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No access to saline lagoon 27/08/25 only

A small section of our outer circuit will be closed all day on Wed 27 August whilst we conduct some emergency repairs on our visitor access gate. This means that Lagoon View Hide, the Lookout and river viewpoint will be inaccessible . Hawthorn Wood Hide remains accessible via the path past the reservoir. There may be some distant noise created by these works which might be heard from this hide only.

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Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake/AM/Mid Tide Mallard - 72 Teal - 81 Redshank - 6 Lapwing - 9 Wigeon - 9 Black headed gull - 51 Shoveler - 1 Shelduck - 5 Moorhen - 3 Other Bird Specie [...]

1 December 2011

Sightings Update

Sightings Update

Wader Lake One male mute swan flew in 12 noon. [...]

1 December 2011

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Mid Shelduck - 11 Wigeon - 14 Teal - 126 Mallard - 30 Moorhen - 6 Shoveler - 2 Black-Headed Gull - 54 Herring Gull - 7 Common gull - 3 [...]

30 November 2011

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Wader Lake/ AM/ Tide - Mid Mallard - 64 Teal - 55 Shelduck - 10 Black-headed gull - 47 Common gull - 11 Grey heron - 7 Shoveler - 2 Jackdaw - 42 Kestrel - 2 [...]

29 November 2011

Woodcock on site

Woodcock on site

A woodcock has just flown onto site, landing in North Wood (4.05pm). [...]

29 November 2011

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Wader Lake - AM - Tide Level: Low Wigeon - 10 Teal - 54 Mallard - 50 Shoveler - 2 Shelduck - 8 Black-headed gull - 117 Common gull - 4 Redshank - 11   Othe [...]

25 November 2011

Latest wildlife sightings

Latest wildlife sightings

Wader Lake AM Low tide Teal  68 Wigeon  16 Redshank  8 Black-headed gull  36 Mallard  97 Cormorant  (on river)  3   Hawthorn Woo [...]

24 November 2011

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Wader Lake AM Teal  48 Curlew  4 Mallard  63 Redshank  1 Lapwing  3 Black Headed Gull 37 Hawthorn Wood Woodpecker  1 Bullfinch  1 [...]

23 November 2011

Todays sightings

Todays sightings

Wader Lake AM High Tide Teal 55 Mallard 11 Shelduck 7 Widgeon 3 Gadwall 5 Shovler 3 Redshank 38 Mute Swan (River) 2 Adults 1 Juvenile Cormorant (River) 5 Goosan [...]

19 November 2011

Good view of goosander

Good view of goosander

Last night on clearance I spotted a great bird on site - a male goosander swimming right in front of Paddy's Hide, as I was counting the curlew roost (670 birds btw!). At Washington, goosander are normally found on the river  from late autumn/winter, so

18 November 2011

Todays Sightings

Todays Sightings

Wader Lake   AM    Mid tide Lapwing  27 Redshank  19 Common Snipe  3 Curlew  11 Black-Headed-Gull  46 Wigeon  5 Gadwa [...]

18 November 2011

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake Teal  67 Mallard  56 Heron  3 Black-Headed-Gull  150 Shelduck  2 River Wear Cormorant - 1 Other Bird Species Kestrel - 2 (Top me [...]

17 November 2011

Welcome back, you wonderful waxwing!

Welcome back, you wonderful waxwing!

A Eurasian white-fronted goose has been on site since Monday, spending its time between the stream channel and the juvenile pen. The river footpath was alive with birds this morning, with at least 40 lesser redpoll feeding in the alder trees, as well as a

16 November 2011

Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake Wigeon  3 Teal  32 Mallard  24 Shelduck  2 Shoveler  4 Lapwing  16 Kestrel  2 Lesser Redpoll (river footpath)  4 [...]

16 November 2011

Today's sightings

Today's sightings

Wader Lake AM Low tide Wigeon  8 Teal  51 Mallard  26 Curlew  16 Redshank   17 Black-Headed-Gull   72 Peregrine (over) &nb [...]

15 November 2011