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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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Glynde Reach

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

In an entirely predictable but still very annoying turn of events, the appearance of the shrike at Glynde appears to have coincided neatly with the only week in the last year that I’ve spent out of Sussex.
But a walk along the Reach today was worth it anyway. The water was frozen, and the landscape surrounding [...]

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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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Firle garden birds

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , 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 [...]

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Safari Britain, 19 July

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on July 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

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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Six Kestrels

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , on November 28, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

The highlight of an afternoon walk between Firle and Beanstalk on Sunday (25th) was a good count of Kestrels – one male in the usual tree behind Place Farm, two hunting just below the Beacon and one near Heighton Street. Added to the two seen beside the road coming from the Beddingham side earlier in [...]

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