Posted in Local sightings, tagged kestrel, lapwing, glynde reach, barn owl, stonechat, blackcap, common buzzard, great grey shrike, common snipe, robin, golden plover on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In an entirely predictable but still very annoying turn of events, the appearance of the shrike at Glynde appears to have coincided neatly with the only week in the last year that I’ve spent out of Sussex.
But a walk along the Reach today was worth it anyway. The water was frozen, and the landscape surrounding [...]
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Some Barn Owl feathers, picked up by a friend near Charleston.
They were found alongside the remains of a leg. Cause of death wasn’t clear – mortality in the local area is most likely to be death by A27, it’s claimed at least two birds in the Middle Farm area over the last two years.
However, [...]
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Finally, after many journeys spent staring speculatively out of the train window – a Barn Owl, seen hunting just west of Glynde village.
A couple have been reported close to the A27 between Lewes and Brighton in recent days.
The swelling daylight is now making travel at the beginning and end of the day more interesting. Last [...]
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A Barn Owl this evening at around 5.15, flushed from the trees along Bostal Road, a few hundred yards south of the school.
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Belated news – a very windy early morning walk last Thursday at Bo Peep confirmed that Bramblings are still present in the coombe south of the car park. Although none were seen, at least a couple of birds were heard flying around the gorse, with plenty of Chaffinches and a few Linnets present too.
In the [...]
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