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Great white egret-2 at Main Observatory Little egret Grey heron Redshank Little ringed plover-2 Avocet Lapwing Coot Moorhen Oystercatcher Kingfisher-male and female at Main Observatory Grey plover-Nelson/Lyle hide Cormorant Mute swan Whooper swan Wigeon S
8 April 2017
Kingfisher activity
Kingfishers The pair at the Kingfisher hide are very active, food passes, periods in the nest hole and lots of mating suggest they are laying there first clutch. A second pair are nesting near the South Lake so watch out for birds passing in front of the
8 April 2017
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We finally saw a Swallow yesterday afternoon, and will hopefully have more appearing over the next few days. The sun is shining and the birds are in full song today. It's a fantastic day to enjoy some Spring weather and see Our Osprey nest is live on CCT
8 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 8th April 2017
1 Bearded Tit - main lake beside WWF hide 1 Red legged Partridge - entrance lake 1 Mediterranean Gull - over wildside 1 Glaucous Gull - 2 Shelduck - main lake 6 Redshank - grazing marsh 4 Snipe - grazing marsh 1 Reed Warbler - reedbed 11 Blackcap - site
8 April 2017
Bird News
Mediterranean Gulls are among the 'star birds' on the reserve at the moment, with at least 5 on the Mere today. There have been at least 13 individually identifiable birds here in the last couple of weeks, and with the Black-headed Gulls at last starting
7 April 2017
Recent Sightings
Mediterranean Gull Cr. Russ Myners Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 6 Cormorant 2 Little Egret 4 Mute Swan 5 Canada Goose 4 Pintail 2 Gadwall 8 Shoveler 2 Pochard 13 Tufted Duck 14 Water Rail 1 Moorhen 6 Lapwing 2 Sni
7 April 2017
Stop press moos
The first three Long-horn calves of the season has been born at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre, helping the Centre to traditionally manage the reserve. The calves, born from the 26 March, along with all the adults can be viewed from the Ron Barker hide. T
7 April 2017
Wildlife sightings - 07/04/17
AM, LOW TIDE Wader Lake Avocet 24 (site total 28) Lapwing 16 (with seven nests) Redshank 10 Black-tailed godwit 20 Common snipe 8 Jack snipe 1 Oystercatcher 4 Shelduck 23 Mute swan 7 Grey heron 30 +9 chicks AM, LOW TIDE Saline Lagoon Avocet 4 Oyste
7 April 2017
Sightings Friday 7th April
All hides apart from Allport are open. Sightings so far today: Mute swan Gadwall Garganey Mallard Pintail Pochard Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Wigeon Great white egret Little egret Kingfisher Avocet Black-tailed godwit Dunlin Green sandpiper Lapwing Litt
7 April 2017
Latest Sightings - 7th April - summer migrants singing
Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler are in good voice this morning along the Avenues. We expect to see a Swallow any day now, and it's always worth scanning the merse for a glimpse of Osprey perched on driftwood or fishing over the high tide. Our Osprey nest is
7 April 2017
Sunny Spoonbills
We've had another two Spoonbills arrive on the reserve, dropping in late yesterday to the Top New Piece, as viewed from the Zeiss Hide. The birds were still present this morning before moving to the South Lake around 8:20am, best viewed from the Hogarth
7 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 7th April 2017
1 Glaucous Gull - grazing marsh 1 Bearded Tit - (male) reedbed p.m 6 Redshank - grazing marsh, main lake 3 Snipe - grazing marsh, main lake 1 Sedge Warbler - singing near wildside hide 6 Blackcap - South route, sheltered lagoon, wildside 4 Chiffchaff - wi
7 April 2017
Wildlife sightings for 6th April 2017
1 Sedge Warbler - wildside 4 Pintail - main lake, grazing marsh 8 Redshank - grazing marsh, reservoir lagoon, main lake 1 Little Ringed Plover - grazing marsh 30+ Sand Martin - wader scrape, sheltered lagoon 4 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 2 Willow
6 April 2017
Lapwings on eggs, long-tailed tits feathering their nests
Peacock butterfly from Rob Collins ON THE WET grassland between the Lapwing and Ramsar hides our surveyors have counted four lapwing pairs with nests that are sitting on eggs. Lapwings raise one brood a year bu
6 April 2017
Exhibit of wildlife paintings by Patrick Duff
An exhibit of wildlife paintings by Worthing artist Patrick are on display at Arundel Wetland Centre until May 31. A portion of all sales of the artworks will go to the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust. Most of these works were inspired by safaris P
6 April 2017