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August notes
A shimmer of a red tail atop a bush, it can only be a Common Redstart! Juvenile Eurasian Green Woodpeckers are very scaly compared to adults – and much more approachable! Warblers like this Lesser Whitethroat have been gorging on berries All yellowy, young Willow Warblers have been decorating the bushes Northern Wheatears are now passing through – most are 'duller' females or young males but this adult male has a stronger head pattern This juvenile Eurasian Blackbird was fee

Wildstarts
4 days ago1 min read


Tern arrivals and stint find!
We clocked up 96 species on a full day tour around Sussex and Kent with Pratibha from Florida on Friday, despite rain catching us out and...

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Sep 8, 20241 min read



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Aug 26, 20240 min read


Ruff
It was already hot and sunny when Yasmin, Ray and I reached Pulborough Brooks RSPB shortly in early September. A Sparrowhawk was making...

Wildstarts
Sep 20, 20232 min read


Rainy day birding
It was tanking down with rain when we arrived at Pulborough Brooks for the day's Sussex Birding Mini-Trip with Sarah and Rachel, but with...

Wildstarts
Sep 12, 20232 min read


Wood Warbler bonus!
We met Jennifer in the busy car park at 10am on a splendid, sunny day at Pulborough Brooks for our one-to-one Sussex Guided Bird Walk...

Wildstarts
May 6, 20232 min read


Wood Sandpiper on the Cuckmere
... is how the Collins Bird Guide describes the flight call of the Wood Sandpiper. It sounds far less like a Chiffchaff than the phonetic...

Wildstarts
Aug 3, 20211 min read
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