Great to see a flock of between 30-40 Lapwing out on the scrape islands from the sand martin hide yesterday. [...]
16 December 2011
The starlings roosting in the reedbed have now swollen to around two thousand birds. They can be seen very well from the reedbed boardwalk and the reedswamp exhibit, usually around 3.30pm. [...]
11 December 2011
At last a frost and followed by a fantastic bright morning. This illuminated the collection birds especially on the Lakes and forests exhibit. Should have had my camera with me as I passed a Kingfisher perched on bramble with a fish in its mouth. Would h
2 December 2011
It seems that wintering birds are beginning to react to the fact it is now December more than the lack of cold weather. Despite having a couple of frosty mornings, generally it continues [...]
2 December 2011
Good number of snipe (16) could be seen yesterday from the ramsar hide, looking to the right on the thin strip of island. They were feeding and roosting for most of the day. [...]
24 November 2011
Well thinks are very slow here at Arundel at the moment. The weather is so very mild that dragonflies, such as Common darter and migrant hawker are still on the wing. Red admirals and amazingly a Common Carder Bumblebee are also active. A Song thrush was
18 November 2011
With the mild weather continuing wildfowl numbers have stayed fairly low. Teal and snipe numbers have increased, but they have remained elusive. [...]
18 November 2011
Three wigeon have flown in this morning and are feeding on the new wet grassland area. Fantastic result! [...]
9 November 2011
This morning there was 40 pochard out on swan lake. [...]
6 November 2011
Shoveler numbers have been fluctuating from 7 up to 11, mainly from the scrape hide. This a really good number for this time of year and encouraging for the winter ahead. Pochard have started to arrive on swan lake with a high of 6 individuals, mostly m
3 November 2011
Four snipe were seen at the back of the scrape areas from the ramsar hide. [...]
3 November 2011
A flock of siskins and redpolls have been seen feeding in the alders around woodland secrets today. [...]
2 November 2011
Looking to the sky this morning produced a Red Kite and several Siskin. [...]
1 November 2011
Great to see Shoveler numbers going up to 11 this morning! [...]
31 October 2011
Shoveler numbers have already reached their highest numbers for this time of year. [...]
27 October 2011