Sightings - Arundel
Harriers, kestrel and more raptors
A kestrel has been spotted all over the site - he has been perched up on the owl next box near Lapwing Hide sheltering from the rain last weekend. Plenty of birds of prey around now – red kites, peregrines, buzzards, sparrowhawk.
18 February 2020
First flowers blooming
Large number of lapwing flock in and coltsfoot, primrose and snow drops are flowering.
11 February 2020
Brown long-eared bats hibernate in a hide
Survey of wintering bat population on Sunday showed four brown long-eared bats using the Sand Martin hide, along with other wildlife.
27 January 2020
Abundance of goldcrests and a few firecrest too
We continue to have big numbers of goldcrests onsite as wintering birds come down from the north to swell the ranks. Birds of prey were showing well over the weekend with a barn owl over Arun Riverlife Lagoon, buzzards on the hangar, with sparrow hawk an
13 January 2020
Eleven Marsh harriers a female hen harrier in the afternoon roost
Recent wildlife sightings at Arundel Wetland Centre.
9 January 2020
Bittern in the reedbeds
A bittern was spotted in the reedbed and this elusive heron was been seen again on Monday.
26 November 2019
Hen harrier comes into roost
December moths, roosting laping and a predatory merlin chasing pied wagtails onsite last week. A female hen harrier has been showing up with the marsh harriers in the late afternoon to roost in the reedbeds.
19 November 2019
Cormorant numbers high
Last Tuesday we hit a high of twelve cormorants between the Ramsar and Sand Martin hides. The cormorants are also fishing on the Arun Riverlife lagoon.
11 November 2019
200+ pied wagtail roost returns
The winter pied wagtail roost has returned to the reedbeds.
7 November 2019
Little egrets, grey herons and cormorants are fishing
Little egrets are roosting to the right of the Ramsar hide. They break up in the morning and spread around the reserve.
14 October 2019
Butterflies showing on sunny days
Flashy kingfishers and colourful butterflies add bright pigments as summer greens starts to change.
23 September 2019
Snipe and teal numbers increasing
Autumn colours and species sightings are increasing but there is plenty of summer colour left in our butterfly survey.
10 September 2019
Herons, sand martins & kingfishers
Recent sightings by WWT wardens around our reserve last week.
26 August 2019
Swallows and Sand Martins chicks have fledged
The sand martins chicks have left the nest in the Sand Martin hide. They seemed to stay around a few days with their family but have moved on now. The swallow chicks have fledged in the Ramsar hide, flying strongly outside and perching up but they keep r
12 August 2019
Sand martins and owlets
Sand martins are checking out the Sand Martin hide as our sand martin pair raise their youngsters inside. The barn owlets trio have started branching near their nest box.
27 July 2019