Latest sightings
Big freeze hits the Arun Valley
Despite cold temps teal and other ducks are pairing up for spring Snow clouds over Arundel Wetland Centre Recent highlights: Increase in shoveler onsite as Arun Valley fre
26 February 2018
Great crested grebe & toad migration
Great crested grebe on Arun Riverlife lagoon since last Saturday On Monday and Tuesday evening the warm and damp weather started the annual mass migration of toads to breeding ponds. Reserve Manager Paul Stevens and t
22 February 2018
Lapwings arriving to stake nesting territory
Snipe in late afternoon at Ramsar hide by Romney Turner 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.
5 February 2018
Great egret, hawfinches and 18 lapwing
Male bullfinch by Jamie MacCallum shot Saturday morning during Golden Hour Early Opening event Highlights: Wednesday roost - 17 little egrets came into roost between 4.15 5pm near Ramsar hide along with 2 grey herons
29 January 2018
Great egret, whistling wigeon & a sparrowhawk close encounter
Fabulous firecrest causing excitment around the reserve. Pic from Romney Turner Wildlife Sightings blog by Paul Stevens, Reserve Manager at Arundl Wetland Centre Last Sunday’s bright sunshine had robins, tits and mi
15 January 2018
What's Wild this weekend Jan 13-14
This goldcrest was captured while preening by Romney Turner Woodland Loop great spotted woodpecker goldfinch blue tits coal tits great tits chaffinch hawfinch Lost Reedbed marsh harrier (roost) Reedbeds Water rai
14 January 2018
Singing mistle thrush & displaying teal
Goldcrest at Arundel Wetland Centre by Jamie MacCallum THE WINTER solstice is a few weeks past and optimistic mistle thrush, robins and dunnocks have begun singing in response to the slight increase in daylight. Grant
2 January 2018
Bullfinches, kingfishers & snipe showing in the cold
kingfisher on Dec 16 photographed by Alec Pelling. I’m sitting in our staff tea room watching the bird feeders while compiling my wildlife sightings list. Lots of blue and great tits, a few long-tailed tits and a go
18 December 2017
Jack snipe, hawfinches & more birds of prey
Redwing eating Berries photographed by Romney Turner We put a new roof on our Ramsar hide last week. The activity moved the kingfishers on from fishing near the hide, one of their favourite spots onsite. Instead our b
2 December 2017
Great egret, marsh harriers & hungry bats
A redpoll on seed head photo by Romney Turner Reserve warden Linda Magyar spotted a great egret that dropped into the reserve near the Ramsar hide mid-morning on Monday. The great egret was reported at Pagham Harbour
21 November 2017
Grey wagtail, grey herons & great numbers of greylags
A grey heron takes off near Lapwing Hide on Monday morning The weekly wildlife sightings blog by Arundel Wetland Centre Reserve Manager Paul Stevens. From the reedbed hide on Sunday at 4.40 pm I watched six marsh harr
13 November 2017
Marsh harriers, pied wagtails & start of a starling roost
Kingfishers showing well at Ramsar hide. Photo by visitor Susan Lamb. Wildlife Sightings blog by Paul Stevens, the WWT Arundel Wetland Centre Reserve Manager. We have had at least three more frosts over the past week
9 November 2017
Yellow-browed warbler & returning shelducks
Little Grebe carrying food by This morning I watched a clattering of jackdaw mob a juvenile peregrine flying over the Offham Hanger. Crows and jackdaws have been giving the buzzards a difficult time too. On Sun
17 October 2017
Autumn kingfishers & Sussex Peregrines
Kingfisher at the Sand Martin hide on Sun 8 Oct by Mike Jerome. A stoat was spotted in the car park last Saturday looking ‘bold as brass’ according to our Guide in the Hide David Harper. The fact the stoat was out
9 October 2017
Snipe & water rail numbers increase
Harvest mice are having a good year. Photo by Colin Knight Wildlife sightings blog by Paul Stevens, Reserve Manager at WWT Arundel Wetland Centre With autumn upon us the number of snipe we are seeing on the reserve is
2 October 2017