Around the cricket field

A spring-like afternoon, before the wet hit this evening.
The endless tag-team antics of the Long-tailed Tits were in evidence near the play-park, where a discontinuous chain of 19 birds were counted at one point.
In the horse paddock beside the tennis court, one of the local Mistle Thrushes was playing musical statues in the usual style, [...]

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Unseasonal Siskin

A Siskin heard over the garden yesterday.
An odd time of year for a record in Firle, but it fits with a couple of other sightings reported on the SOS website in recent days – are more of these birds breeding in the county?
Today, a big party of Long-tailed Tits came through [...]

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Cuckoo at Glynde

No sooner has I moaned about it, a Cuckoo (the Cuckoo?)appeared over my head at Glynde Station this morning. Remind me to moan more often.
About the same time, a Little Egret flew over the village toward Glynde Levels, and Whitethroat, Long-tailed Tit and Swallow were all highly visible from the bridge.
There’s now a rather jealous-making [...]

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Early birds

Last week, a Firle resident reported Long-tailed Tits busy nest-building outside their house. It seems that the particularly warm February we’ve had has tempted quite a few early nesters – the RSPB has urged gardeners to watch where they trim.
However, for Long-tailed Tits there’s a long-term trend for earlier breeding – in 2004, it was [...]

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