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Wildlife sightings for 25th March 2013
59 Wigeon - marsh 7 Snipe - marsh, reedbed/wildside 2 Chiffchaff – wildside hide and wildside/world wetlands border 1 Skylark – W over wildside 1 Stonechat - marsh Because of the danger of falling roof tiles, unfortunately it is necessary for
25 March 2013
Today's sightings
Tack Piece Spoonbill 1 feeding in scrape or roosting adjacent. Wigeon 70 Goshawk flew over flushing all of the birds late morning. Black-tailed Godwit 57 (mobile flock) Holden Tower Tundra Bean Goose 1 E White-fronted Goose 24 Common Scoter pair on the eb
24 March 2013
Today's bird sightings
Today’s sightings include – 3 sand martin, 7 chiffchaff, 11 little egret, buzzard, peregrine, 57 black tailed godwit, 3 greenshank, 12 redshank, 37 lapwing, 34 wigeon, 5 great crested grebe, 4 little grebe, 2 great spotted woodpecker, reed bunting and
24 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 24th March 2013
1 Bittern - dropped into reeds by Headley Hide at 4:30 p.m. 53 Wigeon - scrape 2 Pintail - pair 4 Mandarin – males, world wetlands 1 Peregrine – on the hospital, eating prey 1 Little Egret - main lake 1 Ringed Plover – main lake, long shingle island
24 March 2013
TODAY'S SIGHTINGS
WADER LAKE/AM Avocet - 9 Lapwing - 6 Black-headed Gull - 110 Canada Goose - 14 Greylag Goose - 11 Redshank - 6 Teal - 14 Mallard - 26 Heron - 31 Shelduck - 26 SALINE LAGOON/AM Shelduck - 14 Mallard - 18 OTHER BIRDS/AM Kestrel (East Downs) -
24 March 2013
Latest Sightings
Whooper Pond Whooper Swan 130 Mute Swan 41 Wigeon 120 Tufted Duck 50 Canada Goose 3 Greylag Goose 1 Shoveler 21 Oystercatcher 2 Folly Pond Teal 30 Wigeon 40 Shoveler 10 Redshank 1 Black-tailed Godwit 4 Oystercatcher 3 Black-headed Gull 20 Shelduck 2 Flood
24 March 2013
Brass Monkey looking for lost property...
Looking out on the Mere today watching a thousand or so assorted waders and wildfowl going about their business, and marveling how seemingly unaffected most were by the bitter easterlies strafing the reserve. Two Common Buzzard were coming in close by the
23 March 2013
Avocet update
Nine (yes, NINE!) avocets are now on Wader Lake! Could a tenth now arrive and break our 2012 site record of four nesting pairs? Watch this space...:-)
23 March 2013
Hope for redshank to return
LAST WEDNESDAY I collected tubes from our latest water shrew survey from around the reedbeds and drainage ditches of the reserve. To detect water shrew activity we put out short sections plastic pipe with one end capped and bait them with fly pupae from t
23 March 2013
Ducks need your plant donations
Flooding devastated the plants in the exhibit that is home to Argentine red shovelers, Australian wood ducks and Cape shelducks. WWT Arundel is asking gardeners to donate plants this spring to replace those lost dur
23 March 2013
Today's sightings-Garganey still
The drake Garganey still present today on the Tack Piece The Tack Piece GARGANEY 1 male Teal 18 Shelduck 30 Black-tailed Godwit 57 Redshank 9 Little Egret 3 The Holden Tower Little-ringed Plover 2 Dunlin 110 Golden Plover 30 Tundra Bean Goose 1 White-fro
23 March 2013
Wildlife sightings for 23rd March 2013
3 Redshank - wader scrape 2 Pintail - reservoir lagoon 1 Little Ringed Plover 1 Ringed Plover 1 Dunlin 2 Chiffchaff - sheltered lagoon, wildside gate Because of the danger of falling roof tiles, unfortunately it is necessary for us to close the Peacock To
23 March 2013
Unusual nest site gives eggs-tra challenge to our duckery warden
I am not here, you can't see me!! Our duckery warden Phoebe Young has her hands busy at this time of year checking on all the young bird families in our grounds. Pheo
22 March 2013
First signs of spring
Garganey by Rod Gathercole Since the start of March we have seen various signs of spring emerging with hares boxing, lapwing performing aerial displays and songbirds filling the car park with music in the mornings.
22 March 2013
Fridays sightings
RAMSAR & SANDMARTIN HIDES; 2Pochard, 5 Lapwing, 23 Shelduck, 2 Oystercatcher, 3 Tufted duck, 4 Cormorant, 12 Canadian geese, 2 Gadwall. LAPWING HIDE; 2 Shelduck, 2 Lapwing, 2 Cormorants, 2 Greylag. SCRAPE HIDE; 2 Pochard, 4 Shelduck. RESERVE; Tufted d
22 March 2013