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See the young crane on Safari.
Landrover Safaris (Yesterday) The two hour safaris leave at 11.00 and 14.00 today. Yesterday we had good views of the young Crane and its parents in company with a Roe Deer. Dragonflies were good in the sunshine. Emperors, Brown Hawkers, Common and Ruddy
9 August 2015
Wildlife sightings for 9th August 2015
1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Snipe - main lake 1 Willow Warbler - singing and calling in wildside August bird highlights: Buzzard, Kestrel, Red Kite, Hobby, Black-tailed Godwit, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper, Redshank, Yellow-legged
9 August 2015
Latest Sightings
Another very pleasant day out and around the reserve. Raptors were making the most of it with Hobby mid morning, 2 Marsh Harrier including a new juvenile, 4 Kestrel, 2 Sparrowhawk, 4+ Common Buzzard and from yesterday Peregrine. A few waders tucked around
8 August 2015
8th August 2015
RESERVE; Water voles, King fisher, Grey heron, Teal, Mandarin duck, Black headed and Herring gull, Greylag & Canada geese, Chaffinch, Bullfinch, Goldfinch & young, Greenfinch, Robin, Blackbird, Wren, White throat, Swallows & young, Dunnock, N
8 August 2015
Sunny Saturday sightings
The Rushy Ruff 1 Green Sandpiper 7 Crane 1 Grey Heron 1 The Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 11 The South Lake Ruff 2 Redshank 66 Black-tailed Godwit 140 Lapwing 40 Common Tern 2 Great-crested Grebe 3 The Martin Smith Hide Garganey 1 Kingfisher 1 Crane 4 The Ze
8 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff - 36 Garganey -2 Green sandpiper-2 Common sandpiper-1 Marsh harrier Black-tailed godwit-8 Greenshank Buzzard Yellow wagtail Snipe Kingfisher Tree sparrow
8 August 2015
Latest Sightings
High Tide 19:45 7.9m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets - also use Back Pond and Teal Pond Mallard 27 - in eclipse plumage Grey Heron 1 Folly Pond Mallard 19 Teal 10 Lapwing 18 Starling 50+ Linnet 30+ Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet Mallard 5 L
8 August 2015
Wildlife sightings for 8th August 2015
4 Black-tailed Godwit - main lake 2 Kingfisher - main lake, sheltered lagoon 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 7 Swallow - sheltered lagoon 4 Common Tern - adults and well-fledged juveniles 2 Little Grebe+at least 2 chicks - middle reedbed channel
8 August 2015
Today's Highlights
Ruff- 36 Garganey- 2 Green sandpiper- 2 Common sandpiper Marsh harrier Black- tailed godwit Greenshank Buzzard Yellow wagtail Snipe Kingfisher
8 August 2015
Latest Sightings
A proper summers start to the day, light winds and full sun. Not a huge number of sightings to report although it is relatively easy to see 60+ species on the reserve at the moment. Cuckoo and Kingfisher are the main attractions viewed from the Ron Barker
7 August 2015
Work begins on WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre’s latest attraction
Work has begun this week on the new 50m Discovery hide at WWT Martin Mere Wetland Centre to bring our visitors even closer to nature. The new discovery hide will have 4 distinct sections depending on the type of experience visitors require or their level
7 August 2015
Fridays bird news
The Zeiss Hide Greenshank 1 Redshank 60 Black-tailed Godwit 140 Ruff 3 Dunlin 30 Lapwing 50 Teal 70 The Rushy Green Sandpiper 3 Grey Wagtail 2 The Tack Piece Green Sandpiper 11 Lapwing 10 Common Crane 2 Teal 30 The South Lake Black-tailed Godwit 45 Common
7 August 2015
Wildlife sightings for 7th August 2015
1 Kingfisher - sheltered lagoon 1 Green Sandpiper - scrape 2 Common Sandpiper - scrape, main lake 2 Chiffchaff - wildside 1 Whitethroat - south route/main lake August bird highlights: Buzzard, Kestrel, Red Kite, Hobby, Snipe, Green Sandpiper, Common Sand
7 August 2015
Latest Sightings
High Tide 18:35 8.2m Whooper Pond Mute Swan 2 + 5 cygnets - also use Back Pond and Teal Pond Mallard 27 - in eclipse plumage Tufted Duck 1 Linnet 20+ Folly Pond Mallard 19 Teal 12 Lapwing 3 Starling 50+ Linnet 30+ Avenue Tower Mute Swan 2 + 1 cygnet
7 August 2015
Swallows swing southward & so are many others
This is WWT Arundel Wildlife Sightings that column runs every Thursday in the Chichester Observer, Worthing Herald and Shoreham Herald. We had a juvenile cuckoo in the car park last week. The youngster seems to be fully fledged from the nest, probably l
6 August 2015