Herons, bullfinches and house martins
Reports of kingfishers sightings daily and visitors are still sending in their shots so chances are you'll spot one at the Scrape hide, Arun Riverlife lagoon or on the large lagoon between the Ramsar & Sand martin hides.
Looks like the oystercatcher pair near Sand Martin hides managed to raise a chick to juvenile-hood, its the same size and colouration as its parents now. Last Thursday and adult male kingfisher was perched at the Scrape hide while two juveniles flew around each other. Look out for flocks of martins moving through especially near Sand martin hide. We had over 30 of them sighted there last Friday.
Bullfinches are being spotted regularly and we had tawny owl sighting lsat Thursday!
Sightings of cormorants and grey herons are increasing like they do every autumn, and little grebe seems to be back at the Scrape hide.
Wildlife Sightings
This is not a list of all wildlife onsite. It is the recorded wildlife sightings by WWT staff noted on the morning walk around, with different areas recorded on different days.
Sun 28 Aug
Wetland Discovery area: 2 coots, 5 mallards, 1 Cetti’s warbler, 1 kingfisher, 1 gadwall
Scrape hide: 1 water rail, 3 teal, 3 gadwall, and 1 kingfisher
Sat 27 Aug
Arun Riverlife: 12 coots, 6 mallards, 1 tufted duck, 1 pochard, 2 Canada goose, 1 kingfisher
Ramsar hide: 42 Canada geese, 1 little egret, 1 kingfisher
Scrape hide: 2 teal, 1 water rail, and 1 little grebe
Fri 26 Aug
Woodland Loop: 5 great tits, 6 blue tits, 2 goldfinches, 2 mandarin ducks, 3 mallards, 8 chaffinches, 3 greenfinches
Scrape hide: 1 shoveler, 1 teal
Ramsar & Sand martin hide: c30 house martins
Thurs 25 Aug
Reedbed Loop: 1 tawny owl
Scrape hide: 1 little grebe
Ramsar hide: 2 adult and one juvenile oystercatcher
Scrape hide: 1 perched adult and 2 flying juvenile kingfishers
Wed 24 Aug
Scrape hide: 2 tufted ducks, 2 teal, 1 wren, 1 wood pigeon, 1 great tit, 1 blue tit, 1 moorhen, 2 Cetti’s warblers, 1 kingfisher, 27 mallards, 1 chiffchaff, and 1 bullfinch
Sand Martin hide: 2 grey herons, 4 cormorants, 8 gadwall, 2 mandarin ducks, and 1 kingfisher
Waterside walk: 1 singing male willow warbler
Ramsar hide: 1 little egret, 4 teal
Tranquil trail: 4 bullfinches
Arun Riverlife: 2 gadwall, 2 pochard, 1 kingfisher
Pelican Cove: 2 gadwall
Trumpeter Pen: 2 mandarins
Woodland Carr: 1 water rail
Sussex Screen: 1 gadwall
Tues 23 Aug
Ramsar hide: 1 sand piper
Sand martin hide: 1 tufted duck, 3 Canada goose, 8 black headed gulls, 1 lesser lack-backed gull, 3 teal
