wildlife sightings 31/10/17
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Redshank 2 Eurasian teal 10 Lapwing 30 Black headed gull Saline lagoon Black headed gull 25 Eurasian teal Curlew Wren Hawthorn Wood Great spotted woodpecker Great tit 4 Bullfinch 6 Nuthatch Dunnock Chaffinch 6 Mammals Water shrew
31 October 2017
Wildlife sightings 30/10/17
a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Common snipe 2 Redshank 32 Lapwing 27 Black headed gull 59 Kestrel male Eurasian Teal 36 Shoveler 2 Saline lagoon Curlew Sparrowhawk male Eurasian teal 19 Hawthorn Wood Coal tit 2 Sparrowhawk Great spotted woodpecker Bullfinch 9 G
30 October 2017