News
Water Rail and other birds
A great selection of birds to be seen around the reserve. Certainly possible to top 70 species in a days birding in the locality. Starting with some views of a Water Rail chick which narrowly avoided being eaten by Lesser Black-backed Gulls as it came out
26 June 2016
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Mid Common Tern - 127 + 27 chicks Avocet - 17 + 22 young Black-headed Gull - 18 Tufted Duck - 7 Oystercatcher - 6 Lapwing - 9 + 6 young Swift - 1 Barn Swallow - 4 + 4 young Pied Wagtail - 1 juvenile Shelduck - 4 + 1
26 June 2016
Wildlife sightings for 26th June 2016
9 Teal - scrape and main lake 1 Gadwall brood - 3 ducklings, grazing marsh channel 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon June bird highlights: Little Bittern, Garganey, Shelduck, Little Egret, Hobby, Red Kite, Spotted Redshank, Oystercatcher, Ringed Plov
26 June 2016
Todays sightings
Whooper swan and 3 cygnets Mute swan and 7 cygnets Quail Little ringed plover and 5 chicks Avocet and chicks Mallard and 10 ducklings Buzzard Marsh harrier Greenfinches x 4 Little egret Reed warbler
25 June 2016
Wildlife day walks revealed grass snakes and warblers
This is WWT Arundel Grounds Manager Paul Stevens' weekly column from the Observer series of weekly newspaper from June 22 edition. WE CELEBRATED Sussex Day last Thursday with a series of wildlife walks and talks at Arundel Wetland Centre. I took 14 visito
25 June 2016
Saturdays sightings
Reed Warbler by Paul Jarvis (Archive Picture) The South lake Avocet 68 Redshank 8 Black-tailed Godwit 30 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 3 Black-headed Gull 500 Little Grebe 1 Great-crested Grebe 1 Tufted Duck 25 The Rushy M
25 June 2016
Reserve Update Saturday 25th June
The moorhen parents on Teal Pond are going to have an interesting time....eight chicks to look after! There are also swallow chicks hatching out in nests all over the reserve including within the Teal Pond Hide. Elsewhere on the reserve, a female sparro
25 June 2016
Wildlife sightings for 25th June 2016
1 Little Egret - grazing marsh 3 Common Tern - reservoir lagoon, main lake 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Mandarin - all females on the reservoir lagoon 50 Swift - mostly over the main lake June bird highlights: Little Bittern, Garganey, Shelduck, Litt
25 June 2016
Bird News
The young Great Crested Grebes can currently be seen being fed on the adults back from the Harrier Hide, also Little Grebes from here. A Little Egret is still being seen occasionally from anywhere around the reserve, seen in flight flying towards Harrier
24 June 2016
Wildlife sightings - 24/06/16
a.m. Tide level: low Wader Lake Avocet 18 + 23 chicks/juvenile Little ringed plover 2 + 3 chicks Lapwing 16 + 20 chicks/juvenile Oystercatcher 5 Redshank 5 + 3 juvenile Ringed plover 1 Common tern (85 nests) 110 + 21 chicks Grey heron 31 Gadwall 3 + 6 duc
24 June 2016
Joy at rare wading bird success
Black-tailed godwit pair fencing by Jon Reeves The successful fledging of eight black-tailed godwit chicks at WWT Welney is the highlight of a brilliant, if at times unusual, breeding season. ‘Gary’ the godwit wit
24 June 2016
Latest Sightings - 24th June
Another sunny morning on the reserve and still more young birds flitting around the Avenues. Mallard and Moorhen have recently hatched young on the Teal pond, so the breeding season is still in full swing! The Mute Swan family with seven cygnets are makin
24 June 2016
Grebe chicks on reserve
Three Great Crested Grebe chicks have hatched on the WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre reserve for the first time, as just one of two ‘firsts’ at the centre this week. Reserve Manager, Tom Clare, said: “If there has been one breeding wetland bird that
24 June 2016
Wildlife sightings for 24th June 2016
2 Pochard juveniles - main lake 2 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Common Tern - main lake 1 Whitethroat - close to the Peacock tower 1 Peregrine - over the river 1 Kestrel - west route June bird highlights: Little Bittern, Garganey, Shelduck, Little Egre
24 June 2016
Fridays bird news
A pair of Black-headed Gulls courting with reflection by Stan Madams (Archive Picture) The South Lake Avocet 82 Redshank 7 Black-tailed Godwit 25 Oystercatcher 5 Black-headed Gull 500 Great-crested Grebe 2 Little Greb
24 June 2016