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Kingfisher, Cr.Rob Werran Grounds Yellow-browed Warbler British Steel Hide Greenshank 26 Redshank 6 Spotted Redshank 2 Black-tailed Godwit 6 Curlew Sandpiper 2 Snipe 1 Little Egret 5 Grey Heron 3
11 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 11/10/16
a.m. Tide Level: Mid-High Wader Lake Eurasian teal 15 Redshank 13 Heron 2 Black-headed gull 10 Snipe 1 Saline Lagoon Eurasian teal 10 Cormorant 1 Hawthorn Wood Chaffinch 6 Blue tit 4 Great tit 3 Willow tit 1 Coal tit 1 Goldfinch 3 Robin 2 Dunnock 4 Other
11 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 11th October 2016
1 Buzzard - over wildside 50 Lapwing 3 Stonechat - wader scrape bank 7+ Meadow Pipit - grazing marsh, flew over heading SE 4 Siskin - sheltered lagoon 5 Chiffchaff - wildside, sheltered lagoon 3 Snipe - main lake 1 Water Rail - reedbed October bir
11 October 2016
Discover Birds weekend is Oct 15-16
The autumn edition of the popular Discover Birds weekends runs this Sat 15 –Sun 16 October at Arundel Wetland Centre. Attend free walks and talks throughout both days about our feathered friends on this gorgeous nature reserve at the edge of the South D
10 October 2016
Family fun this October half term
October half term at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre includes the YUK Factor show, pond dipping for mini-beasts and crazy craft sessions. Special spooky Vampire Boats and the Wetland Witches Potions classes can be booked in advanced. Families can go ‘wild
10 October 2016
Siskin and lesser redpoll sighted on Saturday
Recent sightings by WWT wardens on their morning walk around plus Guide-in-the-hide sightings from Dave on Saturday: Monday 10 Oct Wetlands Discovery area: Lapwing, raven, rook, blackbird, wren, dunnock Lapwing hide: goldfinch, Cetti's warbler, black-hea
10 October 2016
Cranes
Cranes by Bob Ellis Crane - 14 viewed from the main hide this morning, will have to wait and see if a few more come to join them...
10 October 2016
Recent sightings - 10th October
The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary - visible from the Brent Hide and the Limekiln Observatory Brent geese +6000, Oystercatcher 20, Curlew 40, Little egret 3, Shelduck 20, Black-headed gull 20, B
10 October 2016
Foggy morning, limited sightings
A misty start hampered the hide rounds so we won't have too much to report, work continues in the Rushy Pen and Robbie Garnett, Stephen Kirk and Knott Hides so a bit of disturbance is likely, these areas are a bit quiet at the moment anyway. South Lake T
10 October 2016
Wildlife sightings for 10th October 2016
7 Stonechat - marsh 8 Skylark - flew NW 5 Redpoll - wildside(2) and flew W(3) ca.25 Song Thrush - flew W/SW ca.20 Siskin - reedbed, N bank, entrance lake, plus some flew W/SW 21 Meadow Pipit - marsh(5) and flew W(16) 20 Chiffchaff - wildside(7), shelt
10 October 2016
NEW Flamingo themed play area opening at WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre
Forget buccaneer bay - get down to WWT Llanelli Wetland Centre this half term and visit Flamingo Bay – a brand new, themed outside play area that’s right at home with the Centre’s Caribbean flamingos. The colourful, new play area which has been sup
10 October 2016
Wildlife sightings - 10/10/16
a.m. Tide Level: High Wader Lake Black-headed gull 60 Redshank 20 Teal 10 Grey heron 2 Greenshank 2 Saline Lagoon Black-headed gull 30 Teal 4 Hawthorn Wood Blue tit 1 Robin 3 Willow tit 1 Bullfinch 1 Greenfinch 1
10 October 2016
Yellow Browed Warbler
It had to happen eventually, with the record numbers of Yellow-browed Warblers in the country this autumn, that one would appear on site and late morning one was seen and photographed from the Kingfisher Hide. This is the first to be seen and photographed
9 October 2016
Today's Highlights
A single solitary crane was calling for company this morning. Thankfully 12 more joined him at the Nelson/Lyle hide where they stayed for the day and were seen by many visitors from there and the Main observatory too. They flew over Lady Fen in the late a
9 October 2016
Pectoral Sandpiper...
A new bird arrived on the reserve today- a juvenile Pectoral Sandpiper, this long distance migrant breeds in Arctic Canada and Far Eastern Siberia but is an annual visitor to these shores. This is the first record for the reserve in 2016, we usually recor
9 October 2016