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Our Chilean flamingo flock is currently being housed indoors. This is a temporary measure as a precaution to avian influenza (bird flu). We will let you know as soon as they are safe to be outdoors. Thank you for your understanding.

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Wildlife sightings 09/05/18

Wildlife sightings 09/05/18

a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Avocet 32 Little ringed plover 2 Oystercatcher 2 Black tailed godwit 4 Redshank 2 Common tern 32 Black headed gull 12 Grey heron 36 adult + 10 fledglings Saline lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck 10 Lapwing Hawthorn Wood Gre

9 May 2018
Wildlife sightings 08/05/18

Wildlife sightings 08/05/18

a.m. mid tide Wader Lake Common tern 27 Ringed plover 1 Little ringed plover 2 Shoveler 6 Common whitethroat 2 Avocet 33 Grey heron 20 Shelduck 28 Oystercatcher Saline lagoon Oystercatcher Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 4 Other birds Black cap (male) - amphibian

8 May 2018
Wildlife sightings - 07/05/18

Wildlife sightings - 07/05/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 30 Oystercatcher 1 Little ringed plover 1 Black-tailed godwit 1 Common tern 18 Black-headed gull 23 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Shelduck 31 Shoveler 4   Saline lagoon: Avocet 4 Oystercatcher 2 Shelduck 5   Hawtho

7 May 2018
Wildlife sightings 06/05/18

Wildlife sightings 06/05/18

a.m. high tide Wader Lake Mute swan Tufted duck 38 Shoveler 5 Shelduck 29 Avocet 34 Lapwing 14 Common tern 19 Black tailed godwit 2 Little ringed plover 2 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 2 Saline lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Avocet Shoveler 2 Lapwing Tufted duck Hawth

6 May 2018
Wildlife sightings 05/05/18 (sorry for the delay)

Wildlife sightings 05/05/18 (sorry for the delay)

a.m. high tide Wader Lake avocet 34 (along with the 6 birds on lagoon, total of 40 adult birds - site record) Grey heron 38 Oystercatcher Little ringed plover Black tailed godwit Lapwing 10 adults + 4 chicks Redshank 2 Common tern 24 Black headed gull 1

6 May 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 25/04/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 34 adults Black-tailed godwit 16 Redshank 4 Little ringed plover 2 Lapwing 14 Oystercatcher 2 Grey heron 36 Teal 2 Shoveler 6 Gadwall 6 Shelduck 21 Goosander 2 (pair) Black-headed gull 12 Stock dove 2   Saline lagoon

25 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 22/04/2018

Wildlife sightings - 22/04/2018

a.m. Tide level: high Wader Lake Avocet 34 Common tern 3 Black-tailed godwit 11 Little ringed plover 1 Grey heron 25+ Gadwall 6 (3 pairs) Shoveler 4 (3 male & 1 female) Mute swan 1 Oystercatcher 4 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 9 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Spar

22 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/04/2018

Wildlife sightings - 20/04/2018

a.m. Tide Level: high Wader Lake Avocet 24 Little ringed plover (displaying on islands) 2 Black-tailed godwit 6 Redshank 4 Lapwing 16 Oystercatcher 2 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 8 Shelduck 18 Teal 5 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatcher 2 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 6

20 April 2018
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/High Avocet - 26 Little Ringed Plover - 1 Lapwing - 20 Redshank - 4 Grey Heron - (22 nests) 25 +4 young Oystercatcher - 2 Shoveler - 5 Gadwall - 10   Saline Lagoon     Time/AM     Tide/High Curlew - 2 O

19 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 09/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 09/04/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 24 Mute swan 1 Gadwall 2 Shoveler 4 Oystercatcher 4 Shelduck 7 Black-headed gull 5 Little-ringed  plover 1 Redshank 5 Common snipe 2 Grey heron 28 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 6 Redshank 1 Shelduck 2 Oystercatcher 2 Hawt

9 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 08/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 08/04/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 29 Lapwing 24 Shelduck 9 pairs Shoveler 5 Eurasian teal 8 Gadwall 4 Tufted duck 25 Grey heron 26 Oystercatcher 4 Common snipe 3 Redshank 12   Hawthorn Wood: Bullfinch 12 Dunnock 3 Coal tit 4 Blue tit 8 Robin 2  

8 April 2018
Wildlife sightings - 02/04/18

Wildlife sightings - 02/04/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide): Avocet 20 Lapwing 16 Oystercatcher 2 Common snipe 12 Grey heron 34 Teal 16 Gadwall 4 Shoveler 5 Wigeon 1 Shelduck 29   Saline Lagoon (AM, mid-tide): Curlew 1 Shelduck 14 Lapwing 2 Common snipe 2   Hawthorn Wood feeding

2 April 2018
WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS 30/03/18

WILDLIFE SIGHTINGS 30/03/18

a.m. mid tide level Wader Lake lapwing 25 Grey heron 30 Oystercatcher 4 Tufted duck 35 Shelduck 27 Shoveler 18 Mute swan 2 Eurasian teal 35 Saline lagoon Shelduck 12 Redshank 2 Hawthorn Wood Great tit 3 Blue tit 5 Dunnock Chaffinch Goldfinch 2 Other birds

30 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 29/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 29/03/18

a.m. Tide Level: Very low Wader Lake Grey heron 33 + 2 chicks (21 nests) Avocet 6 Lapwing 27 (19 territories) Common snipe 10 Redshank 6 Black-tailed godwit 3 Oystercatcher 2 Gadwall 6 Shoveler 4 Teal 9 Shelduck 37 Saline Lagoon Shelduck 10 Greylag 2 Hawt

29 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 28/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 28/03/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Mute swans 3 Avocet 5 Shelduck 24 Lapwing 28 Shoveler 6 Gadwall 4 Tufted duck 16 Herring gull 4 Kestrel 1 Canada geese 16 Greylag 12   Saline Lagoon: Shelduck 18 Redshank 2 Eurasian teal 18   Hawthorn Wood: Great tit 8

28 March 2018