Latest sightings
Green woodpecker in reedswamp exhibit
Green woodpeckers feed on the ground, dining on ants and other insects. Other sightings this morning Lapwing hide: Snipe, tufted duck, teal, Cetti's warbler, Canada geese, pheasant Ramsar & SandMartin hides: mute
12 September 2016
Yes the osprey is around - so are kingfishers!
Kingfisher near the boat jetty on Thursday afternoon. Photo by Nicky MacQueen On Monday & Tuesday the osprey hadn't been seen onsite and we were starting to think he may have moved on. However on Sunday aft
9 September 2016
Monday & Tuesday sightings
Mon 5 Sept Sightings Lapwing hide: teal, Canada geese, pheasants, mallards Ramsar and Sand Martin hides: shoveller ducks, gadwall, mandarin duck, grey heron, mallard. Scrape Hide: grey heron, kingfisher, gadwall, teal, Cetti's warbler. Arun Riverlife lago
6 September 2016
Osprey still showing
Common darters in a mating wheel This morning onsite we spotted: Lapwing hide: grey heron, reed warbler, Canada geese, pheasant Ramsar & Sand Martin Hide: cormorant, common sandpiper, kingfisher, gadwall, teal Scr
30 August 2016
Osprey appearance
A juvenile osprey was sighted fishing at the deep scrape at Arundel Wetland Centre on Sunday. Juvenile ospreys have darker, less distinct head markings and pale edge to their wings. The bird spent the day making low and high passes giving the visitors
22 August 2016
Weekly sightings 22nd July
After some really warm weather the insects have made a noticeable appearance. Star of the show is probably the amount of Red admirals. Other butterflies currently on the wing include Brimstone, Meadow brown, Gatekeeper and Ringlet. Brown hawkers have jo
22 July 2016
Wildlife sightings weekly summary
Birds of prey showing well at the moment with a Buzzard carrying prey to a nest site and a juvenile Peregrine Falcon being very vocal, flying around its parents, begging for a feed over the hanger. Chiffchaff singing through the reedbed boardwalk and Sedg
3 July 2016
Wildlife day walks revealed grass snakes and warblers
This is WWT Arundel Grounds Manager Paul Stevens' weekly column from the Observer series of weekly newspaper from June 22 edition. WE CELEBRATED Sussex Day last Thursday with a series of wildlife walks and talks at Arundel Wetland Centre. I took 14 visito
25 June 2016
June 13 wildife sightings
Toadlets were hatching out of the front pond over the weekend. Around the reserve: Sedge, reed and Cetti’s warblers, reed bunting, great tits, chiff chaff, wren, goldfinch, swallow, bullfinch, green finch, pied wagt
13 June 2016
May 26 Wildlife sightings
Black-headed gull chicks are hatching in the small colony opposite the Sand Martin hide. Photo by Rob Collins Around the grounds: kingfisher, chaffinches, sedge warbler, reed warbler, Cetti's warbler, shelduck, shove
27 May 2016
Hairy dragonflies, busy mason bees & lapwing chicks
Grass snake checks to see if I am friend or foe. This is the May 26 edition of the Wildlife Sightings column by Paul Stevens for the Observer Series of newspapers. A HAIRY dragonfly appeared in our Meadow Maze on Sund
27 May 2016
Wildlife Sightings for May 20
A clutch of shelduck ducklings have hatched out near the Scrape hide. Photo by Russ Tofts Spotted this morning at: The Lapwing Hide: Lapwing, Canada geese, wood pigeon, gadwall, coot, black-headed gull. On Wetlands Di
20 May 2016
Shelducklings hatch, dunlin spotted & great crested grebe returns
A long tailed tit fledgling calls for its lunch in the woodland loop. This is Paul Steven's Wildlife Sightings column for May 19, 2016. You can read Paul’s column every week in the Observer series of newspapers. New
20 May 2016
Wildlife sightings May 17
Greylag geese pair with goslings in tow Sighted at the Lapwing hide: lapwing, greylag geese, reed warbler, moorhen, gadwall, reed bunting. Between the Ramsar and Sand Martin hides: tufted ducks, mute swan, Cana
17 May 2016
Lesser white throat warblings & cuckoo calls
This is Paul Steven’s Wildlife Sightings column for May 12, 2016. You can read Paul's column every week in the Observer series of newspapers. I spotted a lesser white throat again on Sunday (May 8). We have a few singing on site each spring but this is
10 May 2016