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What's Wild at WWT Arundel

What's Wild at WWT Arundel

Lapwing at Arundel Toads have been flocking to Arundel over the past week. To breed toads return to the water where they first emerged as toadlets, and can travel up to three miles. There was a mass emergence on our f

13 March 2017

Weekend Wildlife sightings

Weekend Wildlife sightings

  Snipe from the Scrape hide by Mike Powney Sun 12 March Lapwing hide: 9 teal, 4 lapwing Ramsar hide: mute swan, greylag geese, black-headed gull, common gull, 5 snipe, Med. gull, shelduck, 4 teal, oystercatcher

12 March 2017

Friday Wildlife Sightings

Friday Wildlife Sightings

Lots of toads moving onto the reserve and mating in the waterways.   Common toads heading for the water at WWT Arundel Pic: Paul Stevens   Reserve & Grounds: robin, dunnock, carrion crow, tufted duck, Ca

10 March 2017

What's wild Monday 6 March

What's wild Monday 6 March

Long-tailed tit photographed by Mike Jerome. Monday 6 March at Arundel Wetland Centre with Paul Stevens Two pairs of lapwings are getting ready to nest on the Wet Grassland opposite our Lapwing hide. On Monday morning

6 March 2017

Saturday Sightings

Saturday Sightings

  Water rail photographed on Fri 3 March by visit Linda Hammant. Species sightings from the WWT wardens morning walk: Reserve & Grounds: 4 buzzard, reed bunting, water rail, pochard, long-tailed tit, tufted duck,

4 March 2017

Recent Sightings

Recent Sightings

Kingfisher photographed on Wed 1 Mar by Chris Lay. Fri 3 March Lapwing hide: 3 lapwing, Canada geese, mallard,greylag geese, 8 teal, blackbird, black-headed gull, cormorant Ramsar hide: 4 lapwing, 3 cormorant, great e

3 March 2017

Recent sightings

Recent sightings

 Mon 27 Feb Ramsar hide: lapwing, teal, greylag geese, black-headed gull, 2 oystercatcher, shelduck, Canada, common gull, snipe, pochard World Wetlands: tufted duck, Little grebe, 6 pochard Lapwing hide: 4 shoveler, 4 lapwing, teal Scrape hide: snipe, sh

27 February 2017

Icy ponds & frozen mud makes hungry birds bolder

Icy ponds & frozen mud makes hungry birds bolder

Long-tailed tit from a small flock of four near the feeding bay   Paul Stevens' Wildlife Sightings column appears every Thursday in the Chichester Observer newspaper. IT’S ANOTHER cold and bright Monday morning

5 December 2016

A flush of snipe and squabbling egrets

A flush of snipe and squabbling egrets

  Paul Steven's weekly wildlife sightings column runs every Thursday in the Chichester Observer, Bognor Regis Observer and Littlehampton Gazette. November 24, 2016 Marsh harrier coming into roost in the lost reedbed.

24 November 2016

18 snipe at Scrape hide on Wednesday

18 snipe at Scrape hide on Wednesday

A snipe blending in with the reeds at the waters edge.                                 Morning sightings from our wardens. Wed 2 Nov Wer

3 November 2016

Plenty of kingfishers sightings

Plenty of kingfishers sightings

Kingfisher photographed on Sun 30 Oct by Anthony Plummer                                     Sun 30 Oct Grounds and reserve: k

31 October 2016

Shelduck number increasing at Ramsar hide

Shelduck number increasing at Ramsar hide

Shelduck feeding - WWT stock photo           Sunday 23 Oct Sighted at Ramsar Hide by Guide-in-the-hide Peter. 2 Cormorant, 5 shelducks, 4 teal, 5 shoveler, 1 grey heron, 4 gadwall. Saturday 2

23 October 2016

Teal numbers increasing

Teal numbers increasing

Little grebe sightings on Arun Riverlife Sunday           Sightings from Mon 17 Oct Wetlands Discovery area: pochard (2), tufted duck (25), snipe (2), gray wagtail, shoveler, teal (2), wigeon,

17 October 2016

Recent sightings

Recent sightings

Fri  14 October Lapwing hide: Water rail, teal, mallard Ramsar & Sandmartin hides: grey wagtail, shoveler, teal, gadwall, mallard, Canada geese, mute swans, black-headed-gull Scarpe hide: kingfisher, grey heron, teal, shoveler, gadwall Reserve: kingf

16 October 2016

Siskin and lesser redpoll sighted on Saturday

Siskin and lesser redpoll sighted on Saturday

Recent sightings by WWT wardens on their morning walk around plus Guide-in-the-hide sightings from Dave on Saturday: Monday 10 Oct Wetlands Discovery area: Lapwing, raven, rook, blackbird, wren, dunnock Lapwing hide: goldfinch, Cetti's warbler, black-hea

10 October 2016