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Wildlife sightings - 17/07/17
a.m. Tide Level High Wader Lake Avocet 12 Grey heron 21 Ringed plover 1 Stock dove 1 Oystercatcher 3 Curlew 2 Redshank 18 Common tern 200+ Saline Lagoon Common sandpiper 2 Black-headed gull 110+ Lapwing 7 Common tern 9 Hawthorn Wood Jay 3 Great-spotted wo
17 July 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Pen Still busy with waders, 147 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 Little-ringed Plover, 10 Green Sandpiper, 5+ Lapwing and single Oystercatcher and Redshank as well as broods of Greylag and Canada Goose, Mallards, Tufted Ducks, Gadwall, Teal, Coots and Moorhen
17 July 2017
Today's Sightings
Cranes Hobby Little Ringed Plover Moorhen Mute Swan Whooper Swan Avocet Redshank Peregrine Lapwing Pochard Black-tailed Godwit Pied Wagtail House Martin Swallow Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Canada goose Greylag geese Sedge warbler + juv Tree sparrow Goldfinc
16 July 2017
Join Big Butterfly Count
Red Admiral butterfly Big Butterfly count runs Fri 14 July through Sun 6 August Take part in the annual Big Butterfly Count with a free spotter sheet from WWT Arundel Wetland Centre. Join butterfly spotters across t
16 July 2017
Weekend News
A weak rain front moved south late Saturday early Sunday produced a few new waders in. Six Green Sandpiper from the Ron Barker Hide this morning, 2 Common Sandpiper on the Mere, 8 Ruff, 8 Dunlin, 2 Little Ringed Plover, 15 Black-tailed Godwit, 150+ Lapwin
16 July 2017
Wildlife sightings - 16/07/2017
AM, high tide Wader Lake: Pied wagtail (an adult + a juvenile) Grey wagtail Little egret 1 Redshank 15 Oystercatcher 5 Little ringed plover 1 Grey heron 12 Lapwing 37 Avocet 9 Curlew 1 Common tern 200+ Saline lagoon: Common sandpiper 1 Black
16 July 2017
Today's sightings
Rushy Hide A nice selection of waders on offer here including Greenshank, 10 Green Sandpiper, 83 Black-tailed Godwit, 2 juvenile Little-ringed Plover, 5 Lapwing, 2 Oystercatcher and 2 Redshank. The Redshank were particularly busy, occasionally squabblin
16 July 2017
Wildlife sightings for 16th July 2017
3 Teal - main lake 5 Shoveler - main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge 1 Common Tern - sheltered lagoon 8 Mandarin - reservoir lagoon June bird highlights: Oystercatcher, Garganey, Curlew, Little Ringed Plover, Common Sandpiper, Redsh
16 July 2017
Todays sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Moorhen Crane (x2) Black-tailed godwit Oystercatcher Redshank Greenshank Ruff Avocet Lapwing Common sandpiper Green sandpiper Little ringed plover Snipe Black-headed gull Goldfinch Chaffinch B
15 July 2017
Three Little Ringed Plover
Rushy Good close views of Green Sandpipers, Black Tailed Godwits and a Grey Wagtail. Great to see 3 Little Ringed Plovers and single Redshank and Greenshank further back. The two Cranes were on the meadow and a Little Grebe on top pond. Around 40 Sand Ma
15 July 2017
Latest Sightings - 15th July
It's a bit wet and overcast this morning, but it's still a good day to visit us. You can duck in and out of our many hides and observatories as you make your way around the reserve. The rain means many birds are sheltering in the trees and hides, so keep
15 July 2017
Wildlife sightings for 15th July 2017
1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon 2 Oystercatcher - circled main lake 3 Teal - main lake 6 Shoveler - main lake 2 Little Grebe Juv's - wader scrape 40 Swift - mostly over main lake 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital ledge June bird highlights: Oysterca
15 July 2017
Latest Sightings
Changeable weather over the past few days and similar for the weekend so could be interesting for waders. More Ruff arriving with at least 8 different birds present, quickly moulting out of breeding plumage. Highly variable birds including one with a Blac
14 July 2017
Todays sightings
Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag goose Mallard Shoveler Shelduck Crane (x2) Moorhen Coot Black-tailed godwit Avocet Redshank Little ringed plover Little egret Green sandpiper Oystercatcher Lapwing Tree sparrow House sparrow Goldfinch Chaffinch Blue tit Grea
14 July 2017
Recent Sightings
Song Thrush cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 3 Cormorant 10 Little Egret 4 Grey Heron 2 Mute Swan 22 Gadwall 31 Teal 1 Mallard 22 Pochard 3 Tufted Duck 7 Moorhen 2 Coot 8 Black-tailed Godwit 2 Black he
14 July 2017