It's been an excellent week leading several tours on Ashdown Forest.
Dragonflies have been observed daily, with several Golden-ringed Dragonflies performing well and a couple more Brilliant Emeralds also showing. Brown Hawkers have also been particularly numerous, though only a couple of Southern Hawkers have been found.
The undoubted highlights this week have been several surprising encounters of a male Honey-buzzard, including on one occasion when it was seen wing-clapping. Today, two Honey-buzzards were watched being attacked by a Hobby, whilst earlier on in the morning a huge female Goshawk was also found. On one day, we counted 12 Dartford Warblers spread across two sites, as well as a few Tree Pipits and many Lesser Redpolls.
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| female Goshawk |
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| Honey-buzzard |
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| Hobby mobbing a Honey-buzzard |
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| Golden-ringed Dragonfly |
