Despite cold temps teal and other ducks are pairing up for spring Snow clouds over Arundel Wetland Centre Recent highlights: Increase in shoveler onsite as Arun Valley fre
26 February 2018
Kingfisher in the snow Water rail-in reeds below cafe Lapwing Redshank Curlew Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Pochard Teal Shoveler Pintail Wigeon Tufted duck Goldeneye Moorhen Coot Great crested grebe Fieldfare Tree sparrow Goldfinch Reed bunting Mut
26 February 2018
Holden Tower A second calendar year (2cy) Glaucous Gull was on the sands until 0840 when it flew upriver 124 European or Russian White-fronted Geese flew in to feed at 0850am, the Red-breasted Gosse was among the Barnacle Geese. A few Skylark were on the
26 February 2018
1 Brambling - flew W across wildside 1 Bittern - main reedbed (middle channel) 1 Caspian Gull 3rd yr - main lake, marsh 1 Goldeneye - main lake 4 Shelduck - main lake, scrape 12 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 12 Fieldfare - E bank 16 Redwing - wildside, shelt
26 February 2018
Drake Pintail on the Rushy Pen Russian White-fronted Geese flying in Rushy Hide and Peng Observatory Little Stint, 80 Pintail and 70+ Bewick's Swans here today (83 still on site) Tack Piece 500 Wigeon, 9 Redshank, 120 Dunlin, a few Golden Plover, up to
25 February 2018
Glorious sunshine but wrap up warm! A good count of 5000+ Pink-footed Geese, well worth checking through as a Bean Goose (probable Taiga) was seen locally in the past couple of days. Wildfowl counts included 408 Whooper Swan (more roosting), 519 Greylag,
25 February 2018
A bright sunny day here at Welney, albeit rather cold. All hides are open, although sturdy footwear/wellingtons will be needed to access the Reedbed Hide as the path remains muddy. Sightings so far: Whooper swan Mute swan Pink-footed goose Tundra bean goo
25 February 2018
A cold but sunny morning here at Castle Espie. The following sightings were recorded today on a receding tide: Estuary – visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Shelduck 104, Brent 66, Oystercatcher 200, Lesser black-backed gull 1,
25 February 2018
Wader Lake (AM, mid tide): Mute swan 2 Grey heron 18 Oystercatcher 4 (two pairs) Redshank 24 Lapwing 53 (11 on meadow) Tufted duck 13 (six male, seven female) Shelduck 30 Coot 5 Shoveler 4 (three male, one female) Wigeon 6 (three pairs) Kestrel 2 (pair) &
25 February 2018
206 Cormorant - main lake 1 Bittern - main lake SE corner, best viewed from WWF Hide 1 Kingfisher - wildside 1 Goldeneye - main lake 4 Shelduck - main lake 4 Pintail - main lake 2 Stonechat - main lake 8 Siskin - South route, sheltered lagoon Feb
25 February 2018
Whooper swan Mute swan Greylag Pink-footed goose (x14) Tundra bean goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Gadwall Wigeon Teal Pochard Tufted duck Goldeneye Coot Moorhen Little egret Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Dunlin Lapwing Black-he
24 February 2018
1 Bittern - main lake 1 Goldeneye - main lake 2 Shelduck - main lake 1 Redshank - main lake 9 Fieldfare - wader scrape bank 12 Redwing - South route, sheltered lagoon 2 Stonechat - main lake 6 Siskin - around the South route feeders February bird highlig
24 February 2018
Another brilliantly sunny start to the day, a light frost this morning which is melting quickly in the sun. A brisk north easterly wind keeping things fresh. Plenty of wildfowl on the ponds & fields, birds are singing down the Avenues. A Stoat was da
24 February 2018
British Steel Hide Highlights from the hide from the past few days include a Water Pipit (22nd) , a Spotted Redshank (22nd) , a Great White Egret (21st) , 2 Merlins (22nd), 2 Spoonbills (23rd) , a good count of 12 Great Crested Grebes (21st), 3 Red-breast
23 February 2018
Mute swan Whooper swan Bewick's swan Pink-footed goose Shelduck Shoveler Mallard Pintail Wigeon Pochard Tufted duck Coot Moorhen Oystercatcher Black-tailed godwit Redshank Snipe Golden plover Lapwing Black-headed gull Starling Pied wagtail Reed bunting
23 February 2018