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Wildlife sightings - 11/05/17

Wildlife sightings - 11/05/17

a.m. Tide Level: Mid Wader Lake Black-tailed godwit 7 Common tern 130 Dunlin 2 Little ringed plover 2 Oystercatcher 2 Avocet 16 + 3 juvenile Common sandpiper 1 Gadwall 5 Redshank 5 Shoveler 4 Saline Lagoon Avocet 2 Oystercatcher 1 Shelduck 10 Tufted duck

11 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 11th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 11th May 2017

1 Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Dunlin - flew E 2 Little Ringed Plover - reservoir lagoon 3 Redshank - main lake, wader scrape 2 Common Tern - main lake 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 5 Mute Swan cygnets - reservoir lagoon 1 Whinchat - scrape bank 4 Linn

11 May 2017

Today's Highlights

Today's Highlights

Common Tern Redshank Shelduck Shoveler and ducklings Mallard Moorhen and chicks Little Egret Lapwing Avocet Cuckoo Common Sandpiper Little Ringed Plover Whitethroat Sedge Warbler Reed Warbler Oystercatcher Gadwall Teal Black-tailed Godwit Bar-tailed Godwi

10 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 10th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 10th May 2017

2 Wood Sandpiper - main lake 2 Common Sandpiper - reservoir lagoon, main lake 1 Ringed Plover - main lake 1 Lesser Whitethroat - singing in world wetlands 3 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 3 Redshank - main lake, wader scrape 2 Comm

10 May 2017

Reserve Update Wednesday 10th May

Reserve Update Wednesday 10th May

It is that time of year again when we start the breeding bird survey around the Reserve.  Sedge Warblers have been well represented down the Avenues with 16 singing males on the way to Avenue Tower.  We have also discovered where all the Whitethroats ha

10 May 2017

Today's Highlights

Today's Highlights

Ruff (males in various colours of breeding plumage) Common sandpiper Black-tailed godwit Avocet Oystercatcher Redshank Shoveler and ducklings Cuckoo Yellow wagtail Tree sparrow Great white egret Little egret

9 May 2017

Recent Sightings

Recent Sightings

Orange tip Millennium Wetlands Little Grebe 1 Little Egret 2 Cattle Egret 1 (08/05) Grey Heron 2 Mute Swan 3 Greylag 4 Canada Goose 3 Shelduck 4 Gadwall 3 Mallard 5 Shoveler 3 Pochard 1 Tufted Duck 5 Water Rail 2 Moor

9 May 2017

Dodging the turbines

Dodging the turbines

Windfarms are popping up all along the migratory flight path of the Bewick’s swan, as this aerial taken by our human swan Sacha Dench during her epic Flight of the Swans expedition shows. From offshore farms in the North Sea, to onshore sites in Denmar

9 May 2017

Wildlife sightings - 09/05/17

Wildlife sightings - 09/05/17

AM low tide   Wader Lake Avocet 23 + 3 chicks Teal 4 Oystercatcher 3 Tufted duck 14 Black-tailed godwit 7 Little ringed plover 2 Common tern 70+ Coot 2 Grey wagtail 1 Swallow 3 Shoveler 3   Saline Lagoon Avocet 4 Shelduck 7 Oystercatcher 1 &nbsp

9 May 2017

Sightings - 09/05/17

Sightings - 09/05/17

It was a good day for birds yesterday, it started with a Little-ringed Plover that dropped onto the folly pond island very briefly in the morning, before disappearing not to be seen again. A Great Skua flew west past Saltcot just after high tide, so it is

9 May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2017

Wildlife sightings for 9th May 2017

1 Kittiwake (adult) - main lake 1 Ring Ouzel (male) - reservoir lagoon NE corner 2 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 5 Redshank - marsh, main lake, scrape 6 Yellow Wagtail - marsh(4) and flying over W(2) 3 Shelduck - reservoir lagoon 8 Swallow - main la

9 May 2017

Arundel is a buzz this spring

Arundel is a buzz this spring

Wooden butterfly in the Meadow Maze sported a hipster beard made of bees last weekend. The bees are buzzing more than usual at Arundel Wetland Centre this spring. The wetland reserve has had two swarms of honeybees em

8 May 2017

Nest building Linnets & lesser spotted woodpecker

Nest building Linnets & lesser spotted woodpecker

  Male Shoveler . Our wardens did a  diving and dabbling ducks survey at Arundel Wetland Centre on Monday morning. The number of males in each species gives us an idea of how many possible pairs could be breedin

8 May 2017

Sandpiper trio

Sandpiper trio

Rushy Pen A sure sign that it's May with the arrival of our first three Wood Sandpiper on the lower pond late morning. Other good news is that the Lapwing family still have young and the first Avocet chicks (x2) have hatched here. Four Cattle Egret chos

8 May 2017

Recent sightings - 8th May

Recent sightings - 8th May

The following sightings were recorded today by Toni Castello, warden, at low tide. Estuary Mute swan 5, Little egret 2, Oystercatcher +150, Shelduck 3, Black-headed gull +100. Main lake - visible from Sensory garden and Visitor centre Tufted duck 6,

8 May 2017