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Astronomia & WWT Arundel announce astronomy evenings in 2013
On January 31st WWT Arundel Wetland Centre and Astronomia will host a stargazing evening in conjunction with the BBC2 Stargazing LIVE TV series. A second astronomy night will be held on Thursday 14 Feb, on Valentines Day. On both evenings Neil Phillips of
Weekends sightings
Ferruginous duck - 1, still close to the main observatory with the pochard. Goldeneye - 1 male, seen from the main hide Barn owl - in late afternoon one of the barn owls on site has been perching on the railing in front of the North wing hide, providing v
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Dumbles Peregrine 1 at 0815 Golden Plover 20 Lapwing 50 Robbie Garnett Hide Golden Plover 400 (including an adult with some breeding plumage) E White-fronted Geese 20 Little Egret 1 Little Grebe 1 Lapwing 120 Redshank 9 Dunlin 12 Long-billed
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 80 Wigeon 115 Teal 2 Tufted Duck 85 Canada Goose 100 Greylag Goose 4 Corner Field Teal 224 Wigeon 125 Black-tailed Godwit 17 Lapwing 140 Golden Plover 220 Curlew 6 Teal Pond Teal 10 Wigeon 15 Gadwall 2 Tufted Duck 5 Flood Ground
Wildlife sightings for 11th November 2012
120 Teal - scrape, marsh (high tide) 2 Mandarin - world wetlands (both drakes) 76 Wigeon - marsh 1 Bittern - flew from N shore resr lagoon towards the marsh and main reedbed (a.m.) 34 Redwing - flew W 1 Brambling - flew N 9 Redpoll - wildside 7 Siskin -
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Teal - 77 Gadwall - 1 Wigeon - 2 Redshank - 4 OTHER BIRDS/AM A Great Spotted Woodpecker and four Jay in Hollow wood HAWTHORN WOOD/AM Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Bullfinch - 4 Blackbird - 2 Coal Tit - 3 Blue Tit - 6 &
Common Crane
The 3rd record of Common Crane this year was the highlight of the day, unfortunately it didn't stick around long before heading off towards Southport flushing thousands of Pink feet as it went. Photo: Tony Disley Upto 5000 Pink-footed Geese were using th
Todays Sightings
WADER LAKE/AM/LOW TIDE Great Black-backed Gull - 3 Herring Gull - 3 Black-headed Gull - 1 Shelduck - 1 Teal - 76 Gadwall - 4 Wigeon - 2 Redshank - 11 Lapwing - 21 OTHER BIRDS/AM Wader Lake footpath Siskin - 24 Lesser Redpoll - 5 Long Tailed Tit - 9
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Peregrine 1 Golden Plover 500 Lapwing 300 Dunlin 250 Ruff 3 Redshank 15 Rock Pipit 1 Skylark 4 The Martin Smith Snipe 2 Water Rail 1 The Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 147 Spotted Redshank 2 Teal 850 Wigeon 500 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 3 P
Wildlife sightings for 10th November 2012
1 Pintail - wader scrape 146 Teal - wader scrape, sheltered lagoon 245+ Black-Headed Gull - main lake 50 Wigeon - grazing marsh Recent bird highlights: Goldeneye, Bittern, Little Egret, Short-eared Owl, Peregrine, Green Sandpiper, Jack Snipe, Caspian Gull
Ferruginous duck
Ferruginous duck - 1 female still in amongst the pochard coming in for the feeds. Barn owl - 1 fantastic views of a barn owl after the 3.30pm feed as it perched on the rail; in front of the North wing hide Whooper swans have been coming in to the feeds wi
November podcast: Bird psychology and Bittern spotting
November2012-at-WWT-London-Wetland-Centre by WWT London Psychology lecturers Tom Dickins and David Hardman discuss bird psychology: what gulls are up to in Billingsgate Market, and why certain bird species may have developed what we might see as greater
Today's sightings-More Waxwings
The Car Park WAXWING 3 Reported again today The South lake LONG-BILLED DOWITCHER 1 Black-tailed Godwit 320 Ruff 1 The Zeiss Hide BITTERN 1 Spotted Redshank 2 Redshank 20 Wigeon 500 Teal 800 The Rushy Bewick's Swan 6 The Holden Tower Golden Plover 800 Dunl
Wildlife sightings for 9th November 2012
1 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 50 Wigeon - grazing marsh 1 Bittern - flew from sheltered lagoon to the reservoir lagoon 1 Shelduck - wader scrape 10 Water Rail - site count 4 Snipe - main lake, grazing marsh 15 Greylag - flying high SW then turned and NE 4
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake/AM/Mid Tide Teal - 87 Mallard - 42 Black Headed Gull - 60 Moorhen - 5 Heron - 3 Hybrid Duck - 1 Other Birds Waxwing - Site Count - 4 Redwing - Hollowood - 9 Siskin - Hollowood/Reedbeds - 6 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch Nuthatch Great Spotted Wood Pec