Green woodpeckers & kingfishers
Highlights from the hides at Arundel Wetland Centre last week.
Mon 3 September
Ramsar hide: Greylag goose,
Wildlife garden: 30+ house martins
Sand Martin hide: 5 sand martins, common sandpiper
Scrape hide: 25 gadwall ducks
Reedbed hide: 6 Swallows
Sunday 2 September
Ramsar hide: 30+ sand martins, kingfisher, little egret
Offham hangar: 2 buzzards, red kite
Scrape Hide: 5 gadwall, pied wagtail, 6 swallows, 30+ house martins.
Wildlife garden: 10+ house martins.
Friday 1 September
Lapwing hide: grey heron
Ramsar/Sand Martin hide: 15 gadwall, 20+ sand martins, common sandpiper.
Scrape hide: 40+ sand martins, 19 gadwall, mandarin duck, 2 pintails.
Reedbed hide: 6 swallows.
Thursday 31 August
Scrape hide: 10 teal, 30 gadwall, 2 swallows, 6 sand martins.
Reedbed hide: 6 swallows.
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 3 gadwall, tufted ducks.
Wetland Discovery channels: kingfishers.
Ramsar & Sand Martin hide: gadwall, shoveler, 20+ sand martins.
Wednesday 30 August
Arun Riverlife lagoon: tufted ducks.
Wetland Discovery channels: kingfishers.
Ramsar & Sand Martin hide: 2 gadwall, common gull.
Scrape hide: 8 teal, 13 gadwall, 14 sand martins.
Reedbed hide: 6 swallows, kingfishers.
Long path (trees): tree creeper.
Tuesday 29 August
Scrape hide: grey heron, 2 gadwall, teal, kingfisher.
Sand martin hide: kingfisher, 7 gadwall, 30+ sand martins.
Sussex Screen: 5 teal, 1 bullfinch.
Reedbed: water rail, grey wagtail.
Arun Riverlife lagoon: Kingfisher, shoveler.
Car park and pathways: back cap, chiff chaff, spotted flycatcher.
