Reed buntings, sedge warblers & Cetti's warblers
Summary: Good numbers of gadwall, tufted duck on the water and a few teal & shoveler. Pairs of lapwings nesting on wet grasslands. Two pairs of oystercatchers still looking for nesting spots. Mandarin ducks, black caps, a willow warbler, coal tits and blue tits in the Woodland loop. Chiff chaffs, sedge warblers, reed buntings and Cetti's warblers in the reedbed.
A few water voles sightings in reedbed and bank voles in the Woodland loop. Still a few water rail onsite. A few swallows moving through.
Black-headed gulls, common gills and med gulls from the Sand martin hide.
Along the paths & ponds
o long-tailed tits
o Cetti’s warblers
o wren
o dunnocks
o song thrushes
o robin
o goldfinches
o chiff chaffs
o bullfinches
o brimstone butterflies (when sunny)
Woodland Loop
o great spotted woodpecker
o blue tits in nest boxes
o coal tits
o great tits singing
o chaffinch
o bank voles
o mandarin ducks
o willow warbler
o black cap
Reedbeds
o Reed buntings
o Cetti’s warbler
o sedge warbler
Lagoons at Ramsar, Sand Martin & Scrape hides
o shoveler ducks
o tufted ducks
o shelducks
o gadwall
o black-headed gull
o Mediterranean gull
o common gull
o oystercatcher pair
o pochard
o water rail (few)
Wetlands Discovery
o kingfisher (few)
o swallows (new)
o water voles
Arun Riverlife
o lapwing pair
o gadwall
o tufted ducks
o mute swan
o grey wagtail
Wet Grasslandsfrom Lapwing & Ramsar hides
o gadwall
o greylag geese & goslings
o lapwing nesting
o oystercatcher pairs (2)
o mallard & ducklings
Spring plant life
o Ladysmock leaves and a few flower spikes visible
o Coltsfoot
o primrose
o snowdrops
o red dead nettle
