Latest sightings
Wildlife sightings
The last week has seen a constant of level of around a dozen Shoveler with a high of 19 from the sand martin and scrape hides. Snipe numbers have been increasing in the same areas with 12 being seen this morning including one very close to the Scrape hid
13 October 2013
Autumnal mornings at Arundel
Good morning All! It is setting up to be a beautiful day out on the reserve. The heavy dew highlighting the thousands of spider webs all over the grounds. RESERVE SIGHTINGS; Wren, Cetti's warbler, Dunnock, Peregrines, Sparrow hawk, Wood pigeon, Collared d
6 October 2013
Todays sightings
Morning All! It's reasonably quite out on the reserve at the moment, however the end of season cutting is starting to take place and this should open up some areas nicely for the birds. But keep your eyes peeled and their are a few newly feathered beautie
27 September 2013
Kingfisher first
A Kingfisher became the first to perch in front of the new artificial bank, constructed as part of the new Arun riverlife project yesterday. This is only about two weeks after adding the finishing touches and installing a couple of suitable perches.
5 September 2013
Butterflies and hirundines
Continued warm weather as meant that butterflies that are active at this time of year are having a very much improved year than the last one! Highlights have been Clouded yellows, 1 Adonis blue (male), Speckled woods, Meadow brown, Small tortoiseshell, Pe
4 September 2013
Insect high!
Most notable at the moment are the number of different insects busying themselves around the reserve. Butterflies seem to be fluttering out of everywhere, including Brimstone, Red admiral, Small tortoiseshell, Gatekeeper, Meadow brown, Common Blue, Peacoc
15 August 2013
Sunday sightings
Morning everyone, another beautiful day. RESERVE: 1 Grey heron, Reed and Sedge warblers, Goldfinch, Woodpigeon, Blackbird, Robin, Dunnock, Moorhen & chicks, Nuthatch, Blue tit, Pheasants & young, Collared dove, Tufted duck & ducklings, Mallard
21 July 2013
Summer days
Good morning all! Another glorious day and everything is looking beautiful. RAMSAR & SAND MARTIN HIDE: 4 Little Egrets, 16 Canada geese, 11 Tufted duck, 1 Lapwing, 1 Common Tern, 2 juvenille Common Shelducks. LAPWING HIDE: 2 Lapwing, Wood pigeon, Moo
17 July 2013
Don't count your eggs!
It seems that the on two Common tern chicks have now gone missing. The parents are sitting around the raft but this morning it seems that they may be trying again. Watch this space. Four Teal from the scrape hide and four Oystercatchers from the Sand mart
7 July 2013
Terns!
The Common tern chicks have now both wandered away from the raft and are sitting in cover on the waters edge right in front of the Sand Martin hide. This gives even closer views of them being fed! Yesterday two more adult terns put in a brief appearance b
1 July 2013
26th June 2013 - Arundels reserve sightings
Morning All! What a beautiful day, sunny, dry and a light breeze. The Peregrines certainly think so they were flying over the reserve with a fresh catch this morning and are currently up on the hanger feeding. A couple of Buzzards and a Red kite have also
26 June 2013
21st June 2013
The warmer weather has brought many species of insects out in abundance over the last few days and the plants are coming through and flowering in record speed. Bee, Common spotted and Marsh orchids are all being observed in good numbers. RAMSAR & SAN
21 June 2013
Baby Tern
This morning, right on the estimated date at least one of the two Common Tern eggs have hatched on the tern raft in front of the Sand martin hide. Windows have been opened for the occassion!
18 June 2013
Mondays sightings
RESERVE: Sedge warbler, Cuckoo (heard only), Reed warbler, Sparrow hawk, Water vole, Reed bunting, Wren, Nuthatch, Swallows, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Green finch, Great tit, Blue tit, Robin, Blackbird, Pheasants, Wood pigeon, Jackdaw, Herring gulls. SAND MAR
10 June 2013
Hotting up!
The weather has been warming up over the week, but so has the action. A surprise visit by a solitary Black tailed Godwit on Friday was an unusual find for this time of year, but it only stayed a short time. A Barn Owl during a bat survey last week out on
9 June 2013