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Wildlife sightings for 21st May 2013
Please note that the Peacock Tower will be closed today and tomorrow for essential repairs. We plan to re-open it by the weekend. 2 Greenshank - main lake 1 Marsh Harrier (male) - over marsh and reedbed heading NW 2 Yellow Wagtail - marsh (near wildside
21 May 2013
Downy Duckling Days is May 25 - June 2
Mallard duckling on lilypad Bring your little ones to meet the little ones hatching now at Arundel Wetland Centre. Downy Duckling Days runs May 25 through June 2. Children will enjoy hand feeding the wild mallard duck
20 May 2013
Water vole family snapped moving home
Water vole mother carries her youngster in her mouth while swimming through the reedbed. Landscape and nature photographer Davis Shawe chanced upon a water vole family moving home in the reedbed at WWT Arundel Wetland
20 May 2013
Migrating nightjar dropped in for the day
This nightjar was returning from Africa when it dropped into our reedbed to rest for the day. Photo by David Barrett. The heavy winds in the Arun Valley brought an unusual visitor to the reserve last Wednesday. A nigh
20 May 2013
Downy duckling day countdown!
With just one week left to go, the Duckery at Slimbridge is a scene of frenzied cleaning! Between the 25th of May and the 2nd June we will open our doors for a fabulous and free programme of tours for our visitors. (Please see the website events page!) Wh
20 May 2013
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 10 + 1 Chick Oystercatcher - 2 Lapwing - 6 Greylag - 8 Redshank - 2 Sholver - 2 Common Tern - 26 Heron - 28 Tufted Duck - 12 Shelduck - 22 Saline Lagoon Shelduck - 2 Tufted Duck - 6 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 8 Great Tit - 4 Blue Tit -
20 May 2013
Day 1: How does a duckling develop inside an egg
All this week we will be telling you all about how a duckling develops inside an egg for the forthcoming Downy Duckling Week starting on Saturday 25 May. 1 week incubation We know that this egg is fertile because you can see small veins that extend out fr
20 May 2013
Wildlife sightings for 20th May 2013
7+ Lapwing chicks - scrape, marsh, main lake 4 Redshank - wader scrape, main lake 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Yellow Wagtail - marsh 4 Willow Warbler - wildside, sheltered lagoon 2 Whitethroat - resr lagoon, wildside 2 Lesser Whitethroat - wildside
20 May 2013
Breeding Cranes the first in the west for 400 years
Rushy Two Cranes from the Great Crane Project have built a nest and laid at least one egg in the Rushy. The pair, Monty the male and Christine the female have been the most active pair and were responsible for the earlier nest building efforts in front of
20 May 2013
24 hour guard for western Britain’s first crane egg in four centuries
Click to watch crane webcam Conservationists at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire have set up a round-the-clock guard to protect the first crane egg laid in western Britain in over 400 years. Hunting an
20 May 2013
Latest Sightings
Today we saw two new spring arrivals; A Spotted Flycatcher was first heard on the Avenue and later relocated on the Back Bank on The Meadow. Last year this species bred on the reserve but usually we only tend to get passage birds. A Common Sandpiper was a
19 May 2013
Recent Sightings
Peninsula Saltmarsh – 2 ringed plover on nest, 1 black tailed godwit Peninsula Field – 16 curlew, 1 whimbrel, 3 ringed plover, 5 shelduck Main Lake - 15 tufted ducks, 9 shelduck, Fresh Water Lagoon – 30 + swallows and swifts also spotted Sightings
19 May 2013
Sundays sightings
RESERVE: Blue tit, Great tit, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Tree creeper, Wren, Water voles, Moorhens, Coots & chicks, Reed bunting, Mallards & ducklings, Peregrines, Red kites. LAPWING HIDE: 4 Grey lag geese & 15 goslings,
19 May 2013
Todays Sightings
Holden Tower Cranes 9 Peregrine 1 Little Egret 1 Oystercatcher 2 Summer Walkway (now open) Curlew 10 Shelduck 80 Reed Warbler 8 Zeiss Hide Black Tailed Godwit 56 Redshank 1 Garganey 1 male Little Egret 1 Sedge Warbler 3 Reed Warbler 6 Kingfisher Hide King
19 May 2013
Wildlife sightings for 18th May 2013
19 Lapwing chicks - wader scrape, grazing marsh, main lake 1 Ringed Plover - main lake 4 Redshank - wader scrape 2 Sedge Warbler - along path to Peacock tower, grazing marsh 2 Willow Warbler - both singing Wildside and Sheltered lagoon 1 Kestrel - hunti
18 May 2013