Latest sightings
Today's Sightings
Hawthorn Wood - AM - Weather Conditions: Dry/Cold Bird Species Blackbird - 2 Blue Tit - 16 Bullfinch - 20 Carrion Crow - 2 Chiffchaff - 15 Dunnok - 2 Great Spotted Wood [...]
14 December 2011
Watch out, there's a water rail about!
A water rail has just surprised one of our wardens by dashing across his path at the ponds behing the duckery building. [...]
14 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/Tide Mid Shelduck - 2 Mallard - 60 Teal - 52 Wigeon - 4 Black Headed Gull - 74 River Wear Cormorant - 7 Curlew - 8 Redshank - 11 Hawthorn Wood [...]
13 December 2011
Todays sightings
Wader Lake AM Mid Tide: Mallard - 32 Teal - 54 Wigeon - 10 Shelduck - 4 Shoveler - 2 Black Headed Gull - 15 Gadwall - 1 Redsh [...]
12 December 2011
Todays sightings
Wader Lake AM Mid Tide Wigeon 2 Shelduck 2 Mallard 10 Teal 28 Lapwing 36 Shoveler 1 Moorhen 14 Coot 1 Curlew 2 [...]
11 December 2011
Redshank returns!
Our visiting redshank is back on the stream outside of the visitor centre. Great views from Waterside Cafe. Elsewhere on site, tits and finches continue to flock to the feeders in abundance. [...]
10 December 2011
Siskin and a goldcrest
The horrid wet weather hasn't stopped plenty of woodland birds from visiting our feeders and bird tables today. Four siskin and a goldcrest are among the regulars down at Hawthorn Wood. [...]
8 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: High Mallards - 49 Teal - 90 Wigeon - 3 Shoverler - 3 Black-Headed Gull - 140 Redshank - 16 Barn Owl - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bull [...]
6 December 2011
Wonderful woodland birds
Flocks of tit and finch are converging around site, particularly in Hawthorn Wood, feasting on the fat balls, lard-smeared trees and niger seed. [...]
5 December 2011
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/Tide Level Mid Canada Goose - 6 Mallard - 46 Teal - 116 Wigeon - 9 Shoveler - 2 Gadwall - 1 Black Headed Gull - 44 Redshank - 41 Lapwing - 20 Othe [...]
3 December 2011
Sightings Update
Great Spotted Woodpecker - Feeding table of outside of building Grey Wagtail - Stream Channel [...]
3 December 2011
Increasing teal and wigeon numbers
An excellent count (for Washington) of 16 wigeon was noted on Wader Lake this morning. This winter visitor seems to be slowly increasing in number year-on-year. Teal numbers are also on the rise as winter approaches, with 150 mainly on Wader Lake, as well
2 December 2011
Crossbills spotted
Six crossbills have been spotted flying over the staff car park.
2 December 2011
Wildlife sightings
Wader lake - a.m. high tide 60% frozen Mallard 50 Teal 74 Shelduck 5 Shoveller 2 Wigeon 7 Lapwing 14 Curlew 5 Redwing 16 River reed bed/Hawthorn Wood Treecreepe [...]
2 December 2011
Crossbills spotted
Six crossbills have just been spotted flying over the staff car park. [...]
2 December 2011