Old Lodge ashdown

Old Lodge
This afternoon looking for the Parrot crossbills
as a group of 4 arrived one calling parrot as common crossbills
were calling a difference was heard by all around at time.
then to find them as they feed on cones in the trees in front of use
all scoping common mostly but found a large female sitting out
before feeding.

Probable Parrot crossbill

 common crossbill and larger parrot below

 Siskin

 Male common crossbill

Isle of Portland

At trip to Portland

We got to see the Brunnich's Guillemot
and it popped up 12ft from use once cool
bird not shy at all.

 

Half the crowd watching the Guillemot

 

Sussex Review 2013

January
First on the 3rd a male Goosander at Warnham

then Waxwings
firecrest at Arundel out side WWT
Bewick swan's in same area
Water rail at Pulbourgh brooks
Waxwing

 Bewick's

 Water rail

 

February

Saw a great time to see barn Owl's and a Bonaparte's Gull at Princes park

 Bonaparte's Gull

 Woodlark

 

March

 

Was a good time with Glossy Ibis Jack snipe Black-necked Grebe & Kentish Plover

 

 Black-necked Grebe

 Jack snipe

 

April

 

A Stunning long-Eared Owl at Pagham

with Corncrake at Beachy head & my first Pied flychatcher

that's to Matt for the call.

 

Corncrake

 Long-Eared Owl

 

May

 

Another first for Jake at

Warnham

a Roseate Tern

 

 

June

 

Matt found an American Golden Plover

at the Cuckmere Haven

 

 Swallow

 Cuckoo

 

August

 

Booted Warbler at Climping

Little stint at Arlington res

 

 Climping Booted Warbler

 Little stint

 

September

 

Red-Backed Shrike & a Booted warbler

Andrew W and Kris the finders

 

 Booted Warbler

 Red Kite

 

November

 

Long-tailed Duck at Rye & Female Goosander at widewater

 

 Female Goosander

 

December

 

A Black-Throated Diver juv Spoonbill Eider duck's

 

Eider

 Spoonbill

 Black-Throated Diver

 

 

 

 

West Rise marsh

Male Smew

still at west rise today
with a lot of Gulls around to
and a pintail.

 Male Smew

 Gulls washing

Patrington Haven Yorkshire

Started the long drive at 4am
with Jake & John stopping half way for a ten minute break
then moved on as we got to Hull the News came out its still
there we arrived just after 9am walked the track to the pumping house
and the Ivory Gull was out on the rocks.
About 150 meters away watching it clean its self for 15 min's
then it flow up over use and came to the fish by the pump house
we sat watching it feed on some of the fish around then it flow off back
to the rocks. a Great day watched it for around 2 hours in very
windy conditions.
Arriving back home around 5.30pm.

Ivory Gull as we arrived

 

 

 Ivory Gull