Arundel News
Explore Nocturnal Nature each day of Oct half term
Start at the Wicked Wetlands hut to explore the Nocturnal Nature Trail of sights, sounds and (ugh) smells this October halfterm.
22 October 2019
Club-rush in comeback at Arundel
Last summer the team at WWT Arundel started the re-introduction of a plant that was once so rare in the UK that it was only found on the Tamar estuary in Devon, and then in a patch smaller than a doormat!
9 September 2019
Trio of barn owl chicks hatched
Three female owlets hatched out at Arundel Wetland Centre this spring.
22 July 2019
Bring your wild dad to Sussex Wildlife Day on Father's Day
Help dad go wild this Father's Day at Sussex Wildlife Day activities at Arundel Wetland Centre!
13 June 2019
Go Quackers this Easter
Easter at Arundel Wetland Centre has never been so exciting with the popular Giant Easter Duck Trail running April 6-22. Families will be able to explore our stunning wetlands while searching for giant yellow ducks hiding among the reeds, trees, and of co
4 April 2019
Damp days mean its time for Toad Patrol
A few days of damp weather have signaled that its spring migration time to Sussex toads! This can put them in danger as they make their way across country roads.
4 March 2019
Celebrate World Wetlands Day with WWT Arundel
Arundel Wetland Centre invites visitors to explore their local wetland habitat on February 2, World Wetlands Day through walks and talks with WWT experts. This day marks the date of the adoption of the Convention on Wetlands on 2 February 1971, in the Ir
28 January 2019
Record number of marsh harriers recorded at WWT Arundel
A marsh harrier coming in to roost over Arundel Wetland Centre. Photo: Romney Turner. Three years ago The Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust wardens were excited when two marsh harriers began flying into the far reedbeds at Arundel Wetland Centre in the late aft
15 November 2018
Winter Wellness Weekend is Nov 3-4
Try free taster sessions on mindfulness, yoga and more to stay healthy and stress free this winter. Winter can be a difficult time for some: shorter, darker days limit our time outdoors while the financial pressures a
30 October 2018
Rare plant returns after century’s absence
Wardens Abbie Hobbs and Suzi Lanaway planting 400 triangular club-rush seedlings at Arundel Wetland Centre A plant so rare that it was only found in a patch smaller than a doormat has been reintroduced to the A
7 August 2018
Wooly mowers to manage meadow
One of 19 Jacob sheep introduced onto the grazing marsh habitat this summer. Pic: Paul Stevens Nineteen Jacob sheep were introduced into the wet grassland habitat to help manage the area on Tues 24 July. Reserv
30 July 2018
Big Butterfly Count 2018 begins
Take part in this national survey when you visit Arundel Wetland Centre or in your own garden or park. Female common blue butterfly photographed by Paul Stevens Visitors to Arundel Wetland Centre can help save
26 July 2018
Cream Tea & Chat about Climate Change with local MP Nick Herbert
Nick Herbert, MP dropped in for a heart-to-heart on climate change with Arundel staff and town residents. WWT Arundel Wetland Centre invited Rt Hon Nick Herbert, MP for Arundel & South Downs to join them on Friday
7 July 2018
Wildflowers walks are the bomb this July!
Meadowsweet, the favourite strewing herb of Queen Elizabeth the first! Wildflowers are ‘da bomb’ at Arundel Wetland Centre in summer… the seed bomb that is. Every ‘Wildflower Wednesday’ this July when you
28 June 2018
Notable club-tailed dragonfly shopping at Arundel
Female club-tailed dragonfly, a nationally notable species, sits in the window of WWT gift shop. While the wardens were out on a survey counting over 600 dragonflies of 12 species around the reserve at Arundel Wetland
21 June 2018