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26th June 2013 - Arundels reserve sightings
Morning All! What a beautiful day, sunny, dry and a light breeze. The Peregrines certainly think so they were flying over the reserve with a fresh catch this morning and are currently up on the hanger feeding. A couple of Buzzards and a Red kite have also
26 June 2013
Wildlife sightings for 26th June 2013
10 Teal - scrape 2 Shoveler - main lake 1 Little Egret - scrape (p.m.) 2 Redshank adults with at least 1 juvenile visible - scrape 2 Blackcap - singing scrape, north side reservoir lagoon 1 Chiffchaff - singing wildside 1 Sedge Warbler - singing marsh &nb
26 June 2013
Out on the reserve today
Main observatory Spoonbill - 1 Lady Fen Hobby - 1 Yesterday afternoon the black-tailed godwit pair were right in front of the Nelson-Lyle hide with all 3 chicks. We've got some cracking footage and will be putting a video up on the website by the end of
26 June 2013
Two broods of Avocet
The Rushy pen AVOCET NEWS at 0830 this morning a scan of the three nesting pairs revealed that one pair (back right hand island) had four chicks and were feeding in the shallows. A second pair (front left hand island) had hatched two young which strayed a
25 June 2013
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