Safari Britain Nightingale Evening

After some unpromising evenings earlier in the week, Thursday evening was clear for the 20 or so guests of the Safari Britain camp.
As we arrived, the ongoing influx of Painted Ladies was still in evidence, and a few of the regular warblers (Whitethroat, Chiffchaff), Blackbirds and Robins sang around the campsite.
Then we enjoyed a fine [...]

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Nightingales, Lapwings

Fed up of waiting for a local Nightingale to turn up, I headed over to Arlington to get my fix on Sunday night.
Unfortunately, the weather was deteriorating in preparation for the Bank Holiday. An hour or so listening close to last year’s site produced only a very distant bird, calling from near the hide [...]

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Glynde again

More good stuff at Glynde of late.
On Sunday, a Red Kite reported at Mount Caburn (Peter Coward, per SOS sightings). There have been been quite a few around in the last few days, including a remarkable flock of nine together over Northiam in the East of the county. Is the Caburn bird just [...]

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Appeal for Nightingales

Having been told there is a Cuckoo calling loudly around Glynde, I’m wondering what else I’m missing nearby.
Any local Nightingales out there, for instance? I know they’re loud, but no matter how much I listen from the bathroom window in the dead of night, I still haven’t heard one.
If you have a local [...]

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Local goodies

Some good finds in the local area of late (sadly, none of them mine…)
Two weeks ago, 3 Cattle Egrets on Lewes Brooks. Rare visitors, but the Ouse Valley now seems to be their favourite place to turn up in the UK.
Last week, a Honey Buzzard reported flying in a SE direction over Malling Down. Surely [...]

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