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Today's Sightings
Moorhen Little egret Green sandpiper Ruff Black-tailed godwit Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Robin Blue tit Great tit Meadow pipit House martin Starling Rook Wood pigeon Collared dove Hobby Marsh harrier
7 September 2017
The tide is high
The second half of this week is dominated by tides reaching 9m or more, pushing birds off the river and onto the pools and scrapes around the reserve, particularly the Top New Piece scrape viewed from the Zeiss Hide. The S
7 September 2017
07/09/2017 - wildlife sightings
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Lapwing 170 Redshank 4 Black-tailed godwit 3 Black-headed gull 6 Teal 2 Pied wagtail 1 Hawthorn Wood feeding station: Bullfinch 5 Goldfinch 3 Nuthatch 1 Great tit 3 Blue tit 7 Willow tit 1 Chaffinch 4 Plus seven bl
7 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 7th September 2017
3 Yellow Wagtail - marsh(2), flew over main lake heading W(1) 24 Swallow - over S+SE 2 Garden Warbler - south route 3 Common Tern - flew over high E 2 Black Swan - main lake August bird highlights: Common Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper, Dunlin, Blac
7 September 2017
Waders on the up
Numbers and variety of waders are on the up this week, just in time of our first Severn Wader Festival. Details about the weekend here. Ruff South Lake Hides The birds were well spread across the wader scrape this m
6 September 2017
Latest Sightings
Complilation from the past few days. Not a massive influx of migrant waders but potentially some new birds in. More weather in the next week looks interesting if you don't mind dodging the showers. Lapwing numbers seem to have gone up again with 600+ bird
6 September 2017
Today's Sightings
Dunlin Greenshank Green Sandpiper Common Sandpiper Little Ringed Plover Little Egret Kingfisher x3 Ruff Snipe Tree Sparrow House Sparrow Goldfinch Mallard Whooper Swan
6 September 2017
Wildlife sightings for 6th September 2017
1 Hobby - grazing marsh 1 Redstart (male) - Dulverton Hide 2 Kingfisher - wader scrape 2 Peregrine - perched on the hospital 1 Buzzard 4 Sparrowhawk - circling high overhead 1 Kestrel 2 Yellow Wagtail - flew over SW 1 Grey Wagtail - Otter enclosure 7 Bla
6 September 2017
Sand martin success this summer
Sand martins on the speakers playing colony calls from the artificial nesting banks at the Sand Martin hide at Arundel Wetland Centre. Arundel Wetland Centre is pleased to announce the first successful breeding of wil
5 September 2017
Today's Sightings
Tree Sparrow Little egret Mallard Coot Black tailed godwit Whooper swan Mute swan Lapwing Ruff Greylag goose Wood sandpiper Teal Snipe Shelduck
5 September 2017
UK hand-reared rare birds head south for winter
A total of 26 black-tailed godwits, hand-reared at WWT Welney in Norfolk, have spread their wings for warmer climes. The first-time adventurers were released from their aviary only eleven weeks ago and have already been sighted in various locations along
5 September 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide Juvenile Little-ringed Plover (pic by MJM below), Little Grebe and two Green Sandpiper. The reserve team work party were cutting vegetation here today. Robbie Garnett Hide Two Green Sandpiper, 50+ Teal, 12 Gadwall and 6+ Blackcap in the hedg
5 September 2017
Recent Sightings (2nd- 5th Sep)
British Steel Hide A few notable sightings on both the saline lagoons and the NRA scrapes from the over the weekend include a juvenile Little Stint and the first Curlew Sandpiper of the autumn. Other notable birds included a Common Tern, a
5 September 2017
Wildlife sightings - 05/09/2017
Wader Lake (AM, low tide): Knot (juvenile) 1 Redshank 29 Teal 12 Lapwing 139 Black-tailed godwit 1 Kestrel (male) 1 Pied wagtail 2 White wagtail family on passage (2 adults and 3 juveniles) Saline lagoon: Eurasian teal 9 Hawthorn Wood feedin
5 September 2017
600 sand martins, Daubenton's bats and neonate snake
Neonate grass snake. There is a lot happening at Arundel Wetland Centre at this time of year but it does require spending a bit of time in one of the hides and watching with patience to catch the action. The ‘secret
5 September 2017