Lots of Lapwings
We had lots of lapwing in this week and a pair of peregrine, too.
On New Year’s Day we had around 200 lapwings arrived at 3.30 pm on the deep lagoon between the Ramsar hide and the Sand martin hide. When there is a risk of ice overnight, lapwings look for the deeper water that doesn’t freeze into a bridge for four legged predators. The flocks dawdlers were counted in the morning observations by the Reserve Team – 8 on Friday and 30 on Sunday.
We had two peregrines recorded on Saturday morning on the Offham Hangar above the centre.
Sat 3 January 2026
Arun Riverlife lagoon: 35 Canada geese, 1 kingfisher, 32 black-headed gulls, 2 herring gulls, 3 wood pigeon, 3 magpies
Ramsar hide and Sand Martin hide: 30 lapwings
Offham hangar: 2 peregrine falcons.
Friday 2 January
Ramsar hide and Sand Martin hide: 2 Egyptian geese, 3 snipe, 8 lapwings
Woodland Loop: 6 woodpigeons, 20 blue tits, 8 great tits, 2 moorhens, 1 robin, 4 chaffinches, 1 blackbird, 1 dunnock, 1 carrion crow, 3 mallards.
Thursday 1 January
Ramsar hide and Sand Martin hide: c200 lapwing came in around 3.30 pm, 13 wigeon ducks, 9 lapwings, 11 shelducks, 2 Egyptian geese
Reedbed: 19 mallards, 2 blackbirds, 4 blue tits, 4 goldfinches, 7 shovelers, 3 teal ducks, 2 great tits, 10 long-tailed tits, 3 goldcrests, 1 chiffchaff, 1 snipe, 1 moorhen, 1 wren
