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Latest Sightings - 7th April - summer migrants singing
Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler are in good voice this morning along the Avenues. We expect to see a Swallow any day now, and it's always worth scanning the merse for a glimpse of Osprey perched on driftwood or fishing over the high tide. Our Osprey nest is
7 April 2017
Sunny Spoonbills
We've had another two Spoonbills arrive on the reserve, dropping in late yesterday to the Top New Piece, as viewed from the Zeiss Hide. The birds were still present this morning before moving to the South Lake around 8:20am, best viewed from the Hogarth
7 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 7th April 2017
1 Glaucous Gull - grazing marsh 1 Bearded Tit - (male) reedbed p.m 6 Redshank - grazing marsh, main lake 3 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 1 Sedge Warbler - singing near wildside hide 6 Blackcap - South route, sheltered lagoon, wildside 4 Chiffchaff - wi
7 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 6th April 2017
1 Sedge Warbler - wildside 4 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh 8 Redshank - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon, main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 30+ Sand Martin - wader scrape, sheltered lagoon 4 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 2 Willow
6 April 2017
Lapwings on eggs, long-tailed tits feathering their nests
Peacock butterfly from Rob Collins ON THE WET grassland between the Lapwing and Ramsar hides our surveyors have counted four lapwing pairs with nests that are sitting on eggs. Lapwings raise one brood a year bu
6 April 2017
Exhibit of wildlife paintings by Patrick Duff
An exhibit of wildlife paintings by Worthing artist Patrick are on display at Arundel Wetland Centre until May 31. A portion of all sales of the artworks will go to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Most of these works were inspired by safaris P
6 April 2017
Sightings Wednesday 5th April
All hides apart from Allport hide remain open, all paths clear, Summer walk closed. Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Egyptian goose Graylag goose Grey heron Great white egret Little egret Gadwall Pochard Pintail Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Wigeon Avo
5 April 2017
Wildlife sightings - 05/04/17
AM, high tide Wader Lake: Grey heron 26 Redshank 28 Northern shoveler 9 Northern lapwing 25 Avocet 19 Black-tailed godwit 28 Gadwall 2 Common snipe 7 Mute swan 2 Oystercatcher 4 Shelduck 14 AM, high tide Saline lagoon: Shelduck 16 Eurasian curlew 1
5 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 5th April 2017
1 Red-legged Partridge - entrance lake by pedestrian gate at 07:25 1 Sedge Warbler - wildside 3 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 4 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh 5 Redshank - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 30+ Sand M
5 April 2017
Sightings
An appearance of 3 Cattle Egrets this afternoon was one of the highlights of the year so far, unfortunately they didn't hang around for longer than a couple of hours, on view from Ron Barker Hide they spent much of their time partly hidden behind some veg
4 April 2017
Today's sightings
South Lake 27 Avocets, 140 Black-tailed Godwit, 3 Snipe, 6 Oystercatcher (three mating pairs), 5 Lapwing (including an incubating female near Hogarth Hide). Two 2cy Little Gull , 3 Mediterranean Gull (2 second summers, a first winter) were among the many
4 April 2017
Recent Sightings
Male Garganey Cr. J S Lees British Steel Hide Spoonbill 1 (juv) Cormorant 9 Little Egret 17 Grey Heron 2 Mute Swan 3 Greylag 20 Canada Goose 14 Shelduck 115 Wigeon 30 Gadwall 10 Teal 22 Shoveler 17 Tufted Duck
4 April 2017
Sigthings Tuesday 4th April
All hides are open apart from Allport, dragonfly pond and Summer walk closed. Sightings today: Mute swan Egyptian goose Pintail Shoveler Teal Tufted duck Wigeon Coot Moorhen Great white egret Little egret Grey heron Avocet Black-tailed godwit Lapwing Litt
4 April 2017
Wildlife sightings - 04/04/17
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Avocet 26 Black-tailed godwit 26 Redshank 27 Northern lawping 23 Grey heron 21 Northern shoveller 6 Oystercatcher 4 Shelduck 19 Common snipe 3 Eurasian teal 7 Greylag 9 Canada goose 10 Saline Lagoon Mute swan 2 Avocet 2 No
4 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 4th April 2017
1 Firecrest - West route 1 Glaucous Gull (2cy) - grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - main lake 4 Pintail - main lake 5 Redshank - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 32 Sand Martin - wader scrape, sheltered lagoon 6 Snipe - sheltered lagoon, grazing marsh 3 Willow war
4 April 2017