Posted in Local sightings, photo, tagged hobby, nuthatch, grey wagtail, safari britain, linnet, green woodpecker, sand martin, willow warbler, whinchat, common buzzard, marsh tit 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 beetle, common buzzard, firle, firle village, grasshopper, lime hawk-moth, safari britain, tilton, wall on August 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Some images from Sunday’s Safari Britain walk – first the caterpillar of a Lime Hawk-moth, in the same place to one seen a few weeks ago (previously thought to have been Privet Hawk-moth).
Bird-wise, the walk was much quieter than the previous week; the highlight was probably a Common Buzzard that some of the group [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged arlington, cuckoo, nightingale, safari britain, tawny owl on May 30, 2009 | 5 Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged blackbird, blackcap, blue tit, carrion crow, chaffinch, goldfinch, great tit, greenfinch, kestrel, meadow pipit, safari britain, woodpigeon, wren 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, [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged green woodpecker, meadow pipit, safari britain, stock dove, swift, treecreeper on July 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Less windy than last weekend, but rather chilly when the sun was in. Nine guests of the Safari Britain camp came along for a short walk along the escarpment, and the birds didn’t let us down.
Close to the campsite, a couple of Kestrels manoeuvred themselves in the breeze, showing off the skills that give them [...]
Posted in Local sightings, tagged black-headed gull, carrion crow, chaffinch, chiffchaff, dunnock, goldcrest, goldfinch, herring gull, jackdaw, lesser black-backed gull, linnet, meadow pipit, mistle thrush, red-legged partridge, rook, safari britain, skylark, whitethroat, wren on July 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
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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