Latest sightings
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet (one pair mating) - 6 Lapwing - 14 Redshank - 10 Oystercatcher - 2 Stock Dove (male displaying) Shelduck - 15 Mallard - 27 Teal - 9 Wigeon - 4 [...]
23 March 2012
Countryfile magazine highlights our grey heron colony
Countryfile magazine has named WWT Washington as one of the best places to spot grey herons in the whole of the UK! http://www.countryfile.com/countryside/wildlife-watch-out-march [...]
22 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM/Low Tide Avocet 6 Black Tailed Godwit 2 Redshank 8 Teal 18 Black Headed Gull 25 Lapwing 31 Shelduck 5 Grey Heron [...]
21 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet 8 Black Headed Gull 56 Lesser Black Backed Gull 4 Common Gull 2 Teal 30 Wigeon 8 Heron 39 Lapwing&nb [...]
20 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake AM Avocet - 8 (2 pairs are starting to nest!) Black Tailed Godwit - 2 Black Headed Gull - 50 Teal - 21 Wigeon [...]
19 March 2012
Wild otter
A wild otter has been spotted playing on the riverbank beneath the saline lagoon, right next to where the public viewing platform will be once its open! [...]
14 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 23 Redshank - 20 Oystercatcher- 5 Shelduck - 19 Wigeon - 7 Mute Swan - 1 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 14 Oystercatcher - 2 Grey [...]
13 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 Lapwing - 46 Shelduck - 43 Grey Heron - 39 Redshank - 10 Wigeon - 6 Oystercatcher - 2 Mute Swan - 2 Black Headed Gull - 180 Greylag - 6 [...]
12 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Avocet 6 Oystercatcher 2 Lapwing 46 Redshank 12 Wigeon 9 Sheld [...]
11 March 2012
Seventh avocet returns
There are seven avocets on Wader Lake this morning! The group had been reduced to six the day after arriving on 2 March, but the seventh has now made a welcome return. Watch this space to see [...]
10 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 7 Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 28 Redshank - 19 Common Snipe - 1 Shelduck - 32 Wigeon - 8 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher - 2 Mallard - 8 Mo [...]
10 March 2012
Sighting Update
We now have eight Avocets on Wader Lake [...]
10 March 2012
And an eighth!
An eighth avocet has now arrived at Wader Lake - a new site record! The four pairs are looking very comforatable together. [...]
10 March 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake - AM - Tde Level: Low Avocet - 6 Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 47 Redshank - 29 Shelduck - 37 Wigeon - 14 Teal - 31 Grey Heron - 44 Kestrel - 1 Stock D [...]
8 March 2012
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE Avocet 6 Mute swan 2 Lapwing 62 Redshank 16 Wigeon 11 Herring gull 1 Black headed gull 32 Grey heron 28 Shelduck 16 Teal 32 Greylag 8 [...]
7 March 2012