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Quail near Bopeep

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

The closest yet… A Quail in the valley just south of Bo-Peep (Alciston) today, heard by Matt Eade, who also recorded Grasshopper Warbler and Sedge Warbler there.
Meanwhile, Paul Stevens had Wood, Common and Green Sandpiper at Arlington Reservoir yesterday, and good numbers of warblers today.
Can’t compete with any of that myself – just a couple [...]

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Nightingales, Lapwings

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Fed up of waiting for a local Nightingale to turn up, I headed over to Arlington to get my fix on Sunday night.
Unfortunately, the weather was deteriorating in preparation for the Bank Holiday. An hour or so listening close to last year’s site produced only a very distant bird, calling from near the hide [...]

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Grey Partridge in ‘not locally extinct’ shocker

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Had a nice surprise yesterday while driving between Glyndebourne and Ringmer – a Grey Partridge flying out in front of the car.
This is the first I’ve seen in the local area. There are fairly recent reports for the Downs just north of Seaford, and for Lewes Brooks, but I was beginning to wonder if [...]

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Arlington Gulls

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , on January 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Hmmm, the title sounds like an American Football team. Anyway, an interesting report of unusual gulls roosting at Arlington Reservoir this evening (per Birdguides).
Apparently there was a 1st winter Caspian Gull, a 1st winter Yellow-legged Gull and an adult Med Gull – all nice birds, with the first two especially good inland in Sussex. I [...]

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