Cold snap brings in more wildfowl

Morning wildlife sightings from WWT wardens and WWT Guides for Arundel Wetland Centre Jan 18-20

Jan 17
Scrape hide: 7 shoveler, 4 tufted ducks, 1 little grebe, 2 pochard, 1 grey heron.
Reedbed: 1 merlin.

Jan 18
Ramsar hide: 10 Bewick’s swans, 5 wigeon, 3 lapwing
Wetlands Discover: 1 barn owl.
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 2 pochard, 1 tufted ducks, 1 water rail.
Scrap Hide: 8 shoveler, 3 gadwall, 2 shelducks, 4 teal, 1 cormorant.
Sand Martin hide: 7 cormorants, 1 grey heron, 6 teal, 2 little grebe, 2 lapwing, 2 gadwall, 13 shelducks, 3 shoveler.
Ramsar hide: 2 shelducks, 4 teal, 2 gadwall, 3 lapwing, 1 water rail, 2 snipe.

Jan 19
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 3 little egrets, 5 shoveler, 6 pochards, 9 tufted ducks, 1 cormorant, 1 grey heron.
Ramsar Hide: 2 grey herons, 1 little egret, 26 teal, 14 shelducks, 14 gadwall, 8 wigeon, 14 cormorants, 6 lapwing, 16 snipe, 7 tufted ducks, 3 shoveler.

Jan 20
Ramsar hide: 21 shelducks, 4 shoveler, 8 lapwing, 1 wigeon, 1 kingfisher, 1 cattle egret, 3 little egrets & 2 marsh harrier (leaving in morning), 14 gadwall, 21 teal, 9 snipe, 5 common gull
On long path: chiffchaff
Scrape hide: 46 teal, 6 shoveler, 2 shelducks, and 16 snipe.
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 8 pochard, 4 shoveler, 2 water rail, 5 tufted ducks.

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