Arundel News
Mandarin ducks take to the trees to nest
Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. A least one pair of mandarin ducks are nesting in the large willow tree
12 May 2014
Displaying sedge warbler and visiting turtle dove
Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. May 6: LAST SUNDAY I watched a male sedge warbler displaying between th
6 May 2014
Birds of prey pairing up & a dormouse discovered
Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. Feb 17: The lone oystercatcher that arrived at WWT Arundel Wetland Cent
18 February 2014
Discover Birds in a weekend of walks, talks, song and art
Discover Birds at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre in a weekend of walks, talks, music and art! Whether you’re a beginning birder or a seasoned twitcher you will enjoy workshops on field craft and birdsong, music with the folk band Shipwrecked, optics display
18 February 2014
Spring tides dictate wildfowl numbers and species on the reserve
A goldfinch glares at the female lesser redpoll who has trespassed on the feeders last Sunday. Feb 3: weekly Wildlife Sightings column for Observer series of newspapers. SPRING TIDES have pushed the Arun River over it
3 February 2014
Snipe sightings increase as water levels near normal
From the Jan 30 edition of the weekly Wildlife Sightings column for Observer series of newspapers. During Sunday morning’s driving rainstorm I watched four snipe feeding in the shallows of a large pool from the Ramsar hide. The sun was back this morning
3 February 2014
Exotic geese return to WWT Arundel
Australian magpie gooses patriarch Basil and his brood in their temporary home in the Trumpeter pen at WWT Arundel. A gaggle of exotic geese returned to the collection at Arundel Wetland Centre on Wednesday (Jan 29)
30 January 2014
Mole and vole saved during high waters
Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. Mon 13 Jan: Water levels remained high across the grounds of the WWT Ar
13 January 2014
Walk off the festive excess at WWT Arundel
Give yourself a good stretch at WWT Arundel in January. We all wake up on New Year's morning knowing we’ve rather overdone it on turkey, chocolates and bubbly, so why not wrap up warm, get out in the fresh air and w
30 December 2013
A goldfish isn’t just for Christmas
The raised pond is the temporary home of Bauble the goldfish, found abandoned at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre Volunteer grounds staff Craig Welsby spotted gold in the ditch during a fence line check around the Arundel W
30 December 2013
A flood of visitors follow the winter storms
Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. Mon 30 Dec: The winter storms that lashed the UK during the week of Chr
30 December 2013
Brimstone butterfly enjoyed the winter sunshine
Paul Steven’s weekly Wildlife Sightings column appears in the Chichester Observer, the Littlehampton Gazette, the Bognor Regis Observer, the Shoreham Herald and the Worthing Herald. Monday 23 Dec: DURING A WEEK of weather extremes gave us some interesti
30 December 2013
Pied wagtail roost and beardies spotted again!
Male bearded tit by the Reedbed hide. Photo by Nick Bond. Nov. 12: Last Tuesday evening I took a walk around all the pathways of the reserve before we closed for the day. As I approached the reedbed boardwalk I
12 November 2013
Celebrate Scotland and scottish wildlife
Celebrate Scotland on St. Andrew’s Day at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre The Solway Piper plays every hour from 11 am. The squeaks and squawks of the ducks at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre will be drowned out by t
5 November 2013
Dormouse survey shows the success of Arun Riverlife
More dormice have been recorded at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre this October than in any month in the past two years. A recent survey of nesting boxes at the wetland reserve found four live dormice and 8 dormice nests inside the 61 nesting boxes onsite. Tw
5 November 2013