Having recently rediscovered the joys of birding for the first time since I was a wee lad, this is my record of getting to grips with re-familiarising myself with the world of birds.
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Posted Tuesday 27th July 2010 at 12:14 by Stoggler
A day off work last week, so I took a trip to Pulborough and Arundel.
Arrived early at Pulborough and enjoyed seeing no one and having the place to myself for a couple of hours. Saw more bunny rabbits than I thought possible, some rather tame (or stupid) and didn't move till I got within just a few feet of them.
About 9.30 I made for the hide overlooking the north fields as I knew a huge shower was heading my way (thanks to my early warning system, a.k.a. my other...
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Posted Monday 26th April 2010 at 10:10 by Stoggler
Saturday was without a doubt my best day's birding ever, both in terms of numbers of species seen and in what I saw. In the one day I saw as many birds as I usually see in an average month, and in the course of the day I got three new lifers, nine new year list ticks, and five new ticks for my Sussex life list - all in all a very productive day.
It was a beautiful day weatherwise with hardly a cloud in the sky and a gentle breeze, and warm enough to dispense with the jacket by mid-morning....
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Posted Monday 8th March 2010 at 15:22 by Stoggler
Following a quiet birding month in February (see my last post), I got out on Saturday for a full day's birding. The morning was spent at Pagham Harbour and the place was awash with birds.
It was low tide so perhaps a lot of waders were not around, but there were a number of Redshanks about, a single Grey Plover, as well as a few Curlews. The fields just to the north of the North Wall still have ample water in them which had a few hundred Wigeon, a good number of Teal (plus the... |
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Posted Monday 25th January 2010 at 10:09 by Stoggler
With the bad weather and then a nice bout of gastro-enteritis knocking me out of action for over a week, I had not been out birding since the 2nd of January. My poor bins were starting to gather a layer of dust and were crying for some attention.
Well now that my stomach had finally started to behave itseld again (is that too much information!?), I had a fantastic day on Saturday in West Sussex.
Dropping the lass off for work in Pagham early in the morning, I quickly...
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Posted Monday 4th January 2010 at 10:54 by Stoggler
I finished work for 2009 on 23rd December and found myself on a very early train down to the Sussex coast on Christmas Eve, avoiding the mad rush out of the Big Smoke. And even on the train I managed to spot a peregrine flying over Battersea Park station not far from the park.
On getting down to Littlehampton, birding had to be put on hold for a few days, but I did see my first ever Barn Owl on Christmas Day; whilst driving back from my sister's in the evening after expanding my...
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