With the youngsters still visiting the chances of getting up early and going for the Sabine's Gull were remote, and so it proved!!😢 So we headed to Pulborough Brooks, with Margie on a day off as well we were mob handed and eventually arrived at around 11am hurrah!!!!😀 First sighting was a Red Admiral Butterfly!
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| Red Admiral by Margie |
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| Feral Dove |
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| And again! |
Through the visitor centre and out on to the trail, it was obvious from the viewpoint that there was a bit more water about than on our last visit!!
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| Margie's pic shows that there is a bit of water about! |
Was pretty quiet until we got to the Fattengates Courtyard where the were some nice birds about, notably a very showy Nuthatch, and a few Tits!
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| Plenty of Fungi about today, this won't be the last pic of it you'll see today, Margie and Shannon became obsessed! |
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| Great Tit |
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| Robin |
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| Blackbird |
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| Goldfinch, Duncan spotted this one at point blank range and I filled my boots!! |
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| Nuthatch |
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| Coal Tit, tricky blighter to get a pic of! |
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| Dunnock by Margie |
We wandered off around the reserve, lots of good stuff about, but after the posy stuff at Fattengates it was all pretty distant, although the girls managed a few Mushrooms!
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| Egyptian Goose |
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| Kestrel |
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| There's always a Stonechat! |
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| Rooks, I don't take enough pics of Rooks |
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| Shannon starts on her Fungi quest |
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| Although she did venture on to Berries |
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| They did find a lot of Shrooms |
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| The view over the gate! |
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| Is that a young Kirk Douglas with Duncan and Shannon? |
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| Even Margie getting in on the Fungi action |
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| Getting artistic with Oak leaves |
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| The floods by Margie |
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| Margie seems to have created a painting with this one! |
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| Shannon in action, I thought she should of got a bit closer! |
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| More Mushroom Magic by Margie |
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| Teasel |
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| More floods |
We reached the Hangar, A kind birder let us look through her Scope at a Red Kite feeding out on the Brooks.
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| Distant Red Kite |
We walked around to Jupps, where a huge amount of Teal took to the air, we soon spotted the culprit a Female Marsh Harrier hunting the Brooks, we'd seen a couple from the other hides but this one was the only one close enough for pics!
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| Panicking Teal |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Lapwing |
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| Shoveller & Teal |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Shannon's favourite! Mallard |
We then went to Nettly's Hide, we had been told at the entrance that a Kingfisher had been showing well, which I generally take with a pinch of salt, however after about 5 minutes and after almost calling a Stonechat as a Kingfisher, I saw the orange breast but luckily stopped myself just in time, sometimes we see what we want to see😲😀 and then this happened!!!!!!!😲😲😲😲😲
Admirable restraint on my behalf!! A first year male by the all black bill with the white tip!
A few other sightings from the hide were another Red Kite, we saw 4 in total on the walk ,a 1st winter Common Gull, and a large Starling murmuration!
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| 1st winter Common Gull |
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| Red Kite |
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| A few of the Starlings |
The walk back was largely uneventful, though did see a distant Fieldfare and some Red Fungi, yes I know more Fungi😏
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| Grey Heron |
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| Terrible pic of Fieldfare |
A very nice walk around enhanced by a Bacon Bap, slice of Orange Poppy Seed Cake and a Mocha in the café !!
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