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Late or early butterfly?
The most unusual sighting of the day was a male Brimstone butterfly. The sun was shining and after a cool start he must have thought spring had come early. Kingfishers showing really well around the reserve today, looking particularly stunning in the brig
20 December 2013
Todays Sightings
South Lake Water levels up here after recent low levels. Lapwings are dropping in to wash and drink, just 250 there this morning but likely to be much larger noisy groups through the day. There were 25 Shoveler on the Lake and the usual Great Crested Greb
20 December 2013
Wildlife sightings for 20th December 2013
4 Redwing - carpark 8 Snipe - wader scrape, grazing marsh 2 Siskin - World wetlands 1 Peregrine - over river Additional sightings from Yesterday: 1 Shelduck - wader scrape 20 Snipe - grazing marsh, wader scrape, main lake 15+ Water Rail - site count 196 R
20 December 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 131 Tufted Duck 43 Wigeon 125 Shoveler 14 Mute Swan 53 Canada Goose 180 Greylag Goose 8 Gadwall 1 ♂ Grey Heron 1 Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 400 Wigeon 600 Shoveler 31 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Pintail 5 Flood Gr
20 December 2013
Wildlife sightings for 19th December 2013
1 Bittern - main lake 1 Shelduck 20 Snipe 15+ Water Rail 1 Yellow-legged Gull 1st winter 2 Jack Snipe - grazing marsh 15 Fieldfare - flew W 7 Redwing - around the carpark 2 Peregrine - perched on hospital December bird highlights: Goosander, Brent Goose,
19 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 7 Greylag - 1 Hawthorn Wood Great Spotted Woodpecker - 2 Willow Tit - 1 Bullfinch - 15 Chaffinch - 10 Coal Tit - 7 Robin - 4 Other Birds River Grey Heron - 1 Teal - 32 Black-headed Gull
19 December 2013
Goshawk over Arundel WWT
Best sighting of the week so far was a Goshawk being mobbed by a crow as it flew over the reserve on Tuesday morning. A first for the Arun riverlife project area was a male Shoveler which spent most of the day feeding in the shallower areas. A Little Greb
19 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 3 Black-tailed Godwit 140 Ruff 2 Teal 1500 Wigeon 700 Grey Heron 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Holden Tower Golden Plover 1200 Lapwing 3600 Dunlin 700 Redshank 10 Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 140 White-fronted Goose 148 Peregrine 1 The Tac
19 December 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 127 Tufted Duck 47 Wigeon 100 Shoveler 19 Mute Swan 46 Canada Goose 180 Greylag Goose 7 Oystercatcher 2 Gadwall 1 ♂ Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 400 Wigeon 600 Shoveler 12 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Pintail 5 Flood
19 December 2013
Wildlife sightings for 18th December 2013
1 Bittern - main lake north side 1 Buzzard - flew S low, 11:00 a.m., mobbed by corvids 79 Shoveler - main lake 26 Pochard - main lake, sheltered lagoon 2 Pintail - main lake Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Jack Snipe -
18 December 2013
Today's highlights
Water rail, buzzard, sparrowhawk, 130 black tailed godwit, 5 snipe, 150 lapwing, 300 wigeon, 50 gadwall, 39 shelduck, 45 teal, 25 shoveler, 7 little egret, great spotted woodpecker, 3 jay and raven.
18 December 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Tufted Duck 54 Wigeon 100 Shoveler 10 Mute Swan 46 Canada Goose 180 Greylag Goose 7 Greater Scaup 1 ♂ Gadwall 1 ♂ Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 400 Wigeon 600 Shoveler 20 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Pintail 5 F
18 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Mallard - 3 Shelduck - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 14 Great Tit - 3 Blue Tit - 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Pheasant - 6 Other Birds River Shelduck - 1 Goosander - 1 Mallard - 11
18 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Golden Plover 1900 Lapwing 2500 Dunlin 600 Curlew 190 Wigeon 600 White-fronted Goose 153 Barnacle Goose 160 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Common Crane 1 (GCP) Wigeon 300 Pintail 40 Shoveler 25 Bewick's Swan 30 The Martin Smith Hide Common Sn
18 December 2013
Goldeneye
All 3 Peregrines (2 ad & juv male) performed well today, with all 3 spending most of the morning sat on fenceposts at the back of the Mere. At least 1 Marsh Harrier was seen along with the usual Common Buzzards and Sparrowhawk. The 1000+ Whooper Swans
17 December 2013