Winter thrushes now in!
We headed out with Patrick from Heathrow Airport towards the Sussex countryside mid-morning on Monday, in a bid to see as many species as...
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Wildstarts
- Nov 25
- 2 min
Sunny Rye Harbour bird tour
Soon after starting out on our Sussex Guided Bird Walk at Rye Harbour with Steve and Annette last week, we were stopped in our tracks by...
Nick Bond
- Nov 22
- 1 min
Hen-do birding!
We gathered at the north end of Lodmoor on a rather wet overcast morning, but the group were in high spirits as we set the ‘hen’ of the...
Wildstarts
- Aug 28
- 2 min
Whinchat win
We put together a part-day London birding tour for Chris from Virginia on 15th August, kicking off at Richmond Park with a huge mixed...
Wildstarts
- Jul 4
- 2 min
Curlew over London
After picking Pat, Chinyere and Yolanda up in Earls Court early doors for a part-day London birding tour, we arrived at Beddington Park...
Wildstarts
- Jun 24
- 2 min
Calm May morning
Starting out in an East Sussex woodland on a beautiful May morning, we were greeted by brief views of a Great Spotted Woodpecker as we...
Wildstarts
- May 7
- 2 min
Warnham and Pagham mini-tour
We arrived at Warnham Local Nature Reserve shortly after opening time for a recent Sussex Birding Mini-Trip with Stuart and his mother....
David Campbell
- May 5
- 2 min
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....
Marc Read
- Apr 29
- 1 min
Nightingales and raptors!
The first stop for Sue, Gill and I on Monday's birding tour was Knepp Wildlands, where we were greeted by a Green Woodpecker in flight....
David Campbell
- Feb 24
- 2 min
Forest mini-trip
No sooner had we started walking into the woods on a beautiful Sunday morning than a Goshawk appeared low over the canopy before...
Wildstarts
- Jan 25
- 2 min
Woods, coast and downs — a winter birding day tour!
On Monday I had the pleasure of guiding Ben, who was on a break in London from Chicago, on a day of winter birding and a quest for...
Wildstarts
- Sep 22, 2022
- 1 min
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...
Wildstarts
- Jul 22, 2022
- 1 min
A note from the North Wall
I tend to head to the Church Norton side when I visit Pagham Harbour, so a recent visit to the North Wall was a refreshing change, and...
David Campbell
- May 22, 2022
- 2 min
Redstarts and terns — a May tour in Sussex
Yesterday we guided James for a full day of birding as a birthday treat, and we couldn't have hoped for a better spring day to visit some...
David Campbell
- Apr 23, 2022
- 2 min
South Downs Bird Discovery Walk — Wetlands: at Waltham Brooks
It was a bright and slightly breezy morning in the Arun Valley, with plenty of birds to see! We we walked through the entrance gate, we...
David Campbell
- Jan 7, 2022
- 2 min
Little Bunting, big days
The two days just gone saw me tour widely across the South Downs National Park and the nearby Sussex coastline in the EV. The weather was...
David Campbell
- Nov 10, 2021
- 2 min
Birding the brooks
Waltham Brooks is a real gem in the South Downs National Park. 51 species of bird were logged in under two hours of birdwatching this...
David Campbell
- Nov 8, 2021
- 2 min
Bird walk diaries -- Raptor Ramble!
We were very excited to lead our first Raptor Ramble at The Burgh, near Burpham, on Saturday. The conditions were promising, with...
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