Alastair Gray

Kilnsea/Spurn

Another slow day c250 pink footed Geese,28 Redwings,3 Swallows,c100 Skylarks,10 Stonechats,4 Pintail,2 Com Scoter,Goldcrest,Yellowhammer,loads of Tree Sparrows and a Rock Pipit.

Spurn

Arrived late afternoon 52 Pink-footed geese & 3 Whooper Swans south,Corn Bunting,some Tree Sparrows,Pintail,Snipe,3 Stonechat,2 House Martins,5 Swallows,3 Yellowhammers,2 Chiffchaffs to be fair probably saw more Butterflies and dragonflies then birds.

Weir Wood

Lovely close view of a female Goshawk late afternoon,Shovelers Teal & Tufties.
At the Reed bed 6 Reed bunting,2 Chiffchaffs and 6 Mistle flew north.

Ardingly Res

Hardly any water but managed to find a Dunlin,5 Teal & Little Egret.
Red Kite,Raven & Siskin over.

Weir Wood

Hobby, Peregrine,2 Crossbills,2 Greenfinches,16 Teal,Common Sandpiper,Stonechat,51 Great crested Grebes.

Later at Bough Beech

Grey Plover,Snipe,Lapwings,Reed Bunting,Redpoll,Wigeon,Mandarin,Stonechats,Teal,Gadwall.

Same up here in North Sussex

Weir Wood

2 Woodlarks,10 Siskins,2 Chaffinch,700 House Martins,250 Swallows and 58 high Greylags over this morning.

Gravetye Estate

Water Rail Squealing,23 Tufties,4 Gadwall and 10 Little Grebes on lakes,2 Stonechats,1 Siskin and some House Martins passing.

Weir Wood

Great Egret,Little Egret,26 Mandarins,11 Teal,40 Mallard,5 Coot,4 Kingfisher,Little Grebe,Kestrel,Sparrowhawk,4 Meadow Pipits,3 Sand Martins,3 Swallow and 2 House Martins.

Weir Wood

First Wigeon of the autumn, 7 Teal,15+ Mandarins,2 Gadwall,Snipe,Little Grebe,Little Egret,Kingfisher and some House/Sand Martins plus 2 Swallows.

Buff Breasted Sandpiper

A distant shot of the Buff Breasted Sandpiper found in the same field this morning, as the AGP at Jury’s Gap. The field that keeps giving…
Well done to the finder.
#birds
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#sussexbirding
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Weir Wood

20 House Martins,5 Siskins,Mistle Thrush,5 Greenfinches,1 Bullfinch,2 Raven,Sparrowhawk,8 Grey Wagtails,2 Common Sandpipers,Goldcrest,5 Teal,8 Mandarins,Little Grebe,40 Great crested grebes and some Ivy Bees.🐝

Lovely afternoon walk at the Gravetye Estate highlights were 4 Spotted Flycatchers,Marsh Tit,Sparrowhawk,10 Little Grebes,18 Tufties,Painted Lady and loads of House Martins and Swallows moving east.

Weir Wood

At 16:40 I spotted this Juvenile Honey Buzzard coming in low from the north being mobbed by corvids, it eventually made its way off ESE on its way to Africa.
Luckily Steve Webb was with be who grabbed this lovely picture.

Weir wood res

On a drizzly afternoon 2 Ospreys,24+ Mandarins,11 Teal,Little Grebe,Common Sandpiper,Kingfisher and 4 Sand Martins.

Some good birds there👍Pretty quiet at present down at Weir Wood Res, Just Com and Green Sands recently.

RSPB Pulborough

3 Ruff,Green Sandpiper,5 Snipe,Whinchat,2 Wheatears,5 Spotted Flycatchers,Whitethroats,4 Stonechats,30+ Meadow Pipits,Several Yellow Wagtails,2 Kestrel,Sparrowhawk,5 Sand Martins and loads of Chiffchaffs still.

Talking to a neighbour in the front garden this afternoon and a Hobby shoots over our house.

Little distant water in newly dug areas,but not much there.
North brooks had water with 200+ Teal,80 Lapwings and hundreds of Geese etc.

RSPB Pulborough

This morning’s highlights included 4 Hobbies,Female Marsh Harrier,3 Ruff,Green Sandpiper,2 Pintail,Grey Wagtail,Firecrest,2 Redstarts,3 Spotted Flycatchers,Lesser Whitethroat and Clouded Yellow butterfly.

Ivy just coming into flower in the garden, Ivy Bees have arrived.

Weir Wood

6 Common Sandpipers,4 Green Sandpipers,Little Grebe,Teal,low numbers of Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs.
3 GBB gulls,40 Great crested Grebes,4 Greenfinches and a brown Hairstreak.

Seems to be a good year for them

Weir Wood

Clouded Yellow and a Golden ringed Dragonfly this afternoon.

RSPB Titchwell, Norfolk

Thursday evening

Pectoral Sandpiper,Curlew Sandpiper,2 Wood Sandpipers,3 Little Stints,Green Sandpiper,4 Common Terns,Loads of Ruff and Snipe,2 Spoonbills, escaped white cheeked Pintail,3 Marsh Harriers and usual Arctic Skuas hassling the Sandwich terns on the sea.

Weir Wood

Just a couple of Sedge Warblers of note this morning

Weir Wood

Hard going in the breeze this afternoon but a Grasshopper warbler flushed up from beside the path, posing for a few seconds then diving deep inside a bush never to be seen again.
2 Common Sandpipers,2 Sand Martins and loads of Swallows noted.

@mothiduk.bsky.social Have you an ID for this Moth please

Paddockhurst

This afternoon another Whinchat,4 Spotted Flycatchers,flock of 38 Crossbills and several Migrant Hawkers.

Weir Wood

Another Sedge Warbler with 10 Blackcap and 2 Whitethroats.
Just 3 Common Sandpipers,5 Lapwings and 22 Swallows E.
Plus this rather tatty Silver washed Fritillary and my first Bartsia Bee.