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Todays Sightings
Wader lake/Low Tide/AM Avocet - 11 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Common Snipe - 1 Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 6 Curlew - 1 Shelduck - 15 Teal - 11 Grey Heron - 21 Greylag - 210 Canada Goose - 16 Saline Lagoon Mute Swan - 2 Shelduck - 8 Teal - 4 Hawthorn Wood Si
4 April 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Avocet - 11 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Common Snipe - 2 Redshank - 17 Oystercatcher - 6 Lapwing - 7 (3 pairs) Shelduck - 14 Teal - 10 Mallard - 30 Grey Heron - 18 (15 nests) SALINE LAGOON/AM/HIGH TIDE Shelduck - 11 Teal - 4 Red
3 April 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Avocet - 11 Redshank - 14 Oystercatcher - 6 Common Snipe - 1 Lapwing - 4 Black-headed Gull - 62 Grey Heron - 13 (11 nests) Mute Swan - 1 Shelduck - 10 Teal -7 SALINE LAGOON/AM/HIGH TIDE Shelduck - 6 Teal - 4 Redshank - 3 Oys
2 April 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Mid Tide/Time - AM Avocet - 11 Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Common Snipe - 3 Lapwing - 6 Redshank - 13 Oystercatcher - 6 Shelduck - 22 Teal - 12 Grey Heron - 14 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 10 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Siskin - 4 Other Birds Sparro
30 March 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 11 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Redshank - 14 Common Snipe - 2 Oystercatcher - 5 Grey Heron - 11 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 6 Tufted Duck - 16 Mallard - 31 Lapwing - 5 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 10 Chaffin
29 March 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet - 7 Black-tailed Godwit - 2 Common Snipe - 1 Redshank - 8 Lapwing - 4 Oystercatcher - 4 Grey Heron - 8 (6 on nests) Black-headed Gull - 62 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2 Carrion Crow - 6 Hawthorn Wood Gr
28 March 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Low Tide/Time - AM Avocet - 9 Lapwing - 4 Redshank - 11 Grey Heron - 11 (8 nests) Canada Goose - 8 Greylag - 10 Mallard - 27 Tufted Duck - 11 Shelduck - 14 Teal - 7 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 10 Teal - 2 Other Birds Mute Swan - River Wear - 2 R
26 March 2013
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM Avocet - 8 Mallard - 43 Shelduck - 12 Heron - 15 Black-headed Gull - 115 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 9 Teal - 10 Canada Goose - 8 Greylag Goose - 6 OTHER BIRDS/AM Jay (River Path) - 1 Kestrel (East Downs) - 1 Tawny Owl (Spring Gill) -
25 March 2013
TODAY'S SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM Avocet - 9 Lapwing - 6 Black-headed Gull - 110 Canada Goose - 14 Greylag Goose - 11 Redshank - 6 Teal - 14 Mallard - 26 Heron - 31 Shelduck - 26 SALINE LAGOON/AM Shelduck - 14 Mallard - 18 OTHER BIRDS/AM Kestrel (East Downs) -
24 March 2013
Avocet update
Nine (yes, NINE!) avocets are now on Wader Lake! Could a tenth now arrive and break our 2012 site record of four nesting pairs? Watch this space...:-)
23 March 2013
Magnificent seven
Great news from Wader Lake, where there are currently seven avocets present. Our site record is eight in total (four pairs nested last year) so all eyes are peeled for the return of the final bird!
20 March 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/High Tide/AM Avocet - 4 Redshank - 77 Lapwing - 4 Commson Snipe - 3 Grey Heron - 30 (19 nests) Teal - 15 Mallard - 60 Shelduck - 10 Oystercatcher - 4 Saline Lagoon Mute Swan - 2 Shelduck - 16 Redshank - 2 Oystercatcher - 2 Other Birds Cormorant
19 March 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 4 Black-tailed Godwit - 1 Oystercatcher - 6 Redshank - 21 Heron - 36 Lapwing - 7 Teal - 20 Shelduck - 37 Greylag - 12 Canada Geese - 12 Black-headed Gull - 24 Mallard - 42 Saline Lagoon Mute Swan - 2 Shelduck - 6 Mallard - 19 &n
17 March 2013
Avocet update
We have two pairs of avocet on Wader Lake as of this morning. They've bred here successfully since 2006 - could this year be another!?
17 March 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/Mid Tide/AM Avocet - 2 Black Tailed Godwit - 1 Redshank - 63 Lapwing -4 Grey Heron - 20 (16 nests) Shelduck - 11 Teal - 15 Oystercatcher - 2 Saline Lagoon Mute Swan - 3 Shelduck - 28 Oystercatcher - 4 Other Birds Goosander - River Wear - 2 Corm
16 March 2013