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Escarpment, 5 Sept

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , , , , , on September 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Another circuit of the the dry valley just west of the bostal road this morning, this time in perfect early autumn sunshine. It yielded:
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Willow Warbler 3+
Red-legged Patridge 2
Common Buzzard 5+
Linnet several, including 1 juv.
Green Woodpecker 1
Also a big falcon seen distantly over Firle Plantation – either a wild Peregrine or a falconer’s bird.
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Honey Buzzard, Glowworms, Fulmar – July 2009

Posted in Firle in pictures, Local sightings, tagged , , , , , , , , on July 31, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Birders often say that July is quiet. After the surge of spring migration that often spills into June, and before the long backwash of autumn, the month tends to hold fewer surprises than those that surround it.
But of course what birders mean when they say that July is quiet is that it’s quiet for birders. [...]

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Firle Bird Walk, 13 June

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

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Spotted again

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , on May 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »

A Spotted Flycatcher seen by Paul S yesterday, on a roof and surrounding garden in the middle of The Street.
After the one heard singing in the churchyard last week, it bodes well for the prospects of a pair or two settling in the village to breed this year.

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Spot Fly, Firle Churchyard

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , on May 16, 2009 | 1 Comment »

On Thursday morning, the first familiar squeaks from a Spotted Flycatcher, singing somewhere around in the mature trees near the back of the churchyard in Firle, but refusing to show itself.

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Spot flys again

Posted in Local sightings, tagged on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »

A welcome sqeaking as I left the house this morning.
In the garden over the road, a Spotted Flycatcher was hunting from the top of a row of beanpoles, with another calling nearby. It’s the first time I’ve set eyes on one since late May, although several times I’ve been walking through the village and heard [...]

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Spot Fly

Posted in Local sightings, tagged , on May 22, 2008 | 2 Comments »

A Spotted Flycatcher singing (in so much as they do sing) from trees behind the garden this morning.
I only caught a glimpse of it, but it obliged my bleary vision by doing what flycatchers do best – performing a little fluttering sortie from its branch and arriving back at exactly the same favoured spot.
This is [...]

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