Visit the Scrape hide to look for snipe
The number of snipe onsite have increased.
The Scrape hide seems to be the hot spot for picking them out on the edges of the main island. The stripey markings of the snipe's feathers help them blend into the reeds and grasses.
A family of Egyptian geese are still between the Ramsar and Sand Martin hides. Look out for shovellers and gadwall with some teal and shelducks as well. Lots of common darter dragonflies still on the wing.
Last Thursday a white-tailed eagle was sighted flying over the reserve!
Below is not a list of all wildlife onsite. It is the recorded wildlife sightings by WWT staff noted on the morning walk around, with different areas recorded on different days.
Wed 12 Oct.
Scrape hide: 23 mallards, 8 shoveler, 3 gadwall, 1 teal, 1 water rail, 6 snipe on middle island
Sand Martin hide: 4 shelducks, 1 little egrets
Tues 11 Oct
Ramsar hide: 9 Canada geese, 4 shelducks, 2 moorhens, 1 coot, 1 snipe and 6 shoveller
Sand Martin hide: 4 gadwall, 3 black-headed gulls, 5 mallards, 2 coots.
Sun 9 Oct
Scrape hide: 8 snipe
Ramsar hide: 4 shelducks, 3 pochard, c30 house martins, 35 Canada geese, 8 greylag geese, 6 Egyptian geese
Wetland Discovery: 10 mallards, 1 gadwall, 5 tufted ducks, 5 coots
Sat 8 Oct
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 14 mallards, 5 moorhens, 24 coots, 16 Canada geese, 10 greylag, 16 tufted ducks, 1 mute swan, 1 black-headed gull, 3 kingfishers
Ramsar & Sand Martin hides: 1 little egret, 4 Egyptian geese.
Fri 7 Oct
Wood Loop: 2 crow, 1 jackdaw, 1 mandarin duck, 1 wren, 3 blue tits, 1 great tit
Scrape hide: 5 snipe
Wetland Discovery: 1 pochard, 1 water rail
Ramsar & Sand Martin hide: 1 pochard, 1 teal, 2 shoveler, 1 cormorant, 6 Egyptian geese and 1 little egret
Thurs 6 Oct
Wet grassland: 1 white tailed eagle
Scrape hide: 2 teal, 1 kingfisher
Reedbed: 43 mallards, 1 robin, 2 blue tits, 2 water rail, 1 Cetti’s warbler.
