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Westdean walk

Yesterday's Sussex Guided Bird Walk with Carol, Tom and Charlie at Westdean Woods started well with a showy Firecrest. Typically, the...

Half-day birding tour in West Sussex

I met Karen and Allan at at Burton Mill Pond at 8am on Monday last week for what turned out to be a fantastic Sussex Birding Mini-Trip....

Dodging showers!

The forecast looked a little bit wet for yesterday's day tour for Dipten and Sudip, visiting from Mumbai. It turned out to be one of...

South Downs Bird Discovery Walk — Wetlands

It was a perfect day for the first of our new series of Bird Discovery Walks, which took place at Burton and Chingford Ponds as the sun...

Identify & Draw workshop

Andy Ashdown led the Identify & Draw - Gulls, Ducks and Water Birds workshop at Swanbourne Lake today. The weather was superb, bringing...

Firecrests

A bright morning tempted me to go looking for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers in the Arun Valley. It was a little cold and breezy, so I didn't...

West Sussex 2022 Year List Booster

An early start in the Arun Valley got the day off to a good start. I met with Sally and Andy from Hampshire who joined me for the day to...

Bird walk diaries -- Winter Birds of Arundel

Walk report for our Winter Birds of Arundel guided walk on 15th December, where we saw a variety of stunning wildfowl and woodland birds.

Arundel Delights!

A bright winter's morning inspired me to head out for some birding around the Arundel area and was very glad I did as was really...

A walk in the woods

The autumn colours are just fantastic right now and Westdean Woods was the perfect place to enjoy them this morning. This is one place...

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