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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 26/03/18

Wildlife sightings 26/03/18

a.m. tide level high Wader Lake Kestrel (pair) Grey heron 33 Redshank 12 Lapwing 34 Oystercatcher 4 Great black backed gull (3rd summer) Avocet 11 Common snipe 2 Shoveler 3 (males) Shelduck 39 Lesser black backed gull 2 Saline lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatche

26 March 2018
Wildlife sightings 21/03/18

Wildlife sightings 21/03/18

a.m. mid tide level Wader Lake shelduck 42 avocet 6 redshank black headed gull 72 lapwing 35 grey heron 30 Eurasian teal 18 shoveler 9 oystercatcher herring gull 4 kestrel 2 Saline lagoon curlew shelduck 2 snipe Hawthorn Wood dunnock 2 robin great tit 6 b

21 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/03/2018

Wildlife sightings - 20/03/2018

a.m. tide level: low Wader Lake Avocet 2 Kestrel 2 Lapwing 26 Shoveler 8 Grey heron 25 Mute swan 2 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Herring gull 5 Oystercatcher 5 Eurasian teal 18 Tufted duck 24 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Canada goose 2 Reed bunting (singing

20 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 19/03/2018

Wildlife sightings - 19/03/2018

a.m. Tide level: mid Wader Lake Avocet 8 (one pair noted mating) Lapwing 19 Mute swan 1 (juvenile) Shelduck 62 Shoveler  4 (2 pairs) Stock dove 1 Kestrel 1 (male) Grey heron 10 Gadwall 1 (male) Black-headed gull 35 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Shelduck 2 Hawth

19 March 2018
Today's sightings 15/03/18

Today's sightings 15/03/18

a.m. low tide Wader Lake Avocet 10 Oystercatcher 4 Lapwing 32 (21 on territory) Redshank 16 Common snipe 6 Mute swan (juvenile) Shelduck 53 Shoveler 4 Gadwall 4 Black headed gull 73 Herring gull Saline lagoon Teal 84 Shelduck 4 Kestrel Hawthorn Wood Sparr

15 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 14/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 14/03/18

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Avocet 18 Grey heron 35 Lapwing 28 Oystercatcher 4 Black-headed gull 43 Shoveler 6 Shelduck 33 Tufted duck 16 Mute swans 3 Eurasian teal 19 Redshank 5   Saline Lagoon: Oystercatcher 2 Curlew 1 Eurasian teal 4   Hawthor

14 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 12/03/18

Wildlife sightings - 12/03/18

a.m. Tide Level High Wader Lake Avocet (flew off) 1 Grey heron 25 Tufted duck 29 Eurasian 7 Oystercatcher 4 Redshank 20 Lapwing 19 Common snipe 8 Shelduck 23 Lesser black-backed gull 2 Black-headed gull 26 Saline Lagoon Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 1 Eurasian

12 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 07/03/2018

Wildlife sightings - 07/03/2018

a.m. Tide level: High  Wader Lake Lapwing 26 Black head gull 36 Herring gull 3 Shelduck 24 Grey heron 7 Tufted duck 29 Oystercatcher 2 Mute swan 2 Eurasian teal 18 Canada geese 2 Greylag geese 2 Saline Lagoon Curlew 1 Eurasian teal 5 Redshank 3 Hawthorn

7 March 2018
Wildlife sightings - 27/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 27/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Black-headed gull 180 Lapwing 5 Wigeon 5 Common snipe 7 Eurasian teal 20 Shelduck 8 Redshank 1 Grey heron 6 Canada geese 32 Saline Lagoon Redshank 1 Hawthorn Wood Nuthatch 1 Bullfinch 18 Coal tit 1 Chaffinch 10 Great tit 6

27 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 25/2/2018

Wildlife sightings - 25/2/2018

Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Mute swan 2 Grey heron 18 Oystercatcher 4 (two pairs) Redshank 24 Lapwing 53 (11 on meadow) Tufted duck 13 (six male, seven female) Shelduck 30 Coot 5 Shoveler 4 (three male, one female) Wigeon 6 (three pairs) Kestrel 2 (pair) &

25 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 20/02/2018

Wildlife sightings - 20/02/2018

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Female pintail (first record for at least five years) Black-tailed godwit 2 Mute swan 2 Grey heron 26 Tufted duck 6 (2 male, 4 female) Oystercatcher 4 Kestrel 2 (pair) Gadwall 2 (pair) Common snipe 9 Eurasian wigeon 3 (2 male, o

20 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 14/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 14/02/18

Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Curlew 200 (flew off and headed west at 8.10am) Shoveler 19 (15 male and 4 female) Grey heron 4 Kestrel 1 (male) Gadwall 2 (a pair) Stock dove 3 Lapwing 29 Shelduck 28 Black-headed gull 250+ Wigeon 2 (a pair) Herring gull 2 &nb

14 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 11/02/18

Wildlife sightings - 11/02/18

a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Kestrel 2 Stock dove (displaying) 3 Teal 33 Grey heron 14 Shelduck 28 Lapwing 95 Common snipe 23 Wigeon 4 Herring gull 3 Great black-backed gull 4 Saline Lagoon Teal 2 Curlew 5 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch 9 Robin 5 Chaffinch 6

11 February 2018
Wildlife sightings - 10/2/2018

Wildlife sightings - 10/2/2018

Wader Lake (AM, mid-tide): Lapwing 260 Redshank 4 Common snipe 6 Wigeon 2 Teal 44 Shoveler 10 Shelduck 26 Lesser black-backed gull 5 Herring gull 47 Black-headed gull 460 Curlew (flew off at 8.15am at headed west) 500   Saline lagoon: (AM mid-tide):

10 February 2018
Today's Sightings

Today's Sightings

Wader Lake     Time/AM     Tide/Mid Grey Heron - 11 Shoveler - 14 (9 male/5 female) Eurasian Wigeon - 2 (pair) Lapwing - 274 Black-headed Gull - 360+ Shelduck - 20 Kestrel - 2 (pair) Herring Gull - 15 Common Snipe - 29   Saline Lagoon Frozen

7 February 2018