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Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide level: very low. Wader Lake Avocet - 14 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Little Ringed Plover - 2 Dunlin - 1 Redshank - 5 Oystercatcher - 5 Lapwing - 14 + 2 chicks Common Tern - 15 Grey Heron - 21 + 20 young Shoveler - 5 Shelduck - 17 Pied Wagtail
2 May 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Avocet - 12 Lapwing - 10 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Redshank - 2 Oystercatcher - 1 Grey Heron - 31 (including 10+ chicks) Shelduck - 37 Teal - 2 Shoveler - 5 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 Black-headed Gull - 6
27 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - High Avocet - 16 Black tailed Godwit - 2 Redshank - 1 Lapwing - 20+ Oystercatcher - 2 Black headed Gull - 3 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 2 Grey Heron - 21 + 15 chicks Shoveler - 4 Saline Lagoon Little Ringed Plover - 1 Oystercat
26 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - High Avocet - 15 Black tailed Godwit - 2 Redshank - 3 Lapwing - 18 Oystercatcher - 2 Common Tern - 1 Common Gull - 1 Black Headed Gull - 3 Lesser Black Backed Gull - 3 Grey Heron - 21 + 15 Young Stock Dove - 3 Gadwall - 6 Shove
25 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 12 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 1 Lapwing (on territories) - 20+ Shelduck - 25+ Gadwall - 3 Shoveler - 5 Grey Heron - 20 & 10+ chicks Wren - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 4 Chaffinch - 5
23 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Mute Swan - 5 Avocet - 15 Lapwing - 20 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Oystercatcher - 4 Common Snipe - 1 Grey Heron - 21 + 18 chicks Shoveler - 6 Shelduck - 21 Teal - 5 Gadwall - 6 Saline Lagoon Time/AM
22 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Time - AM/Tide - V.Low Avocet - 9 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Ruff - 1 Lapwing - 20+ Oystercatcher - 4 Shoveler - 5 Gadwall - 4 Teal - 4 Tufted Duck - 20 Shelduck - 30+ Grey Heron - 10 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2 Other Birds Cormorant - Getty/River
19 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide level: Low Wader Lake Avocet - 15 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Lapwing - 24 Oystercatcher - 2 Mute Swan - 4 Teal - 10 Shoveler - 6 Shelduck - 2 Saline Lagoon Gadwall - 8 Shoveler - 2 Oystercatcher - 2 River Wear Greater Black-back
18 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake/Tide - Very low /Time - AM Black tailed Godwit - 1 Avocet - 15 Lapwing - 20+ Shelduck - 15 Mute Swan - 2 Teal - 10 Grey Heron - 20 Greylag Geese - 20 Coot - 4 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 6 Shoveler - 1 Wader Lake Path Lesser Black backed Gull -
16 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Black-tailed Godwit - 6 Avocet - 16 Lapwing - 20+ Redshank - 1 Grey Heron - 20+ (8+ chicks) Shoveler - 5 Gadwall - 3 Mute Swan - 4 Oystercatcher - 2 Shelduck - 20+ Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 4+ Hawth
15 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Avocet (mating) - 14 Lapwing (on territories) - 10 Redshank - 1 Mute Swan - 4 Shoveler - 5 Pintail (possible escapes/unknown) - 2 Grey Heron - 20+ (8+ chicks) Shelduck - 20+ Salin
13 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Black-tailed Godwit - 5 Avocet - 10 Lapwing - 12 Oystercatcher - 3 Shelduck - 10 Shoveler - 5 Snipe - 1 Grey Heron - 22 Teal - 10 Tufted Duck - 15 Mute Swan - 3 Redshank - 15+ Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 9 G
12 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Time: AM/ Tide Level: Mid. Wader Lake Avocet - 14 Black-tailed Godwit - 3 Ruff - 1 Common Snipe - 2 Lapwing - 28 Oystercatcher - 2 Shoveler - 7 Tufted Duck - 72 Redshank - 2 Grey Heron - 20 + 12 chicks Shelduck - 24 River Wear Tufted Duck - 22 &nbs
10 April 2015
Spring is here!
Spring is definitely getting underway at Washington today! We've had 3 Black-tailed Godwits on Wader Lake this morning as well as a Ruff in partial summer plumage. The Grey Herons are hatching chicks and Lapwings are fighting over territory. Over 50 Commo
7 April 2015
Today's Sightings
Time: AM/ Tide level: Low Wader Lake Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Avocet - 9 Lapwing (8 in territories) - 18 Oystercatcher - 3 Grey Heron - 28 (plus 8 chicks) Snipe - 2 Gadwall - 6 Shoveler - 4 Tufted Duck - 30+ Mute Swan - 2 Saline Lagoo
6 April 2015