The one with the Red Kite: Safari Britain walk, 9 August

There was hardly a bird to be heard as we gathered at the Safari Britain campsite on a lovely August morning. The previous day had been hot, but this morning was warm with a welcome breeze and a little light cloud cover.
Moving down from the campsite towards the Coach Road, the beech trees started to [...]

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Safari Britain, 19 July

The wind kept the first part of the Safari Britain walk virtually birdless, but it livened up later on.
First up was our reliable Wren, just up from the campsite. Invisible Woodpigeons called from the treetops and a few anonymous birds (possibly Nuthatches and Blue Tits) called indistinctively but refused to show themselves.
Out on the escarpment, [...]

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Safari Britain, 5 July

Mid-morning, early July, and the wind was whipping along the escarpment. But the rain held off, and we had a good walk, with six guests of the Safari Britain camp.
Around the campsite itself, little was singing bar the obligatory Chiffchaff, which apparently stops for nothing. A Red-legged Partridge was disturbed from the corn, while [...]

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Bramblings at Bo Peep

A report today on the Sussex Birds Yahoo Group of at least eight Bramblings in a large mixed flock of Chaffinches, Greenfinches, Goldfinches and Yellowhammers near Bo Peep today.
The flock is apparently present in ‘game cover and adjacent bushes’ about half a mile SW of Bo Peep car park, along the footpath to Denton.
Flocks [...]

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