May 26 Wildlife sightings

Black-headed gull chicks are hatching in the small colony opposite the Sand Martin hide. Photo by Rob Collins
Black-headed gull chicks are hatching in the small colony opposite the Sand Martin hide. Photo by Rob Collins

Around the grounds: kingfisher, chaffinches, sedge warbler, reed warbler, Cetti's warbler, shelduck, shoveller, black cap, chiff chaff, greylag geese, Canada geese, moorhen, mallard, mute swans.

On Arun Riverlife lagoon seen from the visitor centre: Great crested grebe, pochard, lapwing and chicks, tufted ducks, Canada geese, mallard.

From the Ramsar hide: mute swan, mandarin ducks, Cetti's warbler, oystercatchers, cackling geese, lapwings, shelduck, gadwall, tufted, black-headed gulls.

From the Lapwing hide: oyster catchers, lapwings, Cetti's warbler, mallard, mute swan.

Sand Martin & Scrape hides: Shelduck & ducklings, house martins, sand martins, swallows,  gadwall, cackling geese, tufted duck, coots.

From the Reedbed boardwalk: sand & house martins, swallows, sedge warblers, reed warblers.

In the Woodland Loop: nuthatch, great & blue tit, chaffinch, greylag geese.

 

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