Ditchling Beacon 13/5/06

DOTTEREL - 2

After seeing the Dotterel, I had the bad luck of falling on a flint completely slicing the skin below my knee where the scar is still visible today.

Pannel Valley 22/4/06

WOODCHAT SHRIKE - 1
Cattle Egret - 1
Garganey - 2

Eastbourne Miniature Railway 4/4/06

HOOPOE - 1

Piddinghoe 7/1/06

CATTLE EGRET - 4 (part of a group of 8)

Newhaven Recreation Ground - 7/11/2005

Only my second ever Red-backed Shrike and my first in Sussex. This confiding bird spent a few days in the area. Although I only had binoculars in those days, Paul Marten kindly let me look through his scope where the bird was completely frame filling.

Red-backed Shrike - 1 juv

Cuckmere Haven - 25/8/2005

A Wood Sandpiper was my first patch record of this species and as always was picked up by its distinctive call. Distant scope views were had through Mark Austin’s scope.

Wood Sandpiper - 1
Greenshank - 1
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1

Seaford Head & Cuckmere Haven 22/8/05

Seaford Head
Spoonbill - 1 flew north whilst I sat at the bottom of Hope Gap

Cuckmere Haven
Curlew Sandpiper - 1 adult in moult - a superb bird and even better a new one for me.