West Sussex
Birds Photographed Here
Very luck to get a reasonably sharp photo of this Avocet – the bird on RSPB’s logo – from a hide from quite a bit of a distance….
The Bar-tailed Godwit is a very rare bird – never had a photograph of it, and in fact we haven’t seen it before. Hence sharing this slightly blurrier…
A bit of a far-reaching photo today from our RSPB Pulborough Brooks outing a few weeks ago. There were quite a few Black-Tailed Godwits around, but unfortunately all of them…
The weather forecast a few days ago for Sunday looked very promising for photography: 14°C and lots of sun. Reality once again let us down somewhat. But even…
Decided to give this one a wide crop as the tree was so beautiful. But I would urge everyone to zoom the photo a bit to see that…
A very rare photo — at least for me — where I managed to capture more than one bird species in the same shot with both in focus….
As some might have noticed, I am alternating waterfowl and raptor photos from WWT Arundel. The last bird of prey from the outing – this Common Buzzard.
Large parts of RSPB Pagham Harbour were closed off to give ground-nesting birds some privacy to build their nests and raise their chicks. Quite a few species roost…
Another photo I am quite proud of – this time of my camera – is of this Curlew in flight. It’s pretty rare for me to get such…
Another rare bird which I don’t think I’ve published in this newsletter yet: Dunlin. I noticed this group from quite afar, because they were very close to the…
Sorry for the tight crop, but I wanted everyone to notice the beautiful eye of this nice little Dunnock.
Reasonably common duck in the UK – but I think I caught it at an interesting moment. Shame the shutter speed I used was too slow, and the…
Finally a day without intensive rain, which meant a proper outing into an RSPB reserve. We had a few candidates, but the one with the “best weather” —…
Continuing with the theme of improved-shot-thursday I’d like to present this Great Crested Parent carrying its chick on its back and relaxing in a small pond between the…
A somewhat unusual catch for Arundel: a Great Egret. We were sitting in a hide overlooking the site’s main body of water and watched it walk slowly towards…
Continuing with the outing at RSPB Pulborough Brooks — and introducing another bird that is typically photographed while singing. And once again, I did not manage to get…
A close encounter with a Green Woodpecker revealed a detail I’m sure I had seen before but never really noticed: the cheeks of this bird are as red as its…
Some lovely autumn colours with this Greenfinch. This bush was right next to a feeder, and we hung around for about 10–15 minutes and managed to see the full…
The next very rare bird we encountered – in fact, I have never seen it before – is this Grey Plover. Name-wise it does not sound rare, but…
As some might have guessed — today’s bird is the Little Tern, with its yellow beak and black tip. It’s actually physically smaller than the Sandwich Tern, which…
Finally, a photo outing – to WWT Arundel – only the second one for the whole of September. Kicking off with this contrasting photo: a brightly coloured Mandarin…
An excellent outing to RSPB Pulborough Brooks yielded quite a few nice photos to share. The star of the show was the Nightingale — plenty could be heard…
Not the best angle to catch a Northern Pintail, as the most striking feature of this elegant duck is the much longer tail feathers, which are not visible here….
As mentioned a few days ago, on the outing to WWT Arundel we saw lots of birds of prey. First one was a Red Kite. Second in line,…
I love this bird. Pheasants look good in pretty much any background: grass, bramble, hedge, or bushes.
Quite a few Red Kites already, but this one flew in so close that it’s worth having another look…
First ever sighting of a partridge for us, even though these birds are supposedly meant to be abundant. We didn’t even notice them in the grassland until they…
Not exactly a wild bird in a reserve, but this fully white Rock Dove was snapped in the canteen of RSPB Pulborough Brooks.
During a short picnic break on our walk, we had this Rook gathering some grub from the soil just a few metres away from us. It was not…
Not exactly a wild bird, but this fierce-looking Rooster was contrasting so nicely with the background…
Weather was much better this morning in Chichester, so we headed out for an outing at RSPB Pagham Harbour, which is one of my all-time favourite reserves. As…
Thursday is the day of the improved shot, and I think this one is a solid candidate. The previous version was already quite nice with a great backdrop, but it…
Run out of photos from Virginia Water and back to WWT Arundel. This time it’s waterfowl’s turn, and we have a duck with a very appropriate name: Shoveler….
A very nice setting for this Stonechat on the shore of the lower pond in Petworth Deer Park.
A very elusive little bird — the Treecreeper — lives up to its name, creeping diagonally up trees while collecting insects from the bark, then flying down to…
This little bird is called a Turnstone — the name speaks for itself. It uses its beak to turn stones and seaweed near the shore, eating whatever prey it finds…
As some might have noticed, I am alternating woodland birds and waterfowl. Continuing the woodland theme with this lovely little Wren.
I have a few more good sea bird shots from RSPB Pagham Harbour to share, but will now start blending in some meadow and heathland birds too —…