Recent Sightings

If you would like to submit a sighting, please click the Submit a Sighting button below and fill in all the details. Please do not post sightings of scarce breeding birds especially Schedule 1 and Rare Breeding Bird Panel species during the breeding season here or on social media. See list of rare breeding bird species here and here. If in doubt, please email sightingsteam@sos.org.uk for advice. For enquiries of a more general nature such as an unidentified bird photographed in a back garden please also email sightingsteam@sos.org.uk. Note that all postings are checked and may be subject to minor editorial changes.

Search sightings:

You can click or tap on any image to enlarge/shrink it

Page number

30 Apr 2025	Nightingale top of page end of page
	Another Nightingale singing away on my cycle from Lewes to Arlington this morning, this time just north of Darp Lane, Ripe. Also heard on the way were Chaffinch, Chiffchaff, Yellowhammer, Whitethroat, Blackcap, Skylark, Dunnock, Wren, Song Thrush, and Whitethroat. posted by Patrick Austin on 30 Apr 2025 17:35
30 Apr 2025	Cuckoo, Langney, Eastbourne top of page end of page
	Very vocal Cuckoo seen and heard at back of Langney Sports Club this morning. First I have seen for two years so very welcome sight. It was perched in the bushes at the back of the car park. Think it headed towards Pevensey. posted by Marilyn Dewar on 30 Apr 2025 17:20
30 Apr 2025	Adur at Shoreham top of page end of page
	I spent the 45 minutes up to high tide watching the Whimbrels south of the Norfolk Bridge. Initially widely dispersed and feeding in the saltmarsh, by high water they were all together in a flock totalling 21 birds. Other waders were about 30 Turnstones on a boat near the Bridge Inn and a scattering of Oystercatchers. posted by Steve Gilbert on 30 Apr 2025 15:43
30 Apr 2025	Hen harrier and lesser whitethroat top of page end of page
	Hen Harrier flying W, spotted near E end of Bob Lane. Also two Lesser Whitethroat (same area) besides Whitethroat, Blackcap and Goldfinches. All on Bob Lane within half a mile of Twineham Green. posted by Chris Hart on 30 Apr 2025 14:15
30 Apr 2025	Housemartins in Hurstpierpoint top of page end of page
	More housemartins have arrived this morning into their nests - about 10 birds seen posted by rebecca rees on 30 Apr 2025 14:03
30 Apr 2025	Hoopoe near Hope Gap top of page end of page
	Hoopoe between Hope Bottom and Coastguard cottages on Seaford Head nature reserve this morning. Unsurprisingly rather unsettled given the amount of foot traffic in the vicinity. posted by Martyn Waller on 30 Apr 2025 13:50
25 Apr 2025	Swift top of page end of page
	One Swift returned to nest under eaves at 22 King Henry's Road, Lewes posted by Audrey Jarvis on 30 Apr 2025 12:03
28 Apr 2025	Swift top of page end of page
	One Swift returned to a nest space in the colony at 98 Western Road, Lewes posted by Audrey Jarvis on 30 Apr 2025 11:54
30 Apr 2025	Another Mobile Goldfinch top of page end of page
	We have received another long-distance recovery of a Goldfinch that might be of interest. An adult male, ringed at the end of October last year at Hardham, has been recently found dead having struck a window near the south-west Atlantic coast of County Cork in the Republic of Ireland. This is the third one we have had that has crossed the Irish Sea and shows how far these birds range over the different seasons. posted by Reg Lanaway on 30 Apr 2025 08:51
29 Apr 2025	Hen Harrier top of page end of page
	Male Hen Harrier seen flying NE a little north of Mile Oak Farm at around 3pm. posted by Laurence on 29 Apr 2025 20:58