Went to Knepp yesterday for a mid-morning wander, was hoping to either see or at least hear a Turtle Dove, no luck on that front, but in a couple of hours we had multiple views of the Storks, great views of the usually secretive Jay, several Buzzards, a couple of Red Kites, lots of Whitethroats, Linnets, Pied Wagtails and numerous of the more common stuff! Sighting of the day was a Barn Owl that flew over our heads at 10.30! it was going like the clappers, I reckon it had probably been flushed further down the trail as it disappeared into some large Oak Trees!
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| Lovely Daisies near the car park by Margie |
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| A view across the estate by Margie |
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| Kestrel |
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| Beasts! Didn't see any Cows today! |
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| My Man, hope you are getting my best side! |
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| Common Buzzard |
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| White Stork |
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| Nice framing! |
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| Returning to the nest |
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| Undercarriage down |
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| Arrival! |
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| Can't help thinking it is getting a bit of a grilling! |
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| All forgiven! |
Very interesting to hear the "clacking" noise as they greeted each other and amazing to watch the head back display!
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| Barn Owl |
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| Diving into the trees! |
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| Linnet |
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| Red Kite |
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| Linnet having a wash |
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| Youngster practicing! |
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| Exercising those flight muscles |
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| Pied Wagtail |
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| Sparrow having a wash! |
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| Goldfinch |
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| Common Whitethroat |
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| Jay, usually disappear before I can get the camera up! |
Highly enjoyable couple of hours, loads of birds seen, it really is a special place, managed to resist going into the shop!! The new car park charges seem quite reasonable for the moment!!
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