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Sunshine and firecrests

A lovely sunny start to the day and cooler than of late brought out some excellent views of Firecrest around several places of the reserve.

9 December 2015

Reed BED

It seems that the place to get a good nights sleep or not, is the reedbed with around 2000 Starlings, 200 Pied wagtails, 30 or so Reed buntings and the Kestrel under the overhang of the reedbed hide. A sighting of a Bearded Reedling (tit) a couple of we

2 December 2015

Still mild!

The continuing warm weather has meant a good mixture of sightings last week. The most unseasonal has to be the juvenile Swallow mixing with Pied wagtails as they came into the reedbed to roost. Yesterday also produce our first murmur of Starlings with aro

16 November 2015

Autumn changes

With all the leaves falling, but continued warmth their are some usual and more surprising sightings to be had at the moment. Bats are still be seen, even a Daubentons bat out and about at 4.30pm, closing time from the Ramsar hide. Also from here roosting

5 November 2015

See little egrets at dusk before we switch to earlier closing

This entry is the text from Paul Steven’s Wildlife Sightings column for Oct 29 edition in the Chichester Observer, Littlehampton Gazette and the Worthing Herald. Little egret photographed last week by visitor Rob Col

29 October 2015

Farewell summer flowers, hello more shoveller, gadwall and teal

This entry is the text from Paul Steven’s Wildlife Sightings column for Oct 8 edition of the Chichester Observer, Littlehampton Gazette and the Worthing Herald. Last week the sunshine brought out the insects around the reserve. On my Sunday walk I n

10 October 2015

Arundel sightings

Duck numbers have taken a sharp rise the last few days with nearly 30 Shoveler, 50 Teal, 100 Gadwall, 30 Tufted duck and the usual Mallard. Snipe are becoming a more regular site from most of the hides and Water rail are squealing in most of the suitable

7 October 2015

Autumnal feel

Early morning temperatures in the low single figures the last few days have signalled that autumn is truly underway. The clear skies have meant that the sun has shone producing good conditions for Migrant and Southern hawker dragonflies and Common darters

27 September 2015

Seasonal switchover begins with water rail heard in reedbed

Goldfinches feeding on teasel seed heads. This entry is the text from Paul Steven’s Wildlife Sightings column for Sept 24 edition of the Chichester Observer, Littlehampton Gazette and the Worthing Herald. AS THE

24 September 2015

Sunday 20th September 2015

SCRAPE HIDE; Kingfisher, Teal, Shoveler, Mandarin duck, Snipe, Black headed gulls. LAPWING HIDE; Grey Heron, Wood pigeon, Canada & Greylag geese, Mallard, Teal, Pheasant. RAMSAR & SANDMARTIN HIDES; Shoveler, Lapwing, Gadwall, Teal, Mute swans, Tuf

20 September 2015

15th September 2015

Afternoon All! We are hoping with the more settled weather this afternoon we may see the Osprey again, last seen yesterday morning over the reserve. Sighting so far today include; Water voles, Kingfisher, Little Egret, Green woodpecker, Dunnock, Nuthatch,

15 September 2015

Young osprey drops in on a week-long fishing trip

This entry is the text from Paul Steven’s Wildlife Sightings column for Sept 17 edition of the Chichester Observer, Littlehampton Gazette and the Worthing Herald. A JUVENILE OSPREY dropped in last Tuesday and has been fishing at Arundel Wetland Cent

14 September 2015

Osprey sightings!

We had a juvenile osprey hunting over the reserve on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week! The osprey over WWT Arundel snapped by Russell Tofts The buzzards and peregrines are showing above the hangar today.

12 September 2015

Spotted Fly Catchers & Sand Martins moving through the reserve

This entry is the text from Paul Steven’s Wildlife Sightings column for Sept 10. Paul’s column runs weekly in the Chichester Observer, Littlehampton Gazette and the Worthing Herald. During my morning bird count on Monday (Sept 7) I saw two spotted f