Great egret onsite this week
A great egret appeared onsite on August 19 and has been roosting onsite. Our wardens spotted the great egret roosting in the tree between the Ramsar & Sand Martin along with 12 cattle egret in the late afternoon of August 24. Regular visitor Mike Jerome tokk these pics of the great egret enjoy a fish supper.
Gadwall numbers have been increasing while fewer sand martin are visible as they no longer need the nest holes at the Sand martin hide.
Tues 27 August
Ramsar & Sand martin hide lagoon: 57 gadwalls, 1 kingfisher, 6 mallards, 12 teal, 3 coots, 1 moorhen, 2 cormorants, 13 black-headed gulls, 3 cattle egrets,c13 sand martins, 1 great white egret, 2 shoveler
Willow sphere: 1 water rail
Scrape hide: 1 shoveler.
Robins gate: 1 greenfinch
Mon 26 August
Ramsar & Sand martin hide lagoon: 1 great white egret, 71 gadwalls, 3 teal, 4 shovelers, c15 sand martins, 1 grey wagtail, 2 cattle egrets
Lapwing hide: 2 blue tits, 3 woodpigeons, 1 dunnock, 1 sedge warbler
Scrape hide: 1 water rail
Willow Sphere: 1 water rail.
Reedbed hide: 1 Cettis Warbler, 1 water scorpion
Arun Riverlife: 1 kingfisher
Sun 25 August
Wetland discovery: 5 blue tits, 1 kingfisher, 1 Cetti’s warbler singing.
Ramsar & Sand martin hides: 1 common sandpiper, 1 great white egret, 1 cattle egret
Reedbed: 2 water rails
Sat 24 August
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 49 mallards, 4 gadwalls, 1 kingfisher, 1 moorhen, 2 black-headed gulls, 1 wood pigeon
Ramsar & Sand martin hide: 100 gadwalls, 1 common sandpiper, 1 cattle egret, 1 little egret, 1 great white egret, 6 teal
Scrape hide: 16 gadwall, 4 teal
Ramsar & Sand Martin: 12 cattle egret and 1 great white egret roosting in regular tree at day's end.
Fri 23 August
Woodland loop: 18 mallards, 4 mandarin ducks, 4 tufted ducks, 20 jackdaws, 1 moorhen, 5 blue tits, 3 chaffinches, 1 wren, 4 great tits
Scrape hide: 1 kingfisher flying over at 9.35 am
Thurs 22 August
Ramsar & Sand martin hide large lagoon: 1 great white egret, 1 cattle egret, 1 grey heron, 2 shovelers, 5 sand martins, 1 lesser black-backed gull.
Scrape hide: 4 shovelers, 2 teal
Reedbed boardwalk: 3 mallards, 1 moorhen
Willow sphere: 59 mallards
Wed 21 August
Scrape hide: 12 gadwalls, 1 coot, 1 blue tit, 8 wood pigeon, 1 chiffchaff, 1 reed warbler, 1 green woodpecker, 2 teal, 1 sand martin, 1 greenfinch
Sand martin & Ramsar hides large lagoon: 40 gadwall, 2 shoveler ducks, c20 sand martins, 1 great white egret, 1 swallow, 1 little egret, 3 cattle egrets, 2 cormorants, 4 gadwall
Wetland Discovery: 1 treecreeper, 1 red kite flying over the center.
Arun Riverlife Lagoon: 1 tufted duck, 2 gadwall
Pelican Cove: 4 mute swans, 1 gadwall
Trumpeter Meadow pond: 3 mandarin ducks, 1 black cap
Flying over: 1 buzzard
Woodland Loop: 1 chiff chaff
Scrape hide: 1 moorhen, 13 mallards.
