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, photo, tagged hobby, house sparrow, marsh harrier, sand martin, starling, willow warbler on August 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A Marsh Harrier reported North over the roundabout at Beddingham today (via Birdguides). This comes after a sightings of two birds south of Bo Peep (Alciston) over the weekend, and a couple at Ringmer a few days ago (both via SOS)
Also recently around Firle: a gathering of at least 130 House Martins (plus a few [...]
Posted in Local sightings, photo, tagged birdwatching, firle, guided walk, hobby, spotted flycatcher on June 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Five of us met at Place Farm on a lovely midsummer Saturday morning, for a walk up to Firle Plantation and back. Often on these occasions the really special birds decline to appear on cue – but this time we were in luck.
As we gathered, a subtle but distinctive squeaking song drifted over from the [...]
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 black tern, buzzard, hobby, honey buzzard on September 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Limited birding today – but about 20 minutes spent sat next to the duckpond at Middle Farm this morning yielded 2 Buzzards, 1 Sparrowhawk and a Hobby.
The Hobby flew low over the farm centre, allowing the two older children I was with to see it well. They were pretty impressed, although if I’m honest [...]
Posted in Local sightings, bird behaviour, tagged migration, wheatear, cuckmere, hobby, honey buzzard, bopeep, buzzard, firle, garden warbler, arlington, hirundines, yellow wagtail, osprey, lesser whitethroat, whinchat, tilton, golden galleon 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, [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged grey wagtail, hirundines, hobby, marsh harrier, sand martin, willow warbler on August 24, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Undeniably autumnal now. The first Grey Wagtail of the season was over the garden yesterday, while on Friday morning conditions were perfect for a fall of migrants. I could only squeeze 25 minutes’ walk before work, but saw around 180 hirundines (including 2+ Sand Martins) gathered on lines behind Place Farm and a scattering of [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged buzzard, hobby, kestrel, mistle thrush, peregrine, sparrowhawk on August 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From Paul S on 30 July: family group of seven Mistle Thrushes, plus Peregrine, Buzzard, Sparrowhawk and 3 Kestrels, all “in and over the garden in the last 2 days”.
I can add Nuthatch, Stock Dove, Green and Great Spotted Woodpecker from my garden not far away.
The skies are really filling up with martins [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged beanstalk, charleston, garden warbler, hobby, old coach road, reed warbler on April 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My first Hobby of the year powering over Firle village today.
A couple of days ago, Paul Stevens recorded the first local Garden Warbler, along the Old Coach Road near Charleston. Plus, near Beanstalk, a heavy-billed warbler that was unsatisfactorily identified as a probably Reed Warbler, out of its usual habitat – but might just [...]
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