With Lockdown restrictions lifting and the weather improving, I was able to get out a bit, trip to Dungeness, an excellent couple of visits to Seaford and my only lifer of the year!! We also had an excellent holiday in Scotland but will review that in another post!! Did several local walks as well and the Yellowhammers dazzled again, nice to connect with a lot of Spring Birds but the highlight has to be a spectacular Seawatch with a good showing of Pomeraine Skuas a day that will live long in the memory and defo one of the highlights of the year!! I also won a prize!! Which was nice!!😂 But I don't like to talk about it!!😂
It started local again, but the weather was brighter and the birds were singing, hurrah!!
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| Chaffinch |
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| Collared Dove |
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| Firecrest, think this one was taken on a visit to the Men's Wood, but I did see one local so a bit of artistic licence and it was taken this year! |
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| Fox |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker |
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| Hare |
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| Jay |
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| Long-tailed Tit ,youngsters started to appear! |
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| House Sparrow |
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| Nuthatch |
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| Robin |
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| Song Thrush |
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| Skylark |
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| Song Thrush, seemed to be singing from every branch this year |
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| Sparrowhawk |
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| Starling |
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| Stock Dove |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Yellowhammer |
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| Yellowhammer |
The Yellowhammers really did perform well this year!!
So the lifer, trip to Barcombe for the White-throated Sparrow that I had resisted all Lockdown very cute little visitor from the Americas!!
Trip to Dungeness though unsuccessful in terms of seeing the Collared Pratincole that had been there a couple of days but it never disappoints! Lots of Spring birds!!
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Crow, it's not all glory birds you know! |
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| Fulmar |
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| Fulmar |
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| Great Black-backed Gull |
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| Glaucaus Gull, found by me!!! Hurrah!! |
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| Herring Gull |
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| Kittiwake |
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| Linnet |
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| Meadow Pipit |
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| Nightingale, told you it was showy!! |
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| First Shag of the year, Hurrah!! |
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| Stonechat |
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| Swift |
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| Wheatear |
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| Wheatear |
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| Rock Pipit |
Had a trip to Ashdown, Crossbills and Redpolls and a walk at Southease where I found a Bearded Tit! Hurrah again!!
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| Bearded Tit |
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| Brambling |
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| Redshank |
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| Crossbill |
For various reasons including the Lockdown, didn't get to do much sea-watching this year😢however did have one spectacular day with the much sought after Pom Skuas going through. most of the pics I got were fairly bad.
Hopefully the link below will take you to the action if you want to see more pics from the Seawatch.
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| Arctic Skua |
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| Pom Skua |
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| Poms |
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| Whimbrel |
July saw trips to Knepp and Medmerry
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| White Stork |
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| Beast, regular readers will know of my many feats of derring-do facing down ferocious critters like this,so Brave 😂 |
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| Stag |
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| White Stork |
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| Common Sandpiper |
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| Curlew/Whimbrel mash-up |
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| Lapwing |
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| Wood Sandpiper |
We also had a trip to Yorkshire lured by tales of Albatrosses, sadly the magnificent cliffs of Bempton were lacking the star bird, but a great trip anyway.
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| Gannet Spat |
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| Fulmar |
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| Gannet |
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| Guillemot |
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| Puffin |
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| Razorbill |
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| Think this is my favourite shot I took all year!! Sparkly! |
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| Tree Sparrow |
A brilliant weekend to see more pics click the link.
BemptonWell halfway there, things definitely improved over the spring oh and I won a price, though I don't like to talk about it, a selection of birdfood from Upcountry in their internet comp😂😂😂😂😂😂 doesn't get more prestigious than that!! Winning pic below!!
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| Sparrowhawk!! |
The prize
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| The booty!! |
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