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Club-rush in comeback at Arundel

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Big Butterfly Count 2018 begins

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

Wildflowers walks are the bomb this July!

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

VIP duckling Louis hatches at Arundel Wetland Centre

VIP duckling Louis hatches at Arundel Wetland Centre

Louis the white-headed duckling is a member of an endangered species Meet duckling 'Louis' who just hatched out at WWT Arundel on Sat 28 April. This baby white-headed duck is a VIP – belonging to one of the most end

28 April 2018

Arundel Grabs the Gap for wildflowers

Arundel Grabs the Gap for wildflowers

Volunteer Pauline Jones has been helping Grab the Gap at WWT Arundel. WWT Arundel Wetland Centre has taken up the challenge to ‘Grab the Gap’ and fill it with wildflowers this spring. The British & Irish Assoc

26 April 2018

Vibrant, abstract artworks by Alison Ingram now on display

Vibrant, abstract artworks by Alison Ingram now on display

Artist Alison Ingram Vibrant, abstract paintings and limited edition prints by wildlife artist Alison Ingram are on now display in the Visitor Centre of WWT Arundel Wetland Centre until Jan 2, 2018. The exhibition ope

1 November 2017

Incredible Insects weekend is June 24-25

Incredible Insects weekend is June 24-25

Enjoy insect activities with our Learning Team on June 24-25. Join the Great Wetland Bug Hunt at Arundel Wetland Centre with a free insect spotters guide available at the admission desk during Incredible Insects weeke

12 June 2017

Viridor Credits supports wildlife at WWT Arundel

Viridor Credits supports wildlife at WWT Arundel

  Viridor Credits Environmental Company has awarded a magnificent grant of £60,000 to improve habitat for wildlife at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre, as part of the Landfill Communities Fund. WWT will use the grant to create a series of new wetland poo

27 April 2017

Discover Birds Weekend is Mar 25-26

Discover Birds Weekend is Mar 25-26

Kingfisher on a bulrush by Paul Stevens - join Paul's 'Bird Photography Walk' on Sunday afternoon.   The new Spring version of our popular Discover Birds Weekend runs March 25-26 at Arundel Wetland Centre.  This

4 March 2017