We are becoming regulars at RSPB Pulborough Brooks, not a bad thing with plenty to see, not to far from home and it's pretty much a different experience every time! The Brooks were very dry on this occasion, which made waterbirds a bit on the thin side but we still managed some notable sightings. We walked out by the pond to look over the Brooks and Margie, piped up "there's a Crane"!!!, 😮😲I who had been fiddling with my camera settings, scrambled for my bins in panic, when with a sly chortle Margie said "oh my mistake it's a Digger!!!
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| The Digger, GRRRRRRRRR!!! |
Now if another Birder had played that trick, violence may have occurred, however as Margie is the love of my life💘 and maker of my Pack Lunch I contented myself with a death stare that would of killed a lesser person!! Luckily for her, Margie, still giggling to herself at her hilariousness had turned her back and had wandered off, oblivious!!!
Having regained my dignity and composure, I had a look in the Pond, the dull conditions made the depths impenetrable and a slight chill in the air meant a lack of Dragonflies, however there were some nice Water Lilies and the extremely tame House Sparrows entertained!!
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| Margie's pic of a Gatekeeper reading the info board! |
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| Gatekeeper |
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| Banded Demoiselle |
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| Goldfinch, see them on our feeders but nice to see em "in the wild" |
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| Young Goldie |
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| Weren't all Gatekeepers |
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| Speckled Wood |
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| Female Banded Demoiselle |
West Mead hide was dry and fairly dead, but Winpenny was much better with a Marsh Harrier which put on a good show but was a bit distant and a Cattle Egret which was closer but was quite good at hiding among the Cows!
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| Some Flyover Mallards |
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| A Common Blue in the grass |
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| Not sure on this one possibly a Meadow Brown |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Grey Heron |
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| Marsh Harrier |
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| Distant Kestrel |
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| Kestrel flypast |
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| Lesser Black-backed Gull |
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| Cattle Egret, doing what it says on the tin |
Some of Margie's pics from around the trails!
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| House Sparrow |
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| Some hunk she took a fancy to! |
We had a walk out on the Dragonfly trail but the weather was against us, but it did get us closer to the Cattle Egrets.
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| The cows were pretty frisky but luckily the fence held! |
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| Cattle Egret |
We headed out towards the hangar, we had a Wasp Spiders web pointed out to us, unfortunately the spectacular female wasn't on show, but there was a nice male showing well!
Warning Spider Pics below for those that don't like em!!!
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