Margie and I went for a mid-morning walk around Hurstpierpoint today, down Langton Lane, through the Turkey farm, followed the Stream to Danworth Lane then home up Cuckfield Road, 3.8 miles although the good work was slightly undone by the large piece of yesterday's Chocolate/Cherry cake consumed on arrival home😢!
The walk itself was a bit low on bird activity although we did have a few Greenfinch along Langton Lane, the Dungheap is slowly increasing in size, several Blackbirds and Robins on it and a nice Pied Wagtail, hopefully it will have regained it's former glory by the Spring ready for a flood of migrants!! A couple of Red-legged Partridge hunkered down in a field and a small flock of Redwings in the top of a tree also along the lane!
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| Great Tit |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Love a fluffy Reedmace, look better with a Penduline Tit hanging off it, one day perhaps!! |
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| Greenfinch, were a small flock squabbling loudly in this tree! |
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| The Church from the Dungheap |
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| Nice bright Pied Wagtail |
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| Red-legged Partridge |
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| Redwing |
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| Redwing |
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| Starlings |
The stream section was quiet with a Little Egret the best of it, few more Greenfinch and another small flock of Redwing associating with a small group of Goldfinch.
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| Fieldfare, the only one we saw on the walk, numbers well down on last year, guess it just hasn't been cold enough to force them this far south yet! |
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| Greenfinch |
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| Little Egret |
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| Nice plumes |
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| Bird eventually flew off, showing nice pair of Yellow feet |
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| Relocated to the top of a tall tree!! |
Crossed Cuckfield Road, some thrush action with a single Redwing, a few Blackbirds and a couple of Song Thrushes foraging in the grass.
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| Redwing |
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| Song Thrush |
On Danworth Lane, we found a couple of Treecreepers in a big oak, they really didn't want their picture taken, relocating to the side of the tree that I wasn't at every opportunity😡! Nuthatch was heard but not seen as well, a couple of Long-tailed Tits were in the tree and the hedge but they didn't want to be pictured either!! A Great Spotted Woodpecker flew out of the Oak above our heads as well!
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| Treecreeper photobombing my pin sharp Oak bark study!! |
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| Great Spotted Woodpecker at some distance |
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| Long-tailed Tit |
That was about it really, what a difference a day makes, yesterday I was walking around Sussex farmland watching hundreds of Linnets, Chaffinches, Yellowhammers, Lapwings etc with a supporting cast of multiple Raptors. Today, we walked around Sussex farmland and in terms of Farmland bird saw next to nothing, a couple of Chaffinches although they were more in a garden, no Linnets or Yellowhammers, and not a single Raptor though we did hear a Buzzard. Shows what can be achieved when farms are managed with nature in mind hopefully subsidies will be aimed at this at the farms around here may be come better for wildlife!!!
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