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Latest Sightings - Friday 5th May
We have a few new additions to the reserve this morning! Our giant LEGO® Brick animals have arrived and can now be seen across the site... Summer migrants are also arriving thick and fast. Sedge Warblers can be heard from all of the hedgerows and Avenu
5 May 2017
Todays Sightings
Common Tern by Seamus Griffin Greenshank Redshank Common sandpiper Peregrine Blacktailed godwit Avocet Golden plover Marsh harrier Little egret Cuckoo Linnet Sedge warbler Yellow wagtail Little ringed plover Common te
4 May 2017
Our call to local leaders
The General Election on 8 June will surely shape the future of our environment. That’s why we want all parties to commit to a new Environment Act with legally-binding targets to restore nature. We need to play our part in a more sustainable world. But n
4 May 2017
Northerly wind
Its a bit blustery out there but birds are braving the wind across the reserve, not least the 8 Swifts that were battling north over the Dumbles this morning. South Lake Hides The Black-tailed Godwit flock numbered 166 this morning, with the bulk of the b
4 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 4th May 2017
1 Ring Ouzel (male) - reservoir lagoon NE corner 4 Whimbrel - low over wader scrape then off high E 14 Yellow Wagtail - main lake, grazing marsh 1 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon, wader scrape
4 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 3rd May 2017
1 Ring Ouzel (male) - reservoir lagoon NE corner 1 Whimbrel - main lake (pm) 2 Yellow Wagtail - main lake (pm) 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 4 Redshank - main lake, grazing marsh 2 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 3 Sh
3 May 2017
Recent Sightings
Little Grebe Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 5 Grey Heron 2 Gadwall 17 Shoveler 1 Pochard 4 Tufted Duck 30 Buzzard 1 Lapwing 7 (3 chicks) Black-tailed Godwit c250 Redshank 15 Black headed gull 56 Med
3 May 2017
Today's Highlights
Black-winged stilt Black-winged stilt - 2 - Lady Fen Ruff - 40 males in breeding plumage and females present Dunlin Greenshank - 7 flying North Grey plover - 1 Friends hide Great white egret between Main hide & Re
3 May 2017
Hawthorn hide revamp
Hawthorn Wood feeding station and hide will be closed on Wednesday 10 & Thursday 11 May. This is so that we can give it a good spring clean and make some minor improvements. So what’s involved in a spring clean of a feeding station? Well, we need
2 May 2017
Wildlife sightings - 02/05/2017
AM high tide Wader Lake Avocet 17 Ringed plover 2 (pair) Black-tailed godwit 15 Northern shoveler 5 Oystercatcher 3 Redshank 4 Swallow 3 Common tern 22 Gadwall 3 Shelduck 18 Tufted duck 9 Saline Lagoon Mute swan 2 Avocet 5 Oystercatcher 1 Tu
2 May 2017
Busy week of wildlife surveys
I have had a busy week doing wildlife surveys of the reserve at Arundel Wetland Centre. During the bat survey I did last Thursday night I picked up three species on the detectors. I heard soprano pipistrelles, the rarer Nathusius' pipistrelles and Daubent
2 May 2017
Wildlife sightings for 2nd May 2017
2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 2 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Yellow Wagtail - wader scrape bank, grazing marsh 10 Reed Warbler - South route, sheltered lagoon
2 May 2017
Todays Sightings
Black-winged stilt - 4 Common sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Tufted duck Avocet Tree sparrow Redshank Shoveler Wheatear Garganey Cettis Warbler Sparrow hawk Greenshank Sand martin Little ringed plover Lesser white-throat Oystercatcher Hobby
2 May 2017
Grasshopper Warbler
Very few reports recieved today but the first 2 Grasshopper Warblers of the year were heard and seen in the reedbed walk area today, also lots of Sedge and Reed Warbler in the area. At least 2 male Whitethroat singing and plenty of Chiffchaff, Willow Warb
1 May 2017
Recent sightings - 1st May
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide, and under a sunny, warm and calm day. Estuary Oystercatcher 40, Black-tailed godwit 15, Shelduck 25, Lesser Black-backed gull 1, Black-headed gull 150. Main lake - vi
1 May 2017