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Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Common tern - 2 Little ringed plover - 2 Cuckoo - 1 House martins starting to nest above the windows Swallows prospecting the North wing hide Shoveler Shelduck Lady Fen Lapwing - several pairs with chicks Redshank Shelduck Avocet
8 May 2014
Waders drop in
The first day for a while with some 'proper weather', 20mph WSW winds and the odd squally shower moving through. Classic conditions at this time of year to drop in some waders. Certainly the biggest count of the year of Dunlin with 33 birds by late aftern
7 May 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 Swallows Folly Pond Sand Martins House Martins Swallows Mute Swan 2 Mallard 9 Teal 2 Shoveler 1 Shelduck 3 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 1 Teal Pond Mute Swan 2 (on nest) Little Grebe 2 (on nest) Mallard ducklings Avenue Tower Teal
7 May 2014
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Avocet 9 with small young Peregrine 1 Buzzard 1 The Martin Smith Hide Common Crane 2- Nesting The Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 1 The South Lake Common Sandpiper 1 Black-tailed Godwit 38 Kingfisher 2 The Zeiss Hide Garganey 1 male Avocet 4 w
7 May 2014
Today's bird sightings
Heron hide / millennium wetlands glossy ibis, sedge warbler, 10 reed warbler, 2 whitethroat, 19 blackcap, 3 cetti’s warbler, great spotted woodpecker, 4 little grebe, 38 tufted duck, 2 cormorant and 2 oystercatcher. Lagoon garganey, 5 Mediterrane
7 May 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/High Avocet - 14 Lapwing - 10 adults & 1 chick Redshank - 1 Common Tern - 3 Grey Heron - 26 & 32 young Shelduck - 21 Shoveler - 4 Gadwall - 4 6/5/14 Wood Sandpiper - 1 Saline Lagoon Oystercatch
7 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 7th May 2014
3 Little Ringed Plover - scrape 1 Greenshank - marsh 1 Peregrine 1 Kestrel - hunting 4 Common Tern - on main lake tern rafts 1 Yellow-legged Gull 1st summer - main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - main lake 2 Swallow - singing around the Peacock Tower 60+ Swift -
7 May 2014
Displaying sedge warbler and visiting turtle dove
Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. May 6: LAST SUNDAY I watched a male sedge warbler displaying between th
6 May 2014
May Birds
What follows is a selected review of birds so far recorded on the reserve since the end of April. Wader passage turned up two new species for the year with Sanderling on the 1st of May followed by Greenshank on the 5th. Other waders in this period include
6 May 2014
Today's highlights
The glossy ibis is present in front of the Peter Scott hide, where a drake garganey has also been sighted, although it is proving a little elusive! Other highlights include a little gull, 6 Mediterranean gull, 388 black tailed godwit, common sandpiper an
6 May 2014
Out on the reserve today
Cranes Lady Fen Crane - 2 Additional sightings from yesterday: Red kite - 1 (flew West over the centre and reserve) Great white egret - 1 (Lyle hide)
6 May 2014
Wildlife sightings for 6th May 2014
5 Common Tern - main lake 1 Greenshank - grazing marsh 1 Common Sandpiper - wader scrape 2 Little Ringed Plover - wader scrape 1 Garden warbler - between WWF hide and P.tower Channel 1 Whitethroat - beside wader scrape hide 14 Swallow - 1 Whinchat - wild
6 May 2014
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Oystercatcher 2 Swallows Folly Pond Sand Martins House Martins - collecting mud from pond edge and building nests on Farmhouse Tower Swallows Mute Swan 2 Mallard 7 Teal 2 Gadwall 2 Shoveler 1 Shelduck 3 Oystercatcher 2 Teal Pond Mute Swan 2 (
6 May 2014
Today's sightings
South Lake No sign of the Bonaparte's Gull by 0930 Little Gull 1 1st summer Mediterranean Gull 1st summer Common Sandpiper 1 Black-tailed Godwit 34 Holden Tower Avocet- 2 broods have hatched, three possibly four more to go! One pair with four chicks are
6 May 2014
Today's sightings- New in...Bonaparte's Gull
Bonaparte's Gull news A breeding plumage adult was present on the Rushy at 0755-0805. This dainty gull flushed with the Black-headed Gull flock a few times and eventually headed off toward South Lake where it was relocated among the roosting birds. I
5 May 2014