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Saturday 8th January 2022 at 10.00amMeet at the information booth at the car park entrance at 10.00amWe have been invited by SDOS to join their birding event. This popular and informative walk will be led by Tim Holter and Tony Benton from the Shoreham and District Ornithological Society. We advise wearing waterproof clothes and …
Widewater Swan who is now safely installed in the Swan Sanctuary His injury is not serious and they think that with a couple of days rest he will be ready to come home and back to his mate. He endured a 2.5h journey in my car ( thanks to heavy traffic on the M25!) but …
Update on the Widewater injured Swan Huge thanks to Billy Elliot from Wadars who impressively caught the elusive and very fiesty injured Swan at Widewater today. Billy took him to Grove Lodge vets for an X-ray which showed swelling around a joint but no fractures which is good news. As he needs a course of …
It has been a long time for the Widewater pen to be sitting on her eggs and I know that many people feel concerned for her. This is the first time in 13 breeding years that things haven’t gone smoothly for them though they have had ups and downs along the way. As so much …
AN UPDATEI know that so many people are hoping to hear good news about the Widewater Swan pair who have been nesting this breeding season. I visited the site today and viewed the nest from Dave and Mo Wilson’s garden. At the moment, the pen is still sitting on her nest but the eggs have …
With Spring in the air and the Swans showing activity around the nest site I thought I would post some info about the breeding season – sorry if this turns into a long read! First a bit of history – for newcomers to the area – The Widewater is the home and territory of a …
On 2nd May 2020 three beautiful little cygnets were hatched to our family of swans on the Widewater. Very very sadly a couple of days later Mr Fox was seen in the swans nest and it looked like now only one cygnet survived. Nature at its worst. However this little cygnet and its parents are …
A selection of some of the wildlife pictures taken during the first week of lockdown, due to the COVID 19 virus Thank you to Emma Swan, Dave Hoggen & Keith Wells for these amazing photographs Black Tailed Godwit Graceful Egrit Lively Egret Juvenile Oyster Catcher in Flight Oyster Catcher Oyster Catchers
Our 2019 Juvenile (nicknamed Trevor) spotted at the western end of Widewater, Saturday 21 March 2020 Photos courtesy of Keith Wells
Everyone is invited to Gull-Watch, and impromptu public birding event this Saturday 14th March at Coronation Green. The green overlooks the RSPB Adur Estuary nature reserve in the heart of Shoreham by Sea. You will find the green next to the pedestrian footbridge in Shoreham High Street. The event is informal, starting at 11.30 and …