Wildlife sightings May 17
Sighted at the Lapwing hide: lapwing, greylag geese, reed warbler, moorhen, gadwall, reed bunting.
Between the Ramsar and Sand Martin hides: tufted ducks, mute swan, Canada geese, greylag geese, lapwing, shoveler ducks, 2 cormorants, shelducks, pochard, coot, black-headed gulls.
Seen at the Scrape hide: tufted duck, shelduck and ducklings, gadwall, shoveler, reed warbler, oystercatcher, coot, mallard, black-headed gulls.
Seen and heard in the reedbed: blue tits, reed warblers, sedge warbler, Cetti's warbler, swallow, wren, reed buntings.
Along the Wetlands Discovery Boat Safari: kingfisher, mallard, mute swan, tufted duck, Canada geese, greylag geese, gadwall, meadow brown butterfly, goldfinch, kingfisher, Cetti's warbler.
In the Woodland Loop: mandarin ducks, Canada geese & goslings, greylag geese & goslings, grey wagtail, tree creeper, blackbird, chaffinch, blue tit, great tit, coot, dunnock, jackdaw, nuthatch, wren.
On Arun Riverlife: great crested grebe, lapwing and chicks, oyster catcher, sedge warbler, Cetti's warbler, goldfinch, chiff chaff, shelduck, tufted duck, pochard, Canada geese, greylag geese, black-headed gulls, mallard.
Around the reserve: blackbird, long-tailed tits, great tits,blue tits, herring gulls, Cetti's warber, sedge warbler, reed warbler, goldfinch, house martin, swallows, robin, dunnock, shelduck, wren, Canada geese & goslings, greylag geese & goslings.
