Latest sightings
Great snipe sightings from most hides
23 snipe in front of the Ramsar hide on Monday. Photo: Romney Turner Nov 28 Arun Riverlife: 4 pochard, 23 tufted duck, 1 little grebe. Trumpeters Pen: 1 water rail. Scrape hide: 5 shoveler ducks, 6 teal, 2 little greb
4 December 2018
A black redstart, a jack snipe & eleven marsh harriers
Increase in teal with the colder weather Photo: Romney Turner Mon 26 Nov Sand martin / Ramsar hide: 2 wigeon, 17 shoveler, 16 shelducks, 12 snipe. Lapwing hide: 10 snipe, 1 water rail. Scrape hide: 3 little gr
26 November 2018
Little egret numbers increase
Romney Turner captured these snipe out in the open. Mon 12 Nov Arun Riverlife lagoon: kingfisher, 3 little egret, 11 cormorant. Reedbed hide: reed bunting Woodland loop: Mistle thrush. Scrape hide: gadwall, green wood
20 November 2018
Cattle egret among the little egret's roost
Our first recorded sighting of a cattle egret at Arundel Sightings by Arundel Wetland Centre wardens Mon 12 Nov Ramsar hide: cattle egret, little egrets, snipe. Sun 11 Nov Hedgerows: Firecrests Arun Riverlife: 7 littl
13 November 2018
Three goosanders drop in
One of the three goosanders that dropped in on Sunday. Thirteen goosanders have been sighted in the Arun Valley Photo: Paul Stevens Sightings from morning wardens walks for the week of Oct 29-Nov 4 Mon Oct 29 Ar
6 November 2018
Increase in snipe sightings
Sightings of common snipe are increasing throughout the reserve. Photo: Romney Turner These wildlife sightings are a record of what one warden/WWT guide has seen on a morning walk of our site. Thurs 25 O
29 October 2018
Common darter's last hurrah before the frosts
Common darter dragonfly catches some autumn sun. We had a black tail godwit stop in at the Ramsar hide on Sunday. A visitor showed staff a photo so we were able to confirm its. Alas they did not send it to us or post
8 October 2018
Nathusius’ pipistrelle found during bat trapping
This male Nathusius pipistrelle was caught during our bat trapping with Sussex Bat Group last Wednesday. Recent sightings by wardens during the morning walk around. Additional highlights added. Mon 24 September Ramsar
1 October 2018
Sand martin swarm hunting insects
Kingfisher scolds another! Photo by Romney Turner Recent wildlife sightings (does not include common species like coots, mute swans, black-headed gulls and mallard ducks): Sun 23 Sept: Scrape hide: marsh harrier, 26 t
24 September 2018
Swallows, sand and house martins still moving through
Chiifchaff photographed by Ken Turner. Recent sightings: Mon 3 Sept: Wildlife Garden - 30 house martins Sand martin hide - 5 Sand martins Common Sandpiper – SMH Scrape hide - 25 gadwall Reedbed hide – swallows &nb
10 September 2018
Green woodpeckers & kingfishers
Kingfishers perched over the channels of the Wetland Discovery Boat Safari. Photo: Andrew Burns, WWT volunteer Highlights from the hides at Arundel Wetland Centre last week. Mon 3 September Ramsar hide: Greylag
3 September 2018
Migrant stopping off while moving southward
Sand martins continue stopping by on their migration south. Pic: Geoff Warminger Surprise find was a Nightjar which had chosen the reedbed to roost during the day (on a dead willow branch) whilst on its southerly migr
27 August 2018
Mint moths, hawkers and a hobby
Migrant hawker on the Dragonfly Pond by Andy Burns We checked all 61 dormice nesting boxes during last week’s Small Mammal Survey – no dormice nesting but we found three nests of pygmy shrew. There were plenty of
20 August 2018
First brown hair streak butterfly recorded
Brown hair streak butterfly - the first record of one at Arundel Wetland Centre by Paul Stevens Last week I did another moth survey – we had 513 moths in the traps of 95 different species. 100 of the moths were moth
13 August 2018
Warblers and more heading south early
Sedge warblers are heading southwards. Our bat survey last week highlighted what a great feeding area the Arun Riverlife lagoon is. With a low count of bats and species over most of the site, Arun Riverlife was
7 August 2018