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Comment on No such thing as a seagull, and other punchable phrases by Charlie Peverett

Charlie Peverett — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 22:43:30 +0000

Thanks Steve, though that observation is what is known in our household as a ‘dad joke’. Seagulls not quite at Falmer, though stadium looks a bit bigger every time I look from the train. Incidently someone had three adult Med Gulls on playing fields nearby at Stanmer today… still haven’t managed to bag one of those from the train yet.

Jon, you’re absolutely right. Would we stand for ‘Brassica Blue’ or ‘Purple Sprouting Broccoli Hairstreak’? I think not. Zero tolerance to cursed ‘Cabbage White’.

Comment on No such thing as a seagull, and other punchable phrases by Jon

Jon — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:11:37 +0000

And there’s no such thing as a cabbage white.

Jon

Comment on No such thing as a seagull, and other punchable phrases by Steve

Steve — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:51:27 +0000

An entertaining analysis there, Charlie (I particularly like the ‘heron-sized’ description of Great BBs, which are real bruisers).
I have to take issue with your comment about there being no ‘Seagulls’, however – there’s a few at Withdean (or are they in Falmer now?)…..just as there are Eagles in south London.

Comment on Glynde Reach, 8 November by Charlie Peverett

Charlie Peverett — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:29:11 +0000

Cheers Barrie, good sighting – first local bird of the winter I think.

Comment on Glynde Reach, 8 November by Barrie Norman

Barrie Norman — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:04:51 +0000

Saw Short-eared Owl on Downs near Bo-Peep on 11th Nov at 14.30. It was being mobbed by other birds and kept taking off and landing in short tusks of grass.

Comment on More Marsh Tits by One small paddock, four species of gull « Firle birds

One small paddock, four species of gull « Firle birds — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:15:08 +0000

[...] at Place Farm around 7 this morning, I was pleased to see (after a few weeks’ absence) our very own scraggy-tailed Herring Gull amongst around 30 Black-headed [...]

Comment on Woodcock by Charlie Peverett

Charlie Peverett — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 20:35:50 +0000

Cheers Liam – I’m waiting for the next cold snap for mine… will always remember seeing one of my first during a harsh winter (‘87?) at home in Kent. Great birds.

Comment on Woodcock by Liam Curson

Liam Curson — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 14:52:56 +0000

You may be interested to know in that case that last winter my dad saw one on the Golf Course on the downs just North of Seaford, after the heavy snowfall in early February, when it had presumably been forced out of cover to look for food.

Comment on What is Firle birds? by Alan Kitson and Miou Helps

Alan Kitson and Miou Helps — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 20:05:46 +0000

Sun 4th Oct We spent a couple of hours this morning on foot from Darp Lane to Laughton Level and mainly over towards Laughton saw up to eight Buzzards soaring at a time, one or two Sparrowhawks, a flock of say 300 Meadow Pipits, 50 Swallows on wires, one Chiffchaff and a really tame Wheatear. We saw several clouded yellows and even photographed one albeit with wings shut(Don’t know how to send it to this web page). We saw, along an as yet still wet ditch several bonded pairs of darters evidently egg-laying and some bigger blue and green dragonflies which we thought perhaps emperors but is too late for this species and Geof Gowlett on the phone suggested more probably migrant or southern hawkers.

Comment on Marsh Tit, Whinchats, Hobby by More Marsh Tits « Firle birds

More Marsh Tits « Firle birds — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 20:00:13 +0000

[...] revealed a couple of Marsh Tits in the wood – only my thrid record for Firle, and soon after the second. It makes me wonder whether we might, in fact, have a small resident population after [...]