Arundel News

Wetland Detectives and Professor Bones entertain in July

Wetland Detectives and Professor Bones entertain in July

Every weekend in July children can become Wetland Detectives at Arundel Wetland Centre. Plus Professor Bones puts on a show in the Sand Piper Theatre that introduces youngster to fascinating facts about animals! There is a lot to do at Arundel Wetland Cen

2 July 2012

Breeding success for harlequin ducks

Breeding success for harlequin ducks

Four eggs laid after a four year wait by the only harlequin ducks in the WWT collection After a wait of four years, the only pair of harlequin ducks in the collection of the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust has finally laid four fertile eggs at Arundel Wetlan

2 July 2012

Craft Fair at Arundel Wetland Centre July 7-8

Craft Fair at Arundel Wetland Centre July 7-8

Get crafty at Arundel Wetland Centre Arundel Wetland Centre is hosting a craft fair on July 7 - 8. Craft exhibitors have been asked to use the theme of ‘the wetlands’ in the works they will exhibit at the weekend event. “Some artist have been workin

29 May 2012

Celebrate the Jubilee naturally

Celebrate the Jubilee naturally

Spend time with the swans this bank holiday weekend The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust is encouraging people to celebrate The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee naturally, by making a visit to WWT Arundel Wetland Centre part of their bank holiday weekend. The Queen

29 May 2012

Whips enlarge dormice habitat

Whips enlarge dormice habitat

Project aided by grant from South Downs National Park Authority A row of small sticks in plastic tubes lines a quarter-mile of Mill Road between WWT Arundel Wetland Centre and the Black Rabbit pub. These are wooden 'whips' will transform into a vibrant he

29 May 2012

Teacher's Open Day at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre

Teacher's Open Day at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre

Tour the reserve and preview the education sessions on Sunday 27 May. WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is holding an Open Day for teachers on Sunday 27 May from noon - 3 pm. Teachers can register in advance to visit the reserve for a tour and a preview of the e

18 May 2012

Volunteer Day is May 26 at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre

Volunteer Day is May 26 at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre

WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is holding a Volunteer Day on May 26 to showcase the wide variety of volunteer positions available at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust reserve. “Arundel Wetland Centre is a charity and we rely on the generous support of volunte

30 April 2012

Nice weather for ducks

Nice weather for ducks

Rain welcomes the newly hatched ducklings, goslings and cygnets at Arundel Wetland Centre Although we despise the downpours, it’s been ducky weather for the newly hatched youngsters at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre. Downy Duckling Days on the May Bank hol

30 April 2012

Early Morning Expeditions at Arundel Wetland Centre

Early Morning Expeditions at Arundel Wetland Centre

Early Birds & Boats and the Early Morning Photography workshops are two new events starting this spring at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre. Either of these early expeditions are a great way to begin your day. The Early Morning Photography Workshops allow y

16 April 2012

Sand Martin Soundtrack #1 on WWT iTunes

Sand Martin Soundtrack #1 on WWT iTunes

This sound system is for the birds! WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is broadcasting the shrieks of a busy sand martin colony to attract the migrating martins to the artificial nesting banks on the reserve. “It’s probably a bit louder than an actual colony

14 April 2012

Ducky companion saves blue Jerry from a lonely life

Ducky companion saves blue Jerry from a lonely life

Jerry the New Zealand blue duck lived alone at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, the only one of his kind left in the UK. Young Jerry had paired with Cherry, the last UK female blue duck at Arundel, when he first arrived from WWT London in 2008. Cherry proved

5 March 2012

Arun Riverlife Project  to restore views and habitats at WWT Arundel

Arun Riverlife Project to restore views and habitats at WWT Arundel

Here is Paul Steven's Wildlife Sightings column from Feb 9, 2012. Read Paul's column each week in the Observer series of newspapers in West Sussex When he designed WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, Sir Peter Scott’s original vision was for visitors in the mai

10 February 2012

Winging in the rain

Winging in the rain

Wildlife Sightings column Jan 24, 2012 by Paul Stevens. (appearing Feb 02, 2012) Read Paul's column every week in the Chichester Observer, Bognore Regis Observer and Midhurst & Petworth Observer. Arriving to work at Arundel Wetland Centre this morn

3 February 2012

Magpie mansions save sensitive soles

Magpie mansions save sensitive soles

New shelters fight frosty feet for wildfowl from warmer climates Ducks and geese from warmer climates can fight frosty feet this winter inside new homes at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre.  Australian mapgpie geese and Indian white-faced whistling ducks have

3 February 2012

Take a Trip to the South Pole during February half term

Take a Trip to the South Pole during February half term

 Walk in the (snow)shoes of Antarctic explorers, past and present, during Exploration & Discovery Week this February half term.   To celebrate the centenary of the Scott Antarctic expedition, WWT Arundel Wetland Centre is taking families back in

25 January 2012