Latest sightings
Wildlife sightings
A really good mix of birds on the reserve at the moment. Highlights were 9 Shoveler and 9 Snipe from the Ramsar and Sand martin hides. Little grebes and water voles are busy on wetlands discov [...]
7 March 2012
Wet grassland birds
The newly developed wet grassland is beginning to come alive with several pairs of Lapwing, around 10 teal, several Shelduck, Gadwall, Canada and Greylag geese, along with the usual Moorh [...]
4 March 2012
Spring is in the air!
Fantastic views of displaying, fighting and nest scraping Lapwing from the lapwing and ramsar hides. A pair of Long tailed tits nest building along the tranquil trail. [...]
28 February 2012
Roosting swans and Lapwing
Quieter this morning as it is now warming after the cold spell. No sign of last weeks Bittern, but the cold has brought in 32 Bewicks swans most nights and a peak of 225 Lapwing. It seems [...]
14 February 2012
Freezing!
The series of cold days and nights have certainly effected the resident and visiting wildlife. Singing territorial birds have gone silent, shy retiring birds such as Bullfinch and Water r [...]
3 February 2012
Bewicks almost!
Very exciting last night as the calls of wild bewicks swans could be heard heading towards the reserve at 5.15pm. 26 swans circled the reserve several times getting lower and lower. Unfortunat [...]
18 January 2012
Teal up!
The cold weather seems to have increased the teal numbers with just under 90 counted this morning. [...]
16 January 2012
Starling roost dwindles
Just a note for those who are hoping to see the starling roost, that numbers have drastically reduced down to only a handful of individuals. The rest seem to have found a better alternative. M [...]
16 January 2012
Cool morning
The frosty morning seems to have brought in 6 shoveler and two wigeon, which have been absent for sometime now. [...]
13 January 2012
Tufted duck high
Fantastic count of 106 tufted duck on swan lake yesterday, but down to only 32 this morning. Stunning views of at least a dozen Bullfinches aound the reserve today. [...]
27 December 2011
Christmas eve sightings
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24 December 2011
Predator and prey
Wow! That is what I was saying last night! I was watching the starlings coming into roost in the reedbed. What a fantastic spectacle and no matter how many times you watch them, there are always surprises. It was around 3.45pm and about two thousand sta
20 December 2011
Starling murmuration video
A great video of over 2,000 starlings coming to roost at the WWT Arundel Wetland Centre at 3:40pm Dec 10. The murmuration gets larger and larger as more birds join, then suddenly they all land in one quick movement - amazing. After two winters with no
16 December 2011
Lapwing surprise
Great to see a flock of between 30-40 Lapwing out on the scrape islands from the sand martin hide yesterday. [...]
16 December 2011
Starling roost rise
The starlings roosting in the reedbed have now swollen to around two thousand birds. They can be seen very well from the reedbed boardwalk and the reedswamp exhibit, usually around 3.30pm. [...]
11 December 2011