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Sedge Warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
On Monday afternoon I visited Arundel WWT and was delighted
to witness several interesting wildlife behaviours. I observed the first one from the
footbridge over the pond outside the entrance. The Moorhens have produced a second
brood just a few days old. A first brood chick fed two of the second brood
chicks.
I saw two Water Voles in the reserve. The first swam from the far end of a
pond, under the footbridge I was standing on (when it was too close for my lens to focus),
then exited from the opposite end of the pond. The second was out of the water before I could take a photo. I spotted a Common Shrew
enjoying the spoils underneath a bird feeder. A Wren boldly flew onto a fence
post and preened itself for a few minutes. A Sedge Warbler sang his heart out from the top of a
tree, then flew up and around and came back to the same tree top. It repeated
this feat, then flew off and sang from a nearby tree. The Black-necked Swans have a family of fluffy white cygnets.
The Sand Martin hide had two Common Tern chicks on the nesting
platform and Black-headed Gull chicks provided more entertainment nearby. A pair of
Canada Geese had 11 grown-up goslings grazing nearby.
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Black-headed Gull chick, Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
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Black-headed Gull chicks, Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
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Canada Geese, Branta canadensis |
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Common Shrew, Sorex araneus |
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Black-necked Swans and cygnets, Cygnus melancoryphus |
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Common Spotted-orchid, Dactylorhiza fuchsii |
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Common Tern, Sterna hirundo |
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Common Tern chick, Sterna hirundo |
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Common Tern with two chicks |
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Moorhen chick, Gallinula chloropus |
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First brood Moorhen chick feeding second brood chicks |
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Sedge Warbler, Acrocephalus schoenobaenus |
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time to sing from another tree |
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Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius |
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I saw the second water vole here |
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Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes |