Arundel News
Art is for the birds this June at WWT Arundel
Watercolour fieldfare sketch by Emily Jolley Visitors can see meet wildlife artist Desiree Hart, watch wood carving with the Bentley Wildlife Carvers or create their own art at workshops this June at Arundel Wetland C
11 June 2015
Discover wildlife on Sussex Day at Arundel Wetland Centre
June 16 is Sussex Day and Arundel Wetland Centre is celebrating the wildlife of Sussex with a series of walks and talks. The Sussex Wildlife Day event at Arundel Wetland Centre begins with WWT Guides in the Hides from 10 am, helping visitors ID birds with
11 June 2015
Big yellow duck named for little yellow duck fan
We name our new ducky mascot to highlight organ donors project Left:: Teddy Harris with Clare the duck. Right: Clare Cruickshank with one of her little yellow ducks WWT Arundel Wetland Centre asked spring visitors to
19 May 2015
Park & Ride to Arundel by Candlelight from Arundel Wetland Centre
On Sat 6 Dec, WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is opening its car park to town visitors to help ease parking congestion during the Arundel by Candlelight event. Between 1pm and 8:30pm the Arundel Chamber of Commerce will operate a Park & Ride system from th
1 December 2014
Education taster sessions for teachers
WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is holding an Open Day for teachers on Sunday 5 October. Teachers must register in advance to visit the reserve for this tour and a preview of the education sessions on offer and receive a WWT goody bag. “All our sessions prom
30 September 2014
More to pick than blackberries
Great weather this year means green spaces hold a bumper crop for foragers The wet winter, sunny spring and mild summer have combined to bring a bumper crop of wild food to the countryside this year. During the ‘Foraging & Fire-lighting’ workshop
20 September 2014
Beetlemania - scarce bug recorded
June 4: Great Silver Water Beetle was found in the Icelandic exhibit at Arundel wetland Centre WWT Arundel grounds warden Terry Clements kicked off beetlemania among staff on June 4 when he found a Greater Silver Wate
19 July 2014
Expert says notable dragonfly is breeding at Arundel Wetland Centre
Green-eyed, mature, male clubtail seeks a mate. A dragonfly that only breeds on 5 rivers in the UK has been discovered at Arundel Wetland Centre. A club-tailed dragonfly was photographed by Warden Paul Stevens on Sun
19 July 2014
Count yourself in for the Big Butterfly Count 2014
Sir David Attenborough launched the 2014 Big Butterfly count at WWT’s London Wetland Centre. Arundel Wetland Centre urges you to get outside for the Big Butterfly Count this summer. Visitors to the wetland nature re
19 July 2014
Discover Birds in a weekend of walks, talks, song and art
Discover Birds at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre in a weekend of walks, talks, music and art! Whether you’re a beginning birder or a seasoned twitcher you will enjoy workshops on field craft and birdsong, music with the folk band Shipwrecked, optics display
18 February 2014
Exotic geese return to WWT Arundel
Australian magpie gooses patriarch Basil and his brood in their temporary home in the Trumpeter pen at WWT Arundel. A gaggle of exotic geese returned to the collection at Arundel Wetland Centre on Wednesday (Jan 29)
30 January 2014
Walk off the festive excess at WWT Arundel
Give yourself a good stretch at WWT Arundel in January. We all wake up on New Year's morning knowing we’ve rather overdone it on turkey, chocolates and bubbly, so why not wrap up warm, get out in the fresh air and w
30 December 2013
A goldfish isn’t just for Christmas
The raised pond is the temporary home of Bauble the goldfish, found abandoned at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre Volunteer grounds staff Craig Welsby spotted gold in the ditch during a fence line check around the Arundel W
30 December 2013
Celebrate Scotland and scottish wildlife
Celebrate Scotland on St. Andrew’s Day at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre The Solway Piper plays every hour from 11 am. The squeaks and squawks of the ducks at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre will be drowned out by t
5 November 2013
Dormouse survey shows the success of Arun Riverlife
More dormice have been recorded at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre this October than in any month in the past two years. A recent survey of nesting boxes at the wetland reserve found four live dormice and 8 dormice nests inside the 61 nesting boxes onsite. Tw
5 November 2013