Oystercatchers are back and kingfisher nest hunting
Oystercatchers are definitely back onsite with a pair sighted regularly, primarily near the Sand Martin hide. This may be the pair that favour nesting on the roof of the hide.
Tues 27 Feb
Wet Grassland: 1 lapwing, 2 shoveler, 4 gadwall
Wildlife garden: 1 bullfinch
Scrape hide: 2 pochard, 1 kingfisher, 1 Cetti’s warbler.
Ramsar hide: 13 snipe, 2 oystercatchers, 15 lapwing, 2 mute swans, 8 gadwall, 9 teal, 5 pochard, 4 cormorants, 6 shovelers, 88 black-headed gulls, 28 Canada geese, 5 coots, 2 moorhens, 2 tufted ducks, 20 mallards, 1 Cetti’s warbler, 1 water rails
Sand martin hide: 9 gadwall, 4 shoveler, 2 grey wagtail, 1 pochard
Arun Riverlife: 4 pochards, 2 snipe
Wetland Discovery: 5 pochards
Mon 26 Feb
Ramsar/Sand martin hides: 3 little egrets, 25 snipe, 6 cattle egrets, 2 oystercatchers, 30 lapwing4 shelducks, 2 pochards, 25 shoveler, 2 Egyptian geese
Lapwing hide: 7 mallards, 4 Canada geese, 2 coots, 2 gadwall
Scrape hide: 1 marsh harrier
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 2 oystercatchers, 12 pochards
Robin gate: great spotted woodpecker, 1 greenfinch
Sun 25 Feb
Wetland Discovery area: 26 mallards, 5 Canada geese, 1 blackbird, 8 blue tits, 1 chaffinch, 2 moorhens, 13 tufted ducks, 5 goldfinches, 2 greylag, 1 woodpigeon, 1 wren, 1 Carrions crow, 2 pochards.
Ramsar and Sand martin hide: 4 cattle egrets, 2 little egrets, 16 snipe, 2 oystercatchers, 15 lapwing, 4 shelducks, 1 pochard, 3 Egyptian geese, 1 greater black-backed gull
Scrape hide: 16 shoveler
Lapwing hide: 2 lapwing (pair)
Arun Riverlife: 7 pochards.
Sat 24 Feb
Arun Riverlife: 2 oystercatchers, 14 mallards, 5 Canada geese, 2 moorhens, 1 coot, 1 Carrion Crow
Pelican cove: 2 pochards
Scrape hide: 2 kingfishers
Ramsar hide and Sand martin hide: 20 lapwing, 21 snipe, 2 oystercatchers. 20 lapwing
