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Mooing mowers are back !
Highland cattle are helping trim the plants on the lapwing nesting grounds.
19 August 2024
76 Storks fly over
Staff and visitors were thrilled to watch c76 stork flying over the site in a slow whirling flock. There was little flapping as they seemed to be gliding on the thermals. The flock were over the reserve about 20 minutes, first sighted where the Lapwing hi
15 August 2024
August wildlife update
Three juvenile kingfishers were spotted and two were photographed by regular visitor Mike Jerome on Sat 3 August. This is the second brood from the pair that nested in hole #5 in the bank on the Arun Riverlife lagoon this year. These youngsters still have
12 August 2024
Amazing August wildflowers
This riot of colour is bloomin' marvellous this month.
12 August 2024
Top Tips for Summer
Exploring our wetlands during the summer is exciting at the best of times, but plan your day out alongside some of our fun hands-on activities and make your visit a great one! Here's our top tips for things you can get involved in: Postcard trail S
11 August 2024
Inspired by Nature - illustrator Ben Cavanagh
Ben Cavanagh is an artist living in Littlehampton, West Sussex who specializes in big, colourful designs and characters drawn from imagination. When Ben was asked by ‘Wild in Art’ to paint an owl sculpture for this summer’s Big Hoot trail, he cho
6 August 2024
Trio of kingfishers fledge
Three juvenile kingfishers were spotted and two were photographed by regular visitor Mike Jerome on Sat 3 August. This is the second brood from the pair that nested in hole #5 in the bank on the Arun Riverlife lagoon this year. These youngsters still have
6 August 2024
Wildflower peak and cattle egrets
The fabulous display of wildflowers this month include meadow cranesbill, purple loosestrife, great burnet, bird’s-foot trefoil, meadow vetchling, tufted vetch, black knapweed and hemp agrimony. Meadowsweet is growing in abundance across the reserve
25 July 2024
Kingfishers & cattle egrets
Plenty of kingfisher comings and goings around nest box hole #5. Cattle egrets still in breeding plumage around Ramsar hide.
17 July 2024
National Dragonfly Week
It's National Dragonfly week July 6-14th!
11 July 2024
Owls well at WWT Arundel
There are always owls at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre. In autumn and winter we see the whitewash of barn owls, revealing where they have been hunting from in the rafters of our hides. We also hear tawny owls calling while staff leave at days end. In winter
10 July 2024
Emerging toadlets
Watch your feet! During warm, damp weather at this time of year tiny toadlets emerge from the ponds at WWT Arundel and onto the pathways to begin life outside the water. Toadlets are the same colour as the dirt, asphalt and pavement they are on, so we're
9 July 2024
Summer duckling update
The windows on the brand new Incubation & Rearing Rooms are open for visitor viewing this month.
5 July 2024
Bees, bugs and lunar hornet moths
Plenty of small birds around this week with reed warbler, sedge warblers, chiffchaff, black cap and greenfinches. A great spotted woodpecker is still around in the Wood land Loop. We had a whitethroat singing a the back of the wet grassland on Saturday.
3 July 2024
Welcome Fowler, the Big Hoot owl
Swooping into WWT Arundel Wetland Centre on July 10 is “Fowler” a large owl, decorated with wetland birds by Ben Cavanagh, a mural artist and illustrator based in Littlehampton. Artist Ben Cavanagh and his creation Fowler 'Fowler' is part of T
30 June 2024