At Broadmarsh not much to speak of - 3 small grebes a long way out were unidentified.
Thursday 29 December 2016
27th December (Warblington/Broadmarsh)
3 Cattle Egrets seen immediately with a a single Little Egret, however, 10 minutes later they flew off.
At Broadmarsh not much to speak of - 3 small grebes a long way out were unidentified.
At Broadmarsh not much to speak of - 3 small grebes a long way out were unidentified.
26th December (Littlehampton boat lake/The Burgh)
At the Burgh were at least 6 Red Kites and lots of Buzzards as well as a pair of displaying Raven's. A Buzzard type species flew over being mobbed by Kites which looked good for a Rough-legged Buzzard - I didn't get all the salient features and the above photo is not very helpful, so I will keep an eye on the local Sussex news to see if one gets reported.
We heard partridge but couldn't see any and there was a distinct lack of Corn Buntings.
25th December (Chichester GP's/Burpham)
The juv. Scaup seen diving frequently and further up the path the Long-tailed Duck was showing nicely.
No sign of any Bewick's @ Burpham.
No sign of any Bewick's @ Burpham.
Wednesday 7 December 2016
Sunday 19 June 2016
Turkey intro
Just come back from a great trip to Turkey with Naturetrek for dragonflies. On top of some great dragonflies also had 5 new bird lifers: Rufous Bush Chat, White-throated Robin, Red-fronted Serin, Finsch's Wheatear and Eastern Orphean Warbler.
Pictures to follow
Pictures to follow
Friday 6 May 2016
Fobney (04/05/2016)
A new site for me and only 20 minutes walk from my office. A couple of Sedge Warblers, 4 Common Terns, Little Egret, Sparrowhawk and Grey Wagtail were the highlights.
Theale GPs (03/05/2016)
Did a quick look around on the way home from work. Not much but did see 2 drake Red-crested Pochards, 2 Common Sandpipers (1 on Hosehill, one on the Main Pit), Sedge Warbler, Little Ringed Plover and heard Cuckoo.
Thursday 28 April 2016
Dinton / Moor Green Lakes (28/04/16)
My annual jaunt around Dinton Pastures was extremely poor. I suspect the cold weather didn't help but the only decent birds were 2 male Mandarin's and a Garden Warbler. Very few warblers and no Nightingales. I suspect next year I won't be doing this walk again as Dinton has deteriorated over the years and is no longer worth a good visit.
Moor Green Lakes was much better with good numbers of hirundines, my first Swift of the year, Common Sandpiper and a cracking Yellow Wagtail on the marsh near the hide.
Moor Green Lakes was much better with good numbers of hirundines, my first Swift of the year, Common Sandpiper and a cracking Yellow Wagtail on the marsh near the hide.
Friday 25 March 2016
The Camargue @ Christmas
Although, I didn't get any lifers (except a possible fly-over Citril Finch) there were some notable highlights including, according to the leader, me finding the bird of the trip, i.e. Black-winged Kite:
Bewick's Swan
Black Stork
Purple Swamphen
Little Bustard (distant)
one Slender-billed Gull
Black Woodpecker
Alpine Accentor
Penduline Tit
Pair of Bonelli's Eagles (my best ever view)
4 Wallcreepers
Rock Sparrow
Good sized flock of Brambling
Yelkouan Shearwater
Rock Bunting
Out of season Squacco Heron and Wood Sandpiper
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