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Goshawk over Arundel WWT
Best sighting of the week so far was a Goshawk being mobbed by a crow as it flew over the reserve on Tuesday morning. A first for the Arun riverlife project area was a male Shoveler which spent most of the day feeding in the shallower areas. A Little Greb
19 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Zeiss Hide Avocet 3 Black-tailed Godwit 140 Ruff 2 Teal 1500 Wigeon 700 Grey Heron 1 Cetti's Warbler 1 The Holden Tower Golden Plover 1200 Lapwing 3600 Dunlin 700 Redshank 10 Brent Goose 1 Barnacle Goose 140 White-fronted Goose 148 Peregrine 1 The Tac
19 December 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 127 Tufted Duck 47 Wigeon 100 Shoveler 19 Mute Swan 46 Canada Goose 180 Greylag Goose 7 Oystercatcher 2 Gadwall 1 ♂ Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 400 Wigeon 600 Shoveler 12 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Pintail 5 Flood
19 December 2013
Wildlife sightings for 18th December 2013
1 Bittern - main lake north side 1 Buzzard - flew S low, 11:00 a.m., mobbed by corvids 79 Shoveler - main lake 26 Pochard - main lake, sheltered lagoon 2 Pintail - main lake Additional sightings from yesterday: 2 Pintail - main lake 1 Jack Snipe -
18 December 2013
Today's highlights
Water rail, buzzard, sparrowhawk, 130 black tailed godwit, 5 snipe, 150 lapwing, 300 wigeon, 50 gadwall, 39 shelduck, 45 teal, 25 shoveler, 7 little egret, great spotted woodpecker, 3 jay and raven.
18 December 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Tufted Duck 54 Wigeon 100 Shoveler 10 Mute Swan 46 Canada Goose 180 Greylag Goose 7 Greater Scaup 1 ♂ Gadwall 1 ♂ Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 400 Wigeon 600 Shoveler 20 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Pintail 5 F
18 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Mallard - 3 Shelduck - 1 Hawthorn Wood Bullfinch - 14 Great Tit - 3 Blue Tit - 4 Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 Pheasant - 6 Other Birds River Shelduck - 1 Goosander - 1 Mallard - 11
18 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Holden Tower Golden Plover 1900 Lapwing 2500 Dunlin 600 Curlew 190 Wigeon 600 White-fronted Goose 153 Barnacle Goose 160 Peregrine 1 The Tack Piece Common Crane 1 (GCP) Wigeon 300 Pintail 40 Shoveler 25 Bewick's Swan 30 The Martin Smith Hide Common Sn
18 December 2013
Goldeneye
All 3 Peregrines (2 ad & juv male) performed well today, with all 3 spending most of the morning sat on fenceposts at the back of the Mere. At least 1 Marsh Harrier was seen along with the usual Common Buzzards and Sparrowhawk. The 1000+ Whooper Swans
17 December 2013
Slimbridge Festival of Birds 2014 prepares for take off
Wigeon on the Tack Piece taken by Paul Marshall Back again for 2014, wildlife lovers are in for a treat as the WWT Slimbridge Festival of Birds returns in February. The two-day Festival on February 1 and 2 is held whe
17 December 2013
Hurrah for the little brown jobs (LBJs)!
The small brown ducks are having a moment, a moment of rarity. The Madagascan pochard has been pushed to the brink and back, the Baers pochard is on the brink. Ferruginous duck numbers are declining, and small brown endemics like the Koloa and Laysan rema
17 December 2013
Today's sightings
The Tack Piece Peregrine 1 female killed a male Pochard The Holden Tower White-fronted Goose 153 Golden Plover 1700 Lapwing 4000 Black-tailed Godwit 40 Ruff 3 Redshank 10 Dunlin 200 The Zeiss Hide Black-tailed Godwit 185
17 December 2013
Ouse washes are looking fantastic
Water levels on the reserve are brilliant at the moment encouraging flocks of waders and ducks to use the wet grassland and splashes of water. The flight in of Bewick's swans as the light fades on the reserve is not to be missed from Reedbed hide. We
17 December 2013
Today's Sightings
Wader Lake Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 6 Greylag - 1 Lesser Black-backed Gull - 3 Black-headed Gull - 6 Teal - 10 Saline Lagoon Time/AM Tide/Low Shelduck - 1 Teal - 14 Hawthorn Wood Sparrowhawk - 1 Great Spott
17 December 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Tufted Duck 67 Wigeon 100 Shoveler 10 Mute Swan 46 Canada Goose 120 Greylag Goose 7 Greater Scaup 1 ♂ Gadwall 1 ♂ Folly Pond Green-winged Teal 1 ♂ Teal 400 Wigeon 600 Shoveler 20 Lapwing 10 Oystercatcher 2 Redshank 1
17 December 2013