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Today's sightings
Tack Piece Peregrine 2 Little Stint 1 (3 on site) Dunlin 300 Golden Plover 3000 Lapwing 2800 Black-tailed Godwit 80 Ruff 1 Redshank 36 Shoveler 80 Wigeon 1300 The Rushy Med Gull 1 adult Kingfisher 1 Bewick's Swan 105 The kingfisher Hide Kingfisher 1 The S
15 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 15th January 2014
2 Bittern - south side main lake, both close together. (Below Wetland Living building as viewed from Peacock Tower) 2 Pintail - pair, main lake 2 Mandarin - pair, collection 40 Wigeon - scrape, marsh 63 Lapwing - main lake 1 Coal Tit - near south route (E
15 January 2014
Bewick's Swan again
Great light again this morning and with light winds excellent for viewing. The Peregrines were in action early on with 2 birds present, Merlin again, 3 Common Buzzard and Kestrel. A single Bewick's Swan seen from the Swan Link Hide early afternoon. Some w
14 January 2014
Out on the reserve today
Water rail - 1 Buzzard - 1 Barn owl - 2
14 January 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Male Goosander floated down on the ebb tide among a raft of Wigeon and Pintail. It took flight and headed N upriver. Little Stint- 1 feeding on pools among Dunlin and Lapwing, it visited the scrape. Dark-bellied Brent Goose-1 on the Dumbles B
14 January 2014
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Shelduck - 22 Canada Goose - 6 Teal - 40 Mallard -36 Moorhen - 2 Other Birds Jay - North Wood - 2 Tufted Duck - Reservoir - 14 Mallard - 30 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch Blue Tit Coal Tit Great Tit Siskin Robin Pheasant Mammals Strong smell of fox ar
14 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 14th January 2014
1 Bittern – main lake 1 Peregrine - Perched on hospital 1 Kingfisher – south route 1 Water Rail – showing well among cut reeds just before succession trail (south route) 1 Jack Snipe – scrape 7 Snipe - grazing marsh 3 Redpoll - near WWF hide  
14 January 2014
Bird News
A lovely clear morning with increasing cloud cover through the day and light winds. A build up of Pink-footed Geese is slowly occurring with 3000+ birds roosting. A good time to find something rarer among them. Also more Whooper Swan present although no c
13 January 2014
Mole and vole saved during high waters
Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. Mon 13 Jan: Water levels remained high across the grounds of the WWT Ar
13 January 2014
Today's sightings
Holden Tower Merlin-female resting on fences at S end of the Dumbles Peregrine-female on lookout from fence Little Stint-1 seen feeding in pools and around scrape edge on Dumbles E. White-fronted Geese-193 Dark-bellied Brent Goose- 1 among the Barnacle Ge
13 January 2014
Today's highlights
Greenshank, spotted redshank, 376 lapwing, 6 redshank, 2 black tailed godwit, 146 wigeon, 27 shelduck, shoveler, teal, pochard, 33 tufted duck, 9 little egret, peregrine, great spotted woodpecker, 3 bullfinch, 14 long tailed tit and 2 water rail.
13 January 2014
Today's Sightings
Time: AM / Tide Level: Low Wader Lake and Saline Lagoon Both frozen! Hawthorn Wood Long-tailed tit Blue tit Great tit Bullfinch Pheasant Coal tit Robin River Path Long-tailed tit - 6 Bullfinch - 3 Reed Bunting - 2 Jay - 1
13 January 2014
Wildlife sightings for 13th January 2014
1 Bittern - main lake 5 Water Rail - main lake, south route, marsh 1 Peregrine - perched on red crane to the N of the site 5 Brambling - south route Explore bird feeder area 19 Redwing - flew W + NW a.m. 40 birds came in to roost around the sheltered
13 January 2014
First Bewick's Swan of 2014
A single Bewick's Swan was present throughout the day on the Mere with 1000+ Whooper Swan. There have only been 6 Bewick's present in the area this winter. All the evidence suggest that climate change is responsible for the decline of this species winteri
12 January 2014
Today's sightings
An overnight frost left many shallow water areas frozen but this thawed rapidly with the onset of a front from the SW. The colder conditions and resultant drier few days has allowed water levels to subside slightly. The vast wader flocks have dispersed to
12 January 2014