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Perfect Pond Season - 3
Guest blog by Nick Oliver The Perfect Pond Season was our way of marking the British Ecological Society’s Festival of Ecology. For seven weeks we went wild about all things pond. From fresh water sampling and reedbed walks for older children and adults,
15 August 2013
Making other days out seem a little dry!
Pond dipping by Heather Tait With the summer season in full swing, a visit to WWT Washington Wetland Centre can make other days out seem a little dry. Spending time near water is an essential summer experience and mak
15 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 15th August 2013
6 Snipe - scrape, main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - scrape, then flew to main lake shingle islands near Observatory 2 Cetti's Warbler juveniles - Sand Martin bank bushes (the 3rd brood recorded this season) 3 Chiffchaff - wildsi
15 August 2013
Today's Sightings
4 Wheatear and a Marsh Harrier seen on Lady Fen close to the visitor centre and a Barn Owl perched outside the main doors at 8am.
14 August 2013
Marsh Harriers
Some excellent views of Marsh Harrier throughout the day. At least 4 different birds of late. The juveniles present could have come from any spot in the UK and we have had tag evidence of Scottish birds arriving on the reserve in the last 20 years. The ea
14 August 2013
Today's sightings
Zeiss Hide/Top New Piece Spoonbill 1 Wood Sandpiper 1 Greenshank 2 juveniles Black-tailed Godwit 74 Little Egret 1 Greylag Goose 107 Barnacle Goose 140 South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 147 Redshank 74 Lapwing 258 Snipe 2 Spoonbill was present this morning S
14 August 2013
Saline lagoon meadow pic
Saline lagoon meadow How fantastic does our saline lagoon meadow look at the moment!? Such beautiful summer colours against the dark green trees and the backdrop of the magnificent Penshaw Monument :-)
14 August 2013
Recent Sightings
Recent sightings from 10 August 2013 include: Main Lake - 56 Mallard, 25 Greylag Geese, 5 Shelducks, 4 Tufted Ducks, 2 Coots, 3 Gadwalls, 2 Wigeon and Little Grebe with 1 youngster Wader Marsh - 15 Greylag, 4 Shelducks and 4 Mute Swans Rabbits Dragonflie
14 August 2013
TODAYS SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM/HIGH TIDE Greenshank - 1 Redshank - 45 Lapwing - 22 Grey Heron - 7 Black-headed Gull - 36 Gadwall - 1 Teal - 10 Tufted Duck - 6 Canada Goose - 5 Pied Wagtail - 2 Shelduck - 7 SALINE LAGOON/AM/TIDE HIGH Wren (North Wood) - 2 Great Spot
14 August 2013
Today's highlights
The lesser yellowlegs is in front of the British Steel hide again today. Other sightings include 12 black tailed godwit, bar tailed godwit, 20 greenshank, 40 redshank and ruff.
14 August 2013
Scott 100 Letters
Scott 100 Letters – they’re on their way back! 600 of you wrote an inspiring letter to inspire someone to do something amazing. You wrote to family members, celebrities, politicians and business leaders. Your letters followed in the footsteps of Capta
14 August 2013
Wildlife sightings for 14th August 2013
42 Teal - scrape 1 Buzzard - circling high over the reserve 1 Peregrine - perched on hospital 3 Snipe - scrape 2 Little Grebe broods - main lake, grazing marsh channel 1 Willow Warbler - singing wildside 1 Lesser Whitethroat - sheltered lagoon Rece
14 August 2013
August antics from mini-beast hunting, den building to pond dipping and storytelling...
Buff-tip moth Join us for some August antics! Everyday we have a different experience on offer from pond dipping to storytelling, mini-beast hunting to den building, talks, walks plus show and tell activities. Wetland
14 August 2013
Is WWT Arundel Wetland Centre Britain’s Favourite Nature Reserve?
WWT Arundel Wetland Centre has been nominated as ‘Britain’s Favourite Nature Reserve’ for the prestigious Countryfile Awards 2013. The nominees were selected by nature writer Mark Cocker and TV presenter Ellie Harrison who noted that that Arundel We
13 August 2013
Latest Sightings
Firstly I must apologize for the limited amount of posts on here for the last few weeks, we have been very short staffed in the reserve department and I have had limited time to write an update. From the 21st August our new Reserve Warden, Joe Bilous, wil
13 August 2013