Heavy rain prompted a mass emergence of toadlets at Arundel Wetland Centre It rained heavily in Arundel last Thursday morning. The dense rain signalled ‘go’ to the toadlets living in the reedbed at the entrance to
29 June 2017
A four-spotted chaser perches at the raised pond This is the weekly Wildlife Sightings column by Paul Sevens, as it appears in the Chichester Observer Newspaper June 22, 2107 A bright male bullfinch on the wir
22 June 2017
Broad-bodied chaser dragonfly On Monday morning I spotted three sand martins inspecting the nesting holes in the artificial sand banks of the Sand Martin hide. This is the third sighting of sand martins checking out t
6 June 2017
A newly emerged broad-bodied chaser dragonfly. A kingfisher has made a reappearance at the Scrape hide, along the boat safari channels and at the Tundra Pen. This male is stopping in for quick fishing trips and is tak
18 May 2017
Male Shoveler . Our wardens did a diving and dabbling ducks survey at Arundel Wetland Centre on Monday morning. The number of males in each species gives us an idea of how many possible pairs could be breedin
8 May 2017
I have had a busy week doing wildlife surveys of the reserve at Arundel Wetland Centre. During the bat survey I did last Thursday night I picked up three species on the detectors. I heard soprano pipistrelles, the rarer Nathusius' pipistrelles and Daubent
2 May 2017
Mallard ducklings by Jamie MacCallum Look out for mallard duckling and greylag goslings now hatching out around the reserve. Friday 14 April Ramsar & Sand Martin hide: lapwing, shelduck, greylag geese, black-he
14 April 2017
So ugly they're cute! Moorhen and coot chicks are hatch around the grounds. Photo: Susan Lamb Mon 10 April Lapwing hide: lapwing, teal, shoveler, Grey heron, mallard Ramsar & Sand Martin hide: snipe, lapwing, oyst
10 April 2017
Peacock butterfly from Rob Collins ON THE WET grassland between the Lapwing and Ramsar hides our surveyors have counted four lapwing pairs with nests that are sitting on eggs. Lapwings raise one brood a year bu
6 April 2017
The great crested grebe on Arun Riverlife photo by Colin Knight (2016) Sunday 26 March Top bird of the moment is a summer visiting duck the Garganey. A cracking male showed at the scrape hide and then the Ramsar and
27 March 2017
A lovely lapwing takes flight. Photo from Natasha Clark Its sunny and breezy today. Here is what our designated warden spotted on their morning walk. Tues 21 March Woodland Loop: blue tit, great tit, chaffinch, great
21 March 2017
Nuthatch in Woodland Loop by Susan Lamb. Here are a list of species spotted by our wardens during the morning walk around the site. Numbers of individual birds/wildfowl are included when available. Fri 17 March Reserv
20 March 2017
Greylag geese Pic: Peter Ashley Tues 14 March Arun Riverlife: 2 Med. gull, 2 lapwing, 4 pochard, 6 tufted duck Ramsar hide: 6 lapwing, Canada geese, gadwall, greylag geese, shelduck, tufted duck, pintail, pocha
14 March 2017
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
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