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Wildlife sightings for 25th June 2013
10 Common Tern + chicks - main lake, reservoir lagoon 3 Redshank + Juv's - wader scrape, grazing marsh 1 Whitethroat - singing from wader scrape/Thames path 2 Blackcap - both singing wildside, behind wader scrape hide 1 Chiffchaff - singing in wildside Re
25 June 2013
Latest Sightings
Today has seen a massive increase in fledgling birds, almost everywhere you look there is a young bird. Some of the young birds we have so far; Lapwing Oystercatcher Black-headed Gull Mallard Moorhen Chaffinch Great Tit Blue Tit Robin Blackbird Blackcap W
25 June 2013
The African white-backed ducks lay!
The African white-backs are everyone's favourite duck here in the Duckery. The white back is usually the most seldom seen part of their plumage; until now! They have started to lay their very distinctive shiny brown eggs. This causes one of the most ama
24 June 2013
Common tern chicks and black-necked cygnets hatch
Two chicks at 5 days old with the mother on the gravel raft. Two common tern chicks have hatched on a nesting raft at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre on June 20. The gravel raft is directly in front of the Sand Martin Hide
24 June 2013
Bird Counts
An improvement on the weather from the weekend with the wind dropping. Although there has been no further sightings of the Bluethroat we shall be looking for it over the next few days. Some counts included 39 Teal, 5+ Shoveler, 7 Wigeon, 15 Tufted, 15 Gad
24 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Black-tailed godwit - 50
24 June 2013
They have hatched
Rushy: Avocet - 3 Pairs (1 with at least 1 chick) Black-tailed Godwit - 39 Redshank - 2 Green Sandpiper - 1 Shelduck - Several broods Teal - 10 (no sign of Green winged teal as yet) Holden Tower and Walkway: Little Egret - 3 Cetti's Warbler - 1 Lapwing -
24 June 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 15 + 7 chicks Lapwing - 13 Redshank - 1 Tern - 56 + 3 chicks Heron - 15 Shelduck - 6 + 35 chicks Tufted Duck - 2 Shoveler - 2 Moorhen - 6 Greylag Goose - 15 Canda Goose - 7 + 4 chicks Oystercatcher - 2 + 2 chicks Black Headed Gull - 3
24 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 24th June 2013
15 Teal - scrape, reservoir lagoon 10 Mute Swan + 22 cygnets 9 Common Tern + 5 chicks - main lake and resr lagoon 18 Black-headed Gull + 14 chicks - main lake and resr lagoon 4 Redshank + 4 juvs - scrape (all juvs nearly fledged) 3 Lapwing juvs - s
24 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Black-tailed godwit - 54 Yellow wagtail
23 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 23rd June 2013
17 Teal - scrape, reservoir lagoon 3 Shoveler - main lake, scrape 22 Gadwall - main lake, resr lagoon 9 Mute Swan + 24 cygnets 1 Hobby - over entrance lake and main lake 10 Common Tern + chicks - main lake and resr lagoon 17 Black-headed Gull + chicks -
23 June 2013
Have they hatched ?
Rushy Reports this morning of egg shells being carried away from one of the three Avocet nest but no sightings as yet of the young. The male American Green winged Teal was seen at the back of the lower pool with two Euro Teal. There were 32 Black tailed G
23 June 2013
Bird News
Difficult day for those coming in to see the Bluethroat with windy and occasionally squally condition out on the reserve, no shelter too! In the past few days the bird has showed best in calm and sunny weather and we would be surprised if the bird is no l
22 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Hobby - 1 Green sandpiper - 1
22 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 22nd June 2013
14 Teal - wader scrape, reservoir lagoon 80 Swift - mostly over reservoir lagoon 2 Blackcap - both singing wildside 2 Whitethroat - beside Sand martin bank, wader scrape/Thames path 1 Chiffchaff - singing in wildside 2 Peregrine - across the river on hos
22 June 2013