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

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

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, 26 July

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on August 6, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

Belated report from the last Safari Britain walk.
Six of us enjoyed the best weekend weather for ages on a 2.5 hour walk around Firle Beacon. Virtually the first birds were two distant Hobbies, streaking around in the direction of Middle Farm. As we cut down through the field of corn, the regular Chiffchaff made apologetic [...]

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Snow Bunting near the Beacon

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , on February 11, 2008 | 1 Comment »

A report of a Snow Bunting yesterday, this time on the Firle Beacon side of Bo Peep.
One of last year’s birds or a new one passing through?

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Snow Buntings at Bopeep

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , on November 15, 2007 | 2 Comments »

Two Snow Buntings reported today between Bopeep and Firle Beacon a few hundred metres east of the Bopeep car park (per SOS website – learn to read, Charlie.)
Incredibly, this is virtually the same spot that several birds were seen two winters ago. Snow Buntings are very scarce in Sussex, and particularly rare inland. Apparently these [...]

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