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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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Training Egrets

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , on October 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »

When I was about 15, too young to drive and stranded in mid-Kent, I begged my dad to help me twitch a Little Egret at Rye Harbour.
Back in 1990 or thereabouts, Little Egrets were thin on the ground. Despite having ticked off quite a few odd vagrants, I had yet to see one. The Rye [...]

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Have your say about the Cuckmere

Posted in local environment, tagged , , on October 3, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

After years of toing and froing, there’s finally a public consultation on the future of the Lower Cuckmere.
The Environment Agency is proposing to remove flood defences and allow the lower valley to become a proper tidal estuary again. This will transform the look of the valley between Exceat Bridge and the Haven – not popular [...]

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