Latest sightings

Spring is in the air

The last Harrier count of the winter for our wardens was Sunday evenng with five marsh harriers and one hen harrier spotted from the Reedbed Hide. A vagrant Greenland white-fronted goose has been onsite since late Friday aternoon, hanging out near the gre

16 March 2020

Pochard on every pond

Pochard can be spotted from every hide most days. Lapwings are still displaying and two pairs of oystercatcher are starting to appear at Ramsar hide and on Arun Riverlife lagoon. Large numbers of black-headed gulls onsite but most are juveniles and will m

9 March 2020

Lapwings displaying and nest scraping

Regular sighting of lapwings from the Lapwing hide - likely some of the regular breeding pairs that spend spring and summer at Arundel.

3 March 2020

Harriers, kestrel and more raptors

A kestrel has been spotted all over the site - he has been perched up on the owl next box near Lapwing Hide sheltering from the rain last weekend. Plenty of birds of prey around now – red kites, peregrines, buzzards, sparrowhawk.

18 February 2020

First flowers blooming

Large number of lapwing flock in and coltsfoot, primrose and snow drops are flowering.

11 February 2020

Brown long-eared bats hibernate in a hide

Survey of wintering bat population on Sunday showed four brown long-eared bats using the Sand Martin hide, along with other wildlife.

27 January 2020

Abundance of goldcrests and a few firecrest too

We continue to have big numbers of goldcrests onsite as wintering birds come down from the north to swell the ranks. Birds of prey were showing well over the weekend with a barn owl over Arun Riverlife Lagoon, buzzards on the hangar, with sparrow hawk an

13 January 2020

Eleven Marsh harriers a female hen harrier in the afternoon roost

Recent wildlife sightings at Arundel Wetland Centre.

9 January 2020

Bittern in the reedbeds

A bittern was spotted in the reedbed and this elusive heron was been seen again on Monday.

26 November 2019

Hen harrier comes into roost

December moths, roosting laping and a predatory merlin chasing pied wagtails onsite last week. A female hen harrier has been showing up with the marsh harriers in the late afternoon to roost in the reedbeds.

19 November 2019

Cormorant numbers high

Last Tuesday we hit a high of twelve cormorants between the Ramsar and Sand Martin hides. The cormorants are also fishing on the Arun Riverlife lagoon.

11 November 2019