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Cattle Egret
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The CATTLE EGRET present again at Rodmell briefly in the field on the eastern bank of the Ouse opposite the end of the footpath leading from Rodmell (TQ433068) before flying off in a north-easterly direction at 2pm. Also present in the area of the Lewes Brooks a female Marsh Harrier. Posted on 02 Jan 2008 by Philip Thompson
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| 02 Jan 2008 |
Common Sandpiper
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A cold and blowy trip out with Phil Turney in the Climping/Ford area, we failed to locate the Bean Geese, but a surprise find was 2 Common Sandpipers in the main channel of the River Arun east of Ford Station at about 11.30.Posted on 02 Jan 2008 by Trevor Gibson-Poole
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| 02 Jan 2008 |
Pulborough Brooks RSPB nature reserve
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Flock of 26 black-tailed godwits on north brooks this afternoon with good numbers of lapwing, wigeon, teal, shoveler and pintail. Barn owl, buzzard and peregrine also seen today.Posted on 02 Jan 2008 by Pete Hughes
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| 02 Jan 2008 |
Long-tailed duck
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The Long-tailed Duck still on Hove Lagoon this morning at 8.45am. No sign of the Glaucous Gull along Southwick Canal (and again this afternoon - Paul James).Posted on 02 Jan 2008 by Chris Corrigan
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Kingfisher on The Brooks (nr Lewes)
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At 13.00 approx a Kingfisher seen feeding from the pools to the southern perimeter of the Stanley Turner grounds (north perimeter of The Brooks).Posted on 02 Jan 2008 by Timothy Lawrence
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Cattle Egret
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A photo of the CATTLE EGRET at East Lavant taken by Stan Snow.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Paul James
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Shore Lark
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The SHORE LARK still at Rye Harbour today. Also on the reserve two Scaup and a redhead Smew. (From www.RXwildlife.org.uk).Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Paul James
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Garden Viewing
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Our semi rural garden in Easebourne provided excellent viewing - without getting cold! A pair of Redpolls feeding in the silver birches (possibly up to 6 in all). Nuthatch, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker. Many tits including Long-tailed. Only my second ever viewing of Redpoll in the garden.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Peter & Peta Davis
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
SOS Bird Race
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Alan Loweth, Matt Kirk and myself (Egret birders East Grinstead RSPB group members) decided to partake in the SOS Bird Race today, to get our year list off to a flying start. We headed west and were on the North Wall at Pagham before daylight. We moved onto Sidlesham Ferry Pool, Church Norton, West Wittering and East Head before returning inland to the Downs above North Stoke, Amberley, then into Pulborough Brooks finishing off at Greatham Bridge. Highlights were a Barn Owl perched alongside the Storrington - Amberley road, Water Rail and Grey and Golden Plover at the North Wall. On the sea at Church Norton we had three Red-breasted Mergansers, single Red-throated Diver, and single Slavonian Grebe. We had a Great Northern Diver in the channel north of East Head, the summer plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit, and then the RED-BREASTED GOOSE and BLACK BRANT in the field behind the car park. Highlights on the Downs were two quartering Short-eared Owls, ringtail Hen Harrier, two Common Buzzards, together with Kestrel and Sparrowhawk. A great day and 85 species seen. Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Nick Walker
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Peregrine
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A Peregrine roosting on the nestbox on the chimney of Shoreham Power Station at dusk. Very few gulls roosting on the quay by the lock gates and no sign of the Glaucous Gull.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Paul James
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| 31 Dec 2007 |
Short-eared Owls
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Two Short-eared Owls on Downs above Alciston and Berwick - displaying to each other and then one mobbing a Raven. One still on 1st January.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Michael Hawkins
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Wivelsfield
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A possible Yellow-browed Warbler heard calling 4 or 5 times with a tit flock in Purchase Wood today (although I couldn't see it and the birds moved off fairly quickly). 43 other species around the village included all three woodpeckers, Pochard, Grey Wagtail and 1st winter Mediterranean Gull. Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Matthew Silk
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Bramblings
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The flock of Bramblings and Chaffinches reported yesterday opposite the "Black Horse" pub at Telham (on the A2100 SE of Battle) was still there late this morning today. Weather gloomy and damp, so counting them difficult. Estimate at least 50 birds in the flock, which seems to frequent a maize stubblefield (crop may not have been harvested).Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Robin Harris
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
New Year's Day
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Happy New Year to all, got out a bit today starting at Swanbourne Lake where we managed to find a redhead Smew. Moving onto West Wittering we saw the RED-BREASTED GOOSE and BLACK BRANT before they were flushed by what sounded like a gun-shot. At Selsey, we saw 4 Red-throated Divers, a Black-throated Diver and a Great Northern Diver, a single adult Mediterranean Gull and ca. 30 Common Scoter. At Pagham we saw at least 18 Slavonian Grebes offshore at Church Norton. Finished the day off with a single Short-eared Owl from the path which leads from Church Norton to the Visitor Centre. Lots of birders out in the field today so look forward to pages of sightings! 81 species seen.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Nick Bond
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| 30 Dec 2007 |
Summer plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit
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Interesting to see Paul Ormerod's photo of a summer-plumaged Bar-tailed Godwit, as I saw two summer-plumaged birds the day after in Pagham Harbour viewed from Church Norton.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Nick Bond
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Stansted Firecrest
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Firecrest today - just off the footpath across the road from Christ Church, Forestside, Stansted Forest. Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Mike Collins
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Warnham LNR
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Sightings here today included a pair of Mandarins, 1 Siskin, 2 Bramblings, 4 Pochard, 2 Tufted Duck, 1 Little Grebe, 1 Marsh Tit, 4+ Water Rails and a Kingfisher.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Sam Bayley
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| 30 Dec 2007 |
A great day at Pulborough Brooks.
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With a clear blue sky, no wind, and the sun just warming the air we looked forward to spending a very pleasant few hours bird watching. At most of the viewing points were very good numbers of Wigeon and Teal. Also a few Pintail, Shoveler and Shelduck. Many thousands of Lapwing. Our high point was a female Peregrine swooping down on the large flocks of birds trying in vain to pick out one of the weaker birds. Redwings working the hedgerows in many of the fields. A Green Woodpecker and a Jay in the trees at the rear of the main building. Many different tits on the feeders at the side and the front. All this and fantastic weather.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Steve Hodgson-Berry
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Long-tailed Duck
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The Long-tailed Duck still on Hove Lagoon. No sign of the Glaucous Gull.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Paul James
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| 01 Jan 2008 |
Cattle Egret
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The CATTLE EGRET (with 3 Little Egrets) still on the E side of the River Ouse near Rodmell. Park in the Monk's House NT car park at Rodmell and walk to the river bank to view.Posted on 01 Jan 2008 by Paul James
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