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Raptors at Middle Farm

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Limited birding today – but about 20 minutes spent sat next to the duckpond at Middle Farm this morning yielded 2 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk and a Hobby.
The Hobby flew low over the farm centre, allowing the two older children I was with to see it well. They were pretty impressed, although if I’m honest [...]

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Migration therapy

Posted in Local sightings, bird behaviour, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on September 15, 2008 | 5 Comments »

After the rubbbish summer, we deserved something. And that came this weekend, with a bout of spectacular early autumn weather that had the good grace to include birds in it.
The good stuff started on Saturday morning when Paul Stevens came running over to say that he had a probable Honey Buzzard over his garden. Unfortunately, [...]

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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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Firle garden birds

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

From Paul S on 30 July: family group of seven Mistle Thrushes, plus Peregrine, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk and 3 Kestrels, all “in and over the garden in the last 2 days”.
I can add Nuthatch, Stock Dove, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker from my garden not far away.
The skies are really filling up with martins [...]

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Green Sandpipers over

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , on July 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Three Green Sandpipers flew low south-west over the garden at 7 this morning, calling as they went.
These are my first for Firle, and a reminder that autumn migration is well underway for some northerly species. It’s also a wee bit depressing, seeing as we don’t seem to have had much of a summer here [...]

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Six Kestrels

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The highlight of an afternoon walk between Firle and Beanstalk on Sunday (25th) was a good count of Kestrels – one male in the usual tree behind Place Farm, two hunting just below the Beacon and one near Heighton Street. Added to the two seen beside the road coming from the Beddingham side earlier in [...]

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