Monday, 5 January 2026

Cold Sunday at Pulborough Brooks

 Margie and I visited a chilly RSPB Pulborough Brooks yesterday, difficulty in getting up meant we didn't arrive until 10.30, another beautiful sunny day, the Brooks were frozen, so most of the Ducks were miles away, but there was plenty going on around the trails, we had  views of a White-tailed Eagle in a distant tree and some of the more elusive birds showed better than usual notably a Goldcrest and a large flock of Long-tailed Tits. We encountered two large flocks of  "Lollipops"  along the trail!  Some of our pictures below!

We were greeted by a Dunnock at the start of the trail,lots of Dunnocks, Robins, Wrens, Blackbirds and Song Thrushes around the trail


A few of Margie's pics of the frozen Brooks below






Having seen loads at Dungeness on Friday I resisted the Robins, but Margie hasn't got my willpower

She couldn't resist the White Doves either😏



Goldfinch



Pied Wagtail




Chaffinch



Dunnock

Blue Tit


Song Thrush

Fieldfare


Rook

White-tailed Eagle

Snipe

Long-tailed Tit








Goldcrest








Song Thrush

Wren




A cold but very pleasant couple of hours!