Kingfishers on Arun Riverlife delight visitors
The kingfisher pair continue to show well on the perches near their nesting bank on Arun Riverlife. At least one has been showing on the perch each day. Last Thursday both kingfishers were visible and a pair of oyster catchers were on the lagoon as well.
This kingfisher was snapped on Tuesday around noon on perch outside the nesting bank on Arun Riverlife lagoon. Visitors have been watching them from the cafe seating area's windows and snapping away from the area just outside the cafe doors to the grounds. Our Discovery hide is being refurbished this week but it reopens on Saturday for those who want a closer look at the nesting bank.
More lapwing sightings this week on the wet grassland area from Lapwing hide to Ramsar hide. One lapwing was spotted at Scrape hide.
Daily sightings by WWT Reserve wardens
These are morning sightings that target different site locations on a rotating basis. This is not a comprehensive list of all wildlife onsite,.
Wed 9 March
Scrape Hide: 5 greylag geese, 39 black-headed gulls, 17 Canada geese, 12 mallards, 1 shelduck, 2 common gulls, 8 shoveler, 2 pochard.
Arun Riverlife: 8 pochard, 1 kingfisher
Sand martin hide: 2 pochards
Ramsar hide: 2 Mediterranean gulls
Wet grassland: 2 lapwings
Tues 8 March
Wet grassland: 2 pairs of teal
Arun Riverlife: 3 male and 3 female pochard
Sand martin & Ramsar hides: 80 black-headed gulls, 4 common gulls, 6 Mediterranean gulls, 13 Canada geese, 3 greylag geese, 1 Egyptian goose, 5 moorhens, 2 coots, 3 shoveler, 2 shelducks, 1 lapwing, 5 male and 3 female mallards.
Mon 7 March
Wet Grassland: 2 mallards, 2 moorhen, 2 Canada geese, 2 greylag geese, 2 teal, 2 snipe
Reedbed: 1 reed bunting
Woodland Lodge: 1 water rail
Sun 6 March
Woodland Loop: 1 coot, 3 mallard, 1 pheasant, 2 long-tailed tits
Sat 5 March
Arun Riverlife: 1 kingfisher, 1 gadwall, 1 coot, 4 Canada geese, 39 black-headed gull, 1 moorhen, 9 tufted ducks, 2 shelducks, 1 pochard.
Fri 4 March
Arun Riverlife: 1 little grebe
Woodland Loop: 5 pheasants, 3 mallards, 1 sparrow hawk, 1 wren, 5 blue tits, 1 great tit, 1 moorhen, 1 wood pigeon
Scrape hide: 1 lapwing
Ramsar & Sand martin hides: 58 common gull, 8 Mediterranean gull, 3 lapwing
Lapwing hide: 5 lapwing.
Thurs 3 March
Reedbed: 1 great tit, 3 blue tits, 1 Cetti’s warbler, 1 green woodpecker, 2 Canada geese, 24 mallards, 1 song thrush, 1 reed bunting
Scrape Hide: 18 shoveler, 2 teal, and 2 shelducks
Arun Riverlife: 2 oystercatchers, 2 kingfishers.
