Goosander on site
A female goosander has been seen onsite this week, alternating between the Arun Riverlife lagoon and on the water at Waterside Walk.
Goosanders are a sawbill duck – suited for diving and fishing. They breed in the north and west of UK and winter on lakes and reservoirs, including those along the south coast.
We have occasionally recorded a goosander onsite, so this sighting has been a nice treat with our staff just as excited as our visitors.
The Evening Roost event on Wednesday a success with visitors reporting 4-6 marsh harriers and enjoying the cattle egret roost at the Scrape hide. The viewing platform debuted is new reedbed interpretation signs.
Highlights: goosander, red kite, redwings, firecrest, little grebe, great white egret
Wed 5 Nov
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 1 cormorant, 1 little egret, 1 water rail,1 pochard
Pelican cove: 1 water rail
Ramsar and Sand Martin hide: 5 cattle egret, 1 little egret, 1 shelduck, 1 great white egret
Waterside walk: 1 female goosander
Scrape hide: 20 gadwall, 15 mallards, 1 snipe, 5 teal, 5 shoveler, 2 blackbirds, 1 little grebe, 1 water rail
Car park: 4 ravens
Tues 4 Nov
Ramsar and Sand Martin hide: 7 cormorants, 2 cattle egrets, 7 wood pigeons, 1 collared dove, 2 shelducks, 2 greylag geese, 2 coots, 9 shovelers, 1 tufted ducks, 8 gadwall, 8 mallards, 5 Canada goose, 4 cackling X barnacle geese, 3 black-headed gulls, 3 teal
Wet meadow: 1 green woodpecker
Wetland Discovery: grey heron
Scrape hide: 2 shelducks, 1 kingfisher
Waterside walk: 1 female goosander (and on Arun Riverlife lagoon)
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 1 pochard
Mon 3 Nov
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 1 pochard
Ramsar and Sand Martin hide: 2 pochard, 3 lapwing, 2 shelducks
Lapwing hide: 1 pheasant, 1 wren, 1 carrion crow, 1 goldfinch
Waterside walk: 1 female goosander (and on Arun Riverlife lagoon)
Sun 2 Nov
Car Park: 8 redwings,
Wetland Discovery: 24 mallards, 2 woodpigeon, 4 robins, 3 blackbirds, 1 song thrush, 3 great tits, 1 dunnock, 1 pied wagtail, 10 blue tits, 2 Cetti’s warblers, 4 coots, 2 chaffinches, 4 tufted ducks, 3 long-tailed tits, 2 firecrests, 1 great-spotted woodpecker, 8 goldfinches, 1 wren
Ramsar and Sand Martin hide: 2 lapwing
Scrape hide: 1 goosander, 1 water rail, 1 little grebe
Woodland Loop: 1 mistle thrush
Sat 1 Nov
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 21 mallards, 3 coots, 1 little grebe, 1 dunnock, 2 grey wagtail, 4 gadwall, 12 tufted ducks, 1 Cetti’s warbler, 2 Canada geese.
Ramsar and Sand Martin hide: 1 red kite, 8 cattle egret, 1 little egret, 15 teal, 3 wigeon
Scrape hide: 1 great white egret, 1 grey heron
