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26th June 2013 - Arundels reserve sightings
Morning All! What a beautiful day, sunny, dry and a light breeze. The Peregrines certainly think so they were flying over the reserve with a fresh catch this morning and are currently up on the hanger feeding. A couple of Buzzards and a Red kite have also
26 June 2013
21st June 2013
The warmer weather has brought many species of insects out in abundance over the last few days and the plants are coming through and flowering in record speed. Bee, Common spotted and Marsh orchids are all being observed in good numbers. RAMSAR & SAN
21 June 2013
Baby Tern
This morning, right on the estimated date at least one of the two Common Tern eggs have hatched on the tern raft in front of the Sand martin hide. Windows have been opened for the occassion!
18 June 2013
Mondays sightings
RESERVE: Sedge warbler, Cuckoo (heard only), Reed warbler, Sparrow hawk, Water vole, Reed bunting, Wren, Nuthatch, Swallows, Goldfinch, Chaffinch, Green finch, Great tit, Blue tit, Robin, Blackbird, Pheasants, Wood pigeon, Jackdaw, Herring gulls. SAND MAR
10 June 2013
Hotting up!
The weather has been warming up over the week, but so has the action. A surprise visit by a solitary Black tailed Godwit on Friday was an unusual find for this time of year, but it only stayed a short time. A Barn Owl during a bat survey last week out on
9 June 2013
Sundays sightings
RESERVE: Blue tit, Great tit, Nuthatch, Blackbird, Robin, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Tree creeper, Wren, Water voles, Moorhens, Coots & chicks, Reed bunting, Mallards & ducklings, Peregrines, Red kites. LAPWING HIDE: 4 Grey lag geese & 15 goslings,
19 May 2013
A Nightjar!
Nightjar 15/05/13 by David Barrett We saw this lovely bird yesterday, just on the entrance to the Reed bed, below our owl box. This bird was probably out at this time of the day due to exhaustion. From mid March to m
16 May 2013
Todays sightings
RESERVE: Pied wagtail, Wood pigeon, 2 Buzzards, Pheasant, Dunnock, Reed bunting, Cetti's, Reed & Sedge warblers, Black bird, Song thrush, Jackdaw, Crow, Blue tit, Great tit, Chaffinch, Green finch, Great Spotted woodpecker, Wren, Water voles, Water ra
14 May 2013
Todays sightings
RESERVE: Water voles, Swallows, House Martins, Red kite, Peregrine, Dunnock, robin, collared dove, Black bird, Blue tit, Great tit, Green finch, Chaffinch, Goldfinch, Nut hatch, Coot & chicks, Moorhen & chicks, Mallard & ducklings, Pochard &am
12 May 2013
Common terns
Any of you visiting today, sighting in the Sand Martin hide would of indeed had a good laugh at our expense! Putting the tern raft out in high winds was probably not the best idea in the world, but we persevered and it is now out and attached to underwate
9 May 2013
Todays sightings
RAMSAR & SANDMARTIN HIDE: 2 Oyster catchers, Grey lag and Canada geese and goslings, 5 Shelduck, 1 Shoveler, 5 Lapwing & chicks, 7 Gadwall, 1 Egyptian goose. LAPWING HIDE: 1 Grey heron, 15 Greylag geese, 6 Lapwing and chicks, Mallard & ducklin
3 May 2013
Arundel sightings
LAPWING HIDE: 13 Grey lag geese and goslings, 5 Lapwing and chicks and 2 Gadwall. SAND MARTIN & RAMSAR HIDE: 2 Oyster catchers, 1 Shoveler, 7 Canadian geese, ! eygyptian goose, 19 Tufted duck, 5 Gadwall, 2 Greylag geese, 3 Lapwing, 2 Shelduck and 1 Co
30 April 2013
Beautiful birds of prey
Paul and I were spoilt on our walk around and count today, seeing Red Kites, Buzzards, Sparrow hawk, Kestrel and Peregrines. All displaying beautifully across the reserve. LAPWING HIDE: 11 Greylag geese and goslings, 3 Shelduck, 4 Lapwing and chick. RAMSA
29 April 2013
Lovely Lapwing
The best place to see the Lapwing are from the Ramsar & Sand martin hides and of course, the Lapwing hide. If you look carefully you may also see the chicks that hatched this week. The Glossy Ibis was also showing well from this hide yesterday and com
27 April 2013
Cuckoo!
For 2 days now, the cuckoo has been calling from the back of the Reed bed, but as yet we have not spotted the elusive bird! I have also seen our first 2 Lapwing chicks today, she is guarding them well so you will definitely need your binoculars. On Tuesda
25 April 2013