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Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Spoonbill 1 Wood Sandpiper 1 Greenshank 2 juveniles Black-tailed Godwit 74 Little Egret 1 Greylag Goose 107 Barnacle Goose 140 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 147 Redshank 74 Lapwing 258 Snipe 2 Spoonbill was present this morning S
14 August 2013
Saline lagoon meadow pic
Saline lagoon meadow How fantastic does our saline lagoon meadow look at the moment!? Such beautiful summer colours against the dark green trees and the backdrop of the magnificent Penshaw Monument :-)
14 August 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 10 August 2013 include: Main Lake - 56 Mallard, 25 Greylag Geese, 5 Shelducks, 4 Tufted Ducks, 2 Coots, 3 Gadwalls, 2 Wigeon and Little Grebe with 1 youngster Wader Marsh - 15 Greylag, 4 Shelducks and 4 Mute Swans Rabbits Dragonflie
14 August 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Greenshank - 1 Redshank - 45 Lapwing - 22 Grey Heron - 7 Black-headed Gull - 36 Gadwall - 1 Teal - 10 Tufted Duck - 6 Canada Goose - 5 Pied Wagtail - 2 Shelduck - 7 SALINE LAGOON/AM/TIDE HIGH Wren (North Wood) - 2 Great Spot
14 August 2013
Today's highlights
The lesser yellowlegs is in front of the British Steel hide again today. Other sightings include 12 black tailed godwit, bar tailed godwit, 20 greenshank, 40 redshank and ruff.
14 August 2013
Scott 100 Letters
Scott 100 Letters – they’re on their way back! 600 of you wrote an inspiring letter to inspire someone to do something amazing. You wrote to family members, celebrities, politicians and business leaders. Your letters followed in the footsteps of Capta
14 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 14th August 2013
42 Teal - scrape 1 Buzzard - circling high over the reserve 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 3 Snipe - scrape 2 Little Grebe broods - main lake, grazing marsh channel 1 Willow Warbler - singing wildside 1 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon Rece
14 August 2013
August antics from mini-beast hunting, den building to pond dipping and storytelling...
Buff-tip moth Join us for some August antics! Everyday we have a different experience on offer from pond dipping to storytelling, mini-beast hunting to den building, talks, walks plus show and tell activities. Wetland
14 August 2013
Is WWT Arundel Wetland Centre Britain’s Favourite Nature Reserve?
WWT Arundel Wetland Centre has been nominated as ‘Britain’s Favourite Nature Reserve’ for the prestigious Countryfile Awards 2013. The nominees were selected by nature writer Mark Cocker and TV presenter Ellie Harrison who noted that that Arundel We
13 August 2013
Latest Sightings
Firstly I must apologize for the limited amount of posts on here for the last few weeks, we have been very short staffed in the reserve department and I have had limited time to write an update. From the 21st August our new Reserve Warden, Joe Bilous, wil
13 August 2013
The Mayor of Ards, Councillor Stephen McIlveen opens ‘Wildwood Play’ Area
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust were delighted that Mayor of Ards, Councillor Stephen McIlveen officially opened the newly refurbished natural woodland play area formerly known to visitors as ‘Stoat Town’. The new development includes swings; a tubu
13 August 2013
Wildlife lovers offered a piece of conservation history
For the first time, wildlife lovers have the chance to adopt a part of Slimbridge, the wetland centre established by Sir Peter Scott in 1946 and seen as the birthplace of modern conservation. Naturalist Sir Peter Scott opened Slimbridge to the public with
13 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 13th August 2013
46 Teal - main lake, wader scrape 24 Shoveler - main lake 3 Snipe - main lake, wader scrape 1 Brood of Little Grebe - grazing marsh central channel 50+ Swift - over site 7 House Martin - reservoir lagoon, main lake Recent bird highlights: Little Egret, P
13 August 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Spoonbill 1 Greenshank 1 Teal 300 The South Lake Ruff 2 Redshank 87 Black-tailed Godwit 161 Common Tern 5 The Tack Piece Greenshank 3 Green Sandpiper 7 Ruff 1 Redshank 2 The Rushy Green Sandpiper 2 The Knott Pool Lesser Whitethroat 2 Blackc
13 August 2013
Today's Sightings
73 Black-tailed Godwit, 1 Common Sandpiper (main observatory).
13 August 2013