Lapwing flocks in the Arun Valley are breaking up and these waders are heading off for their nesting grounds, like the wet grasslands at Arundel Wetland Centre. The birds arrive here in February and soon the males will start display flights and calls. In March the females will lay 4-5 stone coloured eggs in scrape nests dotted around the grassland.
Our Reserve team put a Bushnell camera trap in the Lapwing hide after finding owl pellets there recently. Last Friday & Sat the infrared camera captured footage of a barn owl perching, preening, stretching and scratching in the hide rafters between hunting runs. It stayed for a rest between 12-3 am before departing for its day roost between 4-5 am.
Recent sightings:
Along the paths
Woodland Loop
Lost Reedbed
Reedbeds
Lagoons
Ramsar, Sand Martin & Scrape
Wetlands Discovery
Arun Riverlife
Wet Grasslands
from Lapwing & Ramsar hides