Posted in Local sightings, photo, tagged common buzzard, green woodpecker, grey wagtail, hobby, linnet, marsh tit, nuthatch, safari britain, sand martin, whinchat, willow warbler on September 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
A gorgeous early autumn day, this time with the benefit of plenty of birds too.
The morning started with a Grey Wagtail low over Firle cricket pitch and subsequently on rooftops near the Ram. I can’t get enough of these birds – attractive and characterful, and all the more enjoyable for being seasonal visitors to the [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged common buzzard, green woodpecker, linnet, little owl, spotted flycatcher, willow warbler on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Another circuit of the the dry valley just west of the bostal road this morning, this time in perfect early autumn sunshine. It yielded:
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Willow Warbler 3+
Red-legged Patridge 2
Common Buzzard 5+
Linnet several, including 1 juv.
Green Woodpecker 1
Also a big falcon seen distantly over Firle Plantation – either a wild Peregrine or a falconer’s bird.
The [...]
Posted in Local sightings, photo, tagged beetle, common buzzard, firle, firle village, grasshopper, lime hawk-moth, safari britain, tilton, wall on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some images from Sunday’s Safari Britain walk – first the caterpillar of a Lime Hawk-moth, in the same place to one seen a few weeks ago (previously thought to have been Privet Hawk-moth).
Bird-wise, the walk was much quieter than the previous week; the highlight was probably a Common Buzzard that some of the group [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged common buzzard, hobby, painted lady, peregrine on May 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The amazing influx of Painted Ladies continued yesterday in Firle (and everywhere else by the sounds of it) with butterflies streaming through all day.
While enjoying the spectacle in the garden, a smart Hobby came by, circling over the cricket pitch area for a couple of minutes before heading back across the park – my [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged common buzzard, fieldfare, glynde reach, little egret, meadow pipit, pied wagtail, redwing, reed bunting, sparrowhawk on November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
A walk with Paul up Glynde Reach, in the gloom of Saturday afternoon.
Apart from the clouds and the wind, the afternoon belonged to thrushes: at least ten Blackbirds in hawthorns by Glynde Station, and party after party of Redwings in the scrub along the Reach, vastly outnumbering the seven Fieldfares.
Apart from thrushes, passerines were fairly [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged common buzzard, estate office, garden, jay, nuthatch, the ram on September 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
During an hour or so in the garden on Saturday afternoon:
Common Buzzard 5 overhead at once (including one with a chunk missing from the tip of right wing)
Jay 2 over
Nuthatch 2+ calling
Swallow, House Martin, Meadow Pipit, Blackcap and Chiffchaff
The Nuthatches have been regular in the last couple of weeks and favour the village car park, [...]
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