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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Big Garden Birdwatch

Hallelujah!
It’s the one weekend of the year when you definitely won’t get into trouble for peering out of your kitchen window with a pair of binoculars.
Rumour has it that the Goldfinch could make it into the ‘top ten’ garden birds for the first time this year – certainly it should do in Glynde village, where [...]

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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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Mainly mud

A brief walk along Glynde Reach late on Sunday afternoon didn’t yield too many surprises, but did remind me how promising the area looks at this time of year.
The sedgy fields either side of the Reach just east of the train station at Glynde are superbly soggy, and look good for Snipe and perhaps Jack [...]

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