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Wildlife Sightings column from Chichester Observer newspaper
Walk taken April 17 2012 by Paul Stevens A cold rain is falling and it is very windy - perfect weather for the swallows and martins to hawk for insects over Swan Lake. The low cloud and rain pushe [...]
26 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 26th April 2012
2 Little Ringed Plover - long shingle island, main lake 1 Peregrine - juvenile male, hunting over site 4 Common Tern - main lake tern rafts 1 Yellow-legged Gull - 2nd summer bird, scrape [...]
26 April 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Redstart male Willow Warbler 1 singing (dark legs and dull bird) Blackcap 1 singing Chiffchaff 1 Whitethroat singing Reed Warbler singing Sedge Warbler 1 in the bushes A [...]
26 April 2012
Common Crane and a blast of migrants
Common Crane still present this 1pm at least. It's certainly won't be using any 'thermals' today so there is a good chance it will be present tomorrow morning. As it happens, today [...]
25 April 2012
Stormy Wednesday Sightings
Strong north easterlies are sweeping across the reserve with some heavy showers. Peter Scott Trail: With the strong winds this trail is quiet however there are chiffchaff, willow warblers, bla [...]
25 April 2012
Wildlife sightings for 25th April 2012
2 Shelduck - scrape 1 Little Egret - marsh 3 Little Ringed Plover - main lake, 2 of which were mating 1 Common Sandpiper - main lake 1 Peregrine - flew over, carrying prey for the chic [...]
25 April 2012
Today's sightings
Holden Tower/Middle Point 0830-1030 A large visible passage of Arctic Terns and Bar-tailed Godwits was in evidence. Bar-tailed Godwit-many small flocks noted, up to 100 seen Arctic Tern- som [...]
25 April 2012
Common Crane flies into WWT Martin Mere
For only the third time in 35 years, WWT Martin Mere has welcomed a wild crane to the reserve. The last time a crane was seen at Martin Mere was in 1999 and previously to that was in the 70s. The adult crane has been on the reserve for 2 days now and is s
24 April 2012
Intruder male still about
Today the female osprey has been doing all the incubation herself and just before 1pm she became quite agitated and the unringed intruder male flew in and tried in vain to mate with her, she quickly shoo'd him off the nest. Then later at just after 2.30p
24 April 2012
More avocet chicks!
And then there were three! A bit hard to make out but there really is a trio of avocet chicks in this here nest. Thanks to Ian Hamilton, one of our volunteers, for donating the pic. The avocets, of co [...]
24 April 2012
Todays Sightings
Wader Lake Avocet - 8 (first chick hatched) Oystercatcher - 4 Lapwing - 10 Redshank - 5 Common Tern - - 7 Shoveler - 15 Gadwall - 15 Shelduck - 9 Tufted Duck [...]
24 April 2012
Avocet chick
Happy birthday to our first avocet chick of the season! Pics to follow and looks like mam is possibly brooding a second. [...]
24 April 2012
Bittern
A bittern has just been flushed from Top Meadow, looks like it headed down to Wader Lake! [...]
24 April 2012
Common Crane again
Common Crane showing from both the United Utilities and Ron Barker Hide 5.45pm at least. Other sightings have included Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpiper, 100+ Avocet, 6+ Ringed Plover, at least 2 [...]
24 April 2012
Tuesday sightings
It is very still with a hint of north westerly, mild with intermittent showers. Around the Visitor Centre and Farm House Tower swallows and house martins are hunting. Starlings have nes [...]
24 April 2012