Portland 29/4/09

Southwell
COLLARED FLYCATCHER - 1

Radipole Lake RSPB
Hooded Merganser -1 drk

 



Hants & Sussex 12/4/09

Old Winchester Hill
WHITE-THROATED SPARROW - 1

Old Lodge, Ashdown Forest
LITTLE BUNTING - 1
Crossbill - 50 + incl. 1 with white wingbars.

Frensham Great Pond, Surrey 29/3/09

RING-NECKED DUCK - 1 drk

Cardiff Bay & Slimbridge 12/3/09

Cardiff Bay Wetlands
BONAPARTE'S GULL - 1 ad winter
Lesser Scaup - 1 drk

Slimbridge WWT
AMERICAN WIGEON - 1 drk

 Bonaparte's Gull

Lesser Scaup

Pett 11/1/09

After a fruitless visit to Rodmell for a Great White Egret and Tilgate for Lesser Spotted Woodpeckers, a call from Ian Barnard soon saw me down Pett for a first for Sussex. The bird in question was a drk KING EIDER.

On arrival it was nowhere to be seen, however a call from Chris Ball confirming its relocation further down the sea wall had all determined county listers take part in a wacky races event, and thankfully all present saw it.

Offshore at Pett
KING EIDER - 1 drk
Velvet Scoter - 5

West Hythe 26/10/08

GREEN HERON - 1

Excellent views of this transatlantic mega. Took no notice of the hundred or so people surrounding it. Due to the poor weather, I didn't take my camera so its fair to say I was pretty gutted.

Telscombe Cliffs 5/6/08

TRUMPETER FINCH - 1

Left work early for this county mega which showed reasonably well on the cliff edge by Telscombe sewage works. This was the last of a fantastic run of birds for Sussex in the past few weeks.