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Ruff (males in various colours of breeding plumage) Common sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Shoveler and ducklings Cuckoo Yellow wagtail Tree sparrow Great white egret Little egret
9 May 2017
Recent Sightings
Orange tip Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 1 Little Egret 2 Cattle Egret 1 (08/05) Grey Heron 2 Mute Swan 3 Greylag 4 Canada Goose 3 Shelduck 4 Gadwall 3 Mallard 5 Shoveler 3 Pochard 1 Tufted Duck 5 Water Rail 2 Moor
9 May 2017
Dodging the turbines
Windfarms are popping up all along the migratory flight path of the Bewick’s swan, as this aerial taken by our human swan Sacha Dench during her epic Flight of the Swans expedition shows. From offshore farms in the North Sea, to onshore sites in Denmar
9 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 09/05/17
AM low tide Wader Lake Avocet 23 + 3 chicks Teal 4 Oystercatcher 3 Tufted duck 14 Black-tailed godwit 7 Little ringed plover 2 Common tern 70+ Coot 2 Grey wagtail 1 Swallow 3 Shoveler 3 Saline Lagoon Avocet 4 Shelduck 7 Oystercatcher 1  
9 May 2017
Sightings - 09/05/17
It was a good day for birds yesterday, it started with a Little-ringed Plover that dropped onto the folly pond island very briefly in the morning, before disappearing not to be seen again. A Great Skua flew west past Saltcot just after high tide, so it is
9 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2017
1 Kittiwake (adult) - main lake 1 Ring Ouzel (male) - reservoir lagoon NE corner 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 5 Redshank - marsh, main lake, scrape 6 Yellow Wagtail - marsh(4) and flying over W(2) 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 8 Swallow - main la
9 May 2017
Arundel is a buzz this spring
Wooden butterfly in the Meadow Maze sported a hipster beard made of bees last weekend. The bees are buzzing more than usual at Arundel Wetland Centre this spring. The wetland reserve has had two swarms of honeybees em
8 May 2017
Nest building Linnets & lesser spotted woodpecker
Male Shoveler . Our wardens did a diving and dabbling ducks survey at Arundel Wetland Centre on Monday morning. The number of males in each species gives us an idea of how many possible pairs could be breedin
8 May 2017
Sandpiper trio
Rushy Pen A sure sign that it's May with the arrival of our first three Wood Sandpiper on the lower pond late morning. Other good news is that the Lapwing family still have young and the first Avocet chicks (x2) have hatched here. Four Cattle Egret chos
8 May 2017
Recent sightings - 8th May
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary Mute swan 5, Little egret 2, Oystercatcher +150, Shelduck 3, Black-headed gull +100. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Tufted duck 6,
8 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-tailed godwit Pochard Teal Avocet Gadwall Shoveler Dunlin -2 Little ringed plover - 8 Lapwing Redshank Mallard Pied Wagtail Common sandpiper Swallow Tree sparrow -4 Ruff - 2 Swift
8 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 08/05/17
a.m. Tide Level: Low Wader Lake Avocet 15 + 3 chicks Pied wagtail 2 Coot 2 Shoveler 3 Gadwall 3 Black-tailed godwit 7 Dunlin - summer plumage adult 1 Oystercatcher 9 Lapwing 20 + 8 chicks Common tern 14 Shelduck 16 Saline Lagoon Avocet 3 Shelduck 6 Hawtho
8 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 8th May 2017
1 Oystercatcher - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Greenshank - main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon p.m. 7 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh N bund 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 24 House Martin - main
8 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilts-3 on Lady Fen Avocet Lapwing Great white egret Little egret Coot Moorhen and chicks Redshank Shoveler Shelduck Sedge warbler x lots Goldfinch Tree sparrow Cuckoo x 2 at Lyle hide Linnet Greenshank-Reedbed hide Common sandpiper Whitethr
7 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 7th May 2017
5 Common Sandpiper - main lake, reservoir lagoon, sheltered lagoon 1 Ringed Plover - main lake 2 Little Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Dunlin - main lake 6 Yellow Wagtail - grazing marsh 3 Common Tern - main lake 2 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 25+ House
7 May 2017