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Today's Highlights
Red-necked phalarope - Friends hide Avocet + chicks Little ringed plover and chicks Redshank Lapwing Black-tailed godwit Tufted duck Shelduck Shoveler Tree sparrow Goldfinch Greenfinch Reed bunting Skylark Swallow Swift House martin Meadow pipit Common
9 June 2017
Wildlife sightings for 9th June 2017
4 Little Ringed Plover - scrape (2 adults), reservoir lagoon (1 well-grown juvenile and 1 adult) 1 Snipe - marsh 1 Redshank - marsh 1 Teal - marsh (male) 4 Shelduck - scrape (2), flying over N (2) 2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shoveler - reservoir lagoo
9 June 2017
Today's sightings
Its a warm sunny morning with just the odd shower around, much nicer than forecast! New life continues to emerge across the reserve, with additions this morning including several broods of Reed Warbler branching out from the nest but still being fed by
9 June 2017
Today's Highlights
Red-necked phalarope by Peter Ward . Red-necked phalarope-Friends hide Tree sparrow Black-tailed godwit Little egret Great white egret-3 Redshank Coot Moorhen Shelduck Shoveler Tufted duck Teal Cormorant Whooper swan
8 June 2017
Today's sightings
A dry start with showers forecast later in the day. The Green Sandpiper was still on the Tack Piece along with two almost fully grown Lapwing chicks. The reserve is filling up with new life including lots of Shelduck ducklings now starting to emerge.
8 June 2017
Wildlife sightings for 8th June 2017
2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Redshank - grazing marsh 4 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Shoveler - reservoir lagoon 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital May bird highlights: Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Whinch
8 June 2017
Wildlife sightings - 07/06/2017
Including a site record of 50 avocet AM mid tide Wader Lake Avocet 25 adults and 22 young = 47 Shoveler 1 Oystercatcher 1 Black-tailed godwit 2 Little ringed plover 2 Redshank 3 Common tern 110+ Grey heron 11 Sand martin 5 Saline Lago
7 June 2017
Sightings Wednesday 7th June 2017
Red-necked phalarope by Peter Ward . Blustery but bright start to the day, all hides remain open, Summer walk still closed. Sightings so far today: Red-necked phalarope (Nelson Lyle hide) Mute swan Whooper swan
7 June 2017
Wildlife sightings for 7th June 2017
2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 3 Shelduck - wader scrape 2 Common Tern - main lake 1 Shoveler - reservoir lagoon 1 Whitethroat - wader scrape bank 1 Peregrine - perched on the hospital May bird highlights: Wood Sandpiper, Grey Plover, Whin
7 June 2017
Recent Sightings
Young Whitethroat cr. Russ Myners British Steel Hide and Grounds Curlew 1 Whimbrel 1 Bar Tailed Godwit 1 Black-tailed Godwit c200 Lapwing 2 Spoonbill 3 Redshank 2 Teal 1 Shoveler 1 Greylag 24 Mute Swan 2 Sheldu
6 June 2017
Largest family to date for Icelandic swan pair
Whooper swan pair with cygnets by Kim Tarsey . A pair of injured whooper swans have hatched a brood of five cygnets this summer at WWT Welney Wetland Centre. The pair who first bred on the reserve in 2011 are u
6 June 2017
Sussex Wildlife Day is June 16
Take a Water Vole wander with WWT guides at 3.15pm at the Sussex Wildlife Day event While we celebrate our county’s rich heritage and culture on Sussex Day on June 16, Arundel Wetland Centre invites you to di
6 June 2017
Wild orchids, sand martins & tufted ducklings
Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly On Monday morning I spotted three sand martins inspecting the nesting holes in the artificial sand banks of the Sand Martin hide. This is the third sighting of sand martins checking out t
6 June 2017
Today's Highlights
Wet and windy day so today's sightings are a bit limited: Mute swan Whooper swan and cygnets Mallard Shoveler and chicks Shelduck Tufted duck Wigeon Teal Avocet and chicks Little ringed plover and chicks - Friends hide Black-tailed godwit Great egret Reds
6 June 2017
World record attempt
Work is beginning this week on what is hoped will be the world's largest 'bug hotel' at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre in Lancashire. Guinness World Records has informed the Wetland Centre that the current world record to beat is 10 cubic metres. The bug
6 June 2017