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Redstart ramble

As Jo and I headed out onto Ashdown Forest for Friday's private Sussex Guided Bird Walk, the voices of Redstart, Goldcrest, Greenfinch,...

Burning off the mist

Florence, Peter, Melanie and I were greeted by thick fog at Waltham Brooks last Sunday morning but also a healthy chorus of birdsong....

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....

Old Lodge bird walk

As we entered the reserve from the car park to embark on our Sussex Guided Bird Walk outing we heard our first couple of species of the...

Spoonbill and wheeling flocks

Rachel, Keith and I were greeted by a chorus of Song Thrushes and a beautiful calm Saturday as we started our Sussex Birding Mini-Trip....

Autumn at Pagham

It was a fantastic day guiding Joss and Paul around Pagham Harbour for their custom Sussex Birding Mini-Trip. We managed to find 78...

Birds, butterflies and foxgloves at Cocking Down

Just some highlights from a recent walk, loosely along the South Downs Way at Cocking. It's a lovely area of Sussex to go looking for...

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...

A sunny morning at the brooks

The filter beds were busy with birds at Waltham Brooks this morning, with a Grey Wagtail singing his metallic song being very hard to...

Bird walk diaries -- Billigreen

Today Nick and David guided on a special birding walk put on by South Downs Wildlife in Billingshurst, for local environmental group...

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