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Tidal surges after Storm Eleanor
The last two days have seen Storm Eleanor passing through with another storm following close behind. It coincided with very high tides pushing them up a bit higher than was expected. The Dumbles has been completely flooded, the receding tide has left shal
4 January 2018
Todays sightings
Whooper swan Bewick's swan Mute swan Tufted duck Pochard Mallard Wigeon Coot Moorhen Redshank Water rail Snipe Golden plover Lapwing Great white egret Marsh harrier Lesser black-backed gull Pied wagtail Wren Tree sparrow House sparrow Starling
4 January 2018
Latest Sightings - 4th January - still wet
A wet start to the day, on top of the flood water from yesterday means there is a lot of standing water around the reserve. Not as much grass for the geese, as the fields are flooded, so they are concentrated onto a few areas around the Avenue Tower and S
4 January 2018
Wildlife sightings for 4th January 2018
1 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Goldeneye - reservoir lagoon 1 Caspian Gull (4cy) - main lake 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 1 Water Pipit - wader scrape 18 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 7 Fieldfare - grazing marsh, South route 11 Redwing - sheltered lagoon 5
4 January 2018
Sightings
Happy New Year to all our readers!! A round up of sightings so far in the New Year include the first Woodcock of the year which was flushed along the reed bed walk area by one of the wardens. A Raven was seen on Woodend Marsh. We still have up to 5 Mars
3 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 3/1/18
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Curlew 6 Lapwing 10 Teal 22 Wigeon 1 Shelduck 10 Shoveler 8 Saline Lagoon (AM, low tide): Curlew 6 Teal 18 Black-headed gull 44 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Goldcrest 1 Nuthatch 1 Great-spotted woodpecker 2 Willo
3 January 2018
Latest Sightings - 3rd January - tidal flooding!
We are open as normal today, but please take extra care on the roads. Wellies are highly recommended as there has been a lot of rain overnight. The major tidal flooding means many of the fields are underwater leaving little grass for the Barnacle Geese to
3 January 2018
Wildlife sightings for 3rd January 2018
1 Bittern - main lake N shore 1 Jack Snipe - wader scrape 2 Snipe - wader scrape 3 Pintail - main lake 2 Stonechat - grazing marsh 5 Redwing - entrance lake 1 Grey Wagtail - otter enclosure 29 Greylag Goose - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon Decem
3 January 2018
Wildlife sightings for 2nd January 2018
1 Bittern - main lake N shore 3 Pintail - main lake 1 Goldeneye - main lake 3 Stonechat - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon 20 Siskin - sheltered lagoon December bird highlights: Jack Snipe, Goldeneye, Brent Goose, Little Egret, Great White Egret
3 January 2018
Monday sightings
Rushy Hide and Peng Observatory 270+ Tufted Duck, 130 Pochard, 80 Bewick's Swans and three Ruff were present at dawn. Tack Piece Large numbers of duck first thing this morning but they dispersed and numbers thinned out when the Buzzards became active, a m
2 January 2018
Recent Sightings (30th Dec-2nd Jan)
British Steel Hide Wader counts from the British Steel Hide have included c.500 Black-tailed Godwits, 1 Bar-tailed Godwit, 9 Greenshank, 6 Redshank, 33 Dunlin, 3 Knot, 332 Lapwing and 5 Curlew. Wildfowl have included 2 Goldeneye (estuary), 130 Brent Gee
2 January 2018
Singing mistle thrush & displaying teal
Goldcrest at Arundel Wetland Centre by Jamie MacCallum THE WINTER solstice is a few weeks past and optimistic mistle thrush, robins and dunnocks have begun singing in response to the slight increase in daylight. Grant
2 January 2018
Todays sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick's swan Greylag Shelduck Mallard Shoveler Pintail Wigeon Pochard Tufted duck Great crested grebe Coot Moorhen Little egret Redshank Snipe Golden plover Lapwing Starling Pied wagtail Reed bunting Tree sparrow House sparrow Gold
2 January 2018
Today's sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick's swan Greylag Shelduck Mallard Shoveler Wigeon Pintail Pochard Tufted duck
2 January 2018
Wildlife sightings - 02/01/18
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Canada goose 34 Canada x greylag 1 Greylag 1 Shoveler 2 Teal 14 Shelduck 12 Lapwing 45 Saline Lagoon Curlew 27 Teal 4 Hawthorn Wood Treecreeper 2 Nuthatch 1 Goldcrest 1 Blue tit 8 Coal tit 2 Great spotted woodpecker 1 Bull
2 January 2018