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Recent Sightings
Sedge Warbler Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 3 Cormorant 6 Grey Heron 1 Mute Swan 4 ad, 17 juv Gadwall 20 Teal 1 Mallard 41 Pochard 8 Tufted Duck 12 Water Rail 1 Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Green Wood
4 July 2017
Sightings Tuesday 4th July
Warm and bright start to the day with plenty of Dragonflies and butterflies on the wing. All hides and the Summer walk are open. Sightings today: Mute swan Whooper swan Greylag Shoveler Moorhen Coot Avocet Black-tailed godwit Little-ringed plover Redshank
4 July 2017
Wildlife sightings for 4th July 2017
1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Common Tern - main lake 1 Snipe - reservoir lagoon 1 Little Egret - main lake p.m. 2 Little Grebe Juv's - wader scrape 2 Whitethroat - both singing wader scrape bank, wildside 3 Reed warbler - all singing reedbed, S
4 July 2017
Bat survey, wildflower walk & squabbling oystercatchers
Get your macro lenses - the ruby tailed wasps are out! The following is Paul Steven's weekly Wildlife Sightings column that appears in the Chichester Observer newspaper. Our Guides-in-the-Hide David Harper spotted an
3 July 2017
Bittern
A Bittern was seen in flight from the Reed Bed Walk dropping in the pool towards the Sewage Works, an unusual summer record. Off hand we can't remember a July record for this species, although two years ago a bird arrived at the beginning of August.
3 July 2017
Today's Highlights
Spoonbill-Main Obs in a.m. Black-tailed godwit Oystercatcher Moorhen Coot Corncrake-heard Lyle-Friends hide Stock dove Swallow House martin Tree sparrow Goldfinch Chaffinch Starling flock gathering in size
3 July 2017
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Female/immature Marsh Harrier, hunting bird went through the flood to Bottom New Piece this morning, a Hobby also visited as did a Peregrine. On the flood the Avocets were joined by 70 Lapwing, 4 Little-ringed Plover (1 adult, 3 j
3 July 2017
Sightings 03/07/2017
A Spotted Flycatcher was showing well again this morning, sitting on the fence line by the entrance to the summer walk half way down the avenue. A couple of Common Sandpipers are dotted around the reserve, with two on the Whooper Pond and one on the Folly
3 July 2017
Wildlife sightings - 03/07/17
a.m. Tide Level: Wader Lake Avocet 16 + 23 young Tufted duck 2 + 2 ducklings Ringed plover 1 Pied wagtail 3 Oystercatcher 3 Lapwing 39 Redshank 12 Shelduck 2 + 9 ducklings Grey heron 8 Common tern 200+ Saline Lagoon Redshank 5 Oystercatcher 1 Hawthorn W
3 July 2017
Wildlife sightings for 3rd July 2017
1 Stonechat - marsh fence 1 Snipe - marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Common Sandpiper - resr lagoon 1 Little Egret - 4 Teal - scrape 1 Shoveler - scrape *Late sightings for 2nd July - 1 Grasshopper Warbler, 2 Little Grebe juvs, 2 Peregrine, 1 Red
3 July 2017
Highlights for today
Top New Piece A Wood Sandpiper, Greenshank, 62 Redshank, 74 Avocet, 80 Lapwing, 3 Little-ringed Plover, Dunlin, 22 Teal, 16 Shoveler and uncounted no's of Gadwall, Mallard and Shelduck. Rushy Pen An adult Wood Sandpiper with 9+ Green Sandpiper, the pair o
2 July 2017
Greenshank and other birds.
A brisk wind but nice in the sun today. More wader passage with a Greenshank new in on the Mere early afternoon. Two Ruff on Vinsons Marsh from the Ron Barker Hide. Greenshank (left) with Black-tailed Godwit At least
2 July 2017
Sightings Sunday 2nd July
Summer is back with lots of dragonflies on the wing, all hides and Summer walk are open. Sightings so far today: Greylag goose Whooper swan Mute swan Mallard Teal Wigeon Shelduck Pochard Moorhen Little egret Grey heron Common tern Avocet Black-tailed godw
2 July 2017
The map is back...
After a sizable absence we are re-introducing the sightings map. This may not be the final version and it does make more sense zoomed in but given those caveats we think it is a helpful, especially to those visiting for the first time. Cuckoo still prese
1 July 2017
Todays sightings
Greylag goose Wigeon Teal Mallard and ducklings Shoveler Shelduck Green sandpiper-2 at Main Obs Avocet Redshank Moorhen and chicks of two broods Little ringed plover and chicks Grey heron Little egret Common tern Buzzard Marsh harrier Hobby Kestrel Tree
1 July 2017