Latest sightings
What's Wild this weekend Jan 13-14
This goldcrest was captured while preening by Romney Turner Woodland Loop great spotted woodpecker goldfinch blue tits coal tits great tits chaffinch hawfinch Lost Reedbed marsh harrier (roost) Reedbeds Water rai
14 January 2018
Singing mistle thrush & displaying teal
Goldcrest at Arundel Wetland Centre by Jamie MacCallum THE WINTER solstice is a few weeks past and optimistic mistle thrush, robins and dunnocks have begun singing in response to the slight increase in daylight. Grant
2 January 2018
Bullfinches, kingfishers & snipe showing in the cold
kingfisher on Dec 16 photographed by Alec Pelling. I’m sitting in our staff tea room watching the bird feeders while compiling my wildlife sightings list. Lots of blue and great tits, a few long-tailed tits and a go
18 December 2017
Jack snipe, hawfinches & more birds of prey
Redwing eating Berries photographed by Romney Turner We put a new roof on our Ramsar hide last week. The activity moved the kingfishers on from fishing near the hide, one of their favourite spots onsite. Instead our b
2 December 2017
Great egret, marsh harriers & hungry bats
A redpoll on seed head photo by Romney Turner Reserve warden Linda Magyar spotted a great egret that dropped into the reserve near the Ramsar hide mid-morning on Monday. The great egret was reported at Pagham Harbour
21 November 2017
Grey wagtail, grey herons & great numbers of greylags
A grey heron takes off near Lapwing Hide on Monday morning The weekly wildlife sightings blog by Arundel Wetland Centre Reserve Manager Paul Stevens. From the reedbed hide on Sunday at 4.40 pm I watched six marsh harr
13 November 2017
Marsh harriers, pied wagtails & start of a starling roost
Kingfishers showing well at Ramsar hide. Photo by visitor Susan Lamb. Wildlife Sightings blog by Paul Stevens, the WWT Arundel Wetland Centre Reserve Manager. We have had at least three more frosts over the past week
9 November 2017
Yellow-browed warbler & returning shelducks
Little Grebe carrying food by This morning I watched a clattering of jackdaw mob a juvenile peregrine flying over the Offham Hanger. Crows and jackdaws have been giving the buzzards a difficult time too. On Sun
17 October 2017
Autumn kingfishers & Sussex Peregrines
Kingfisher at the Sand Martin hide on Sun 8 Oct by Mike Jerome. A stoat was spotted in the car park last Saturday looking ‘bold as brass’ according to our Guide in the Hide David Harper. The fact the stoat was out
9 October 2017
Snipe & water rail numbers increase
Harvest mice are having a good year. Photo by Colin Knight Wildlife sightings blog by Paul Stevens, Reserve Manager at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre With autumn upon us the number of snipe we are seeing on the reserve is
2 October 2017
Beaucoup birds of prey & swimming snakes
A kestrel hovers high above the reedbed after spotting prey on Sun 24 Sept. Birds of prey are showing well across the reserve at Arundel Wetland Centre now. On Sunday we had two red kites, five buzzards and two hobbie
28 September 2017
Abundance of bats & berries
Kingfisher near the Ramsar hide photographed by visitor Karen Diton. LIKE THE LEAVES in the Offham Hangar changing colour the increase in the number of water rail on site is a sign that autumn is here. We are hearing
19 September 2017
Why did the harvest mouse cross the road?
This blackcap is one of many on the reserve this week. SMALL WARBLERS continue to appear across the reserve at Arundel Wetland Centre as they drop in on their migration southward. Our guide-in-the-hide David Harper re
11 September 2017
600 sand martins, Daubenton's bats and neonate snake
Neonate grass snake. There is a lot happening at Arundel Wetland Centre at this time of year but it does require spending a bit of time in one of the hides and watching with patience to catch the action. The ‘secret
5 September 2017
A whinchat, a stork & a spotted flycatcher
Kingfisher on the jetty photographed by Anthony Plummer Wildlife Sightings blog by WWT Arundel Reserve Manager Paul Stevens. There were 22 sightings of kingfishers on Sunday morning from the Ramsar hide. Guide in the
27 August 2017