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Oct 18, 2006
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Worthing
Saw a buzzard on a low fence whilst having my lunch in Slinfold the other day. It sat there happy for ages. First time I’ve seen one just sitting around
 




pasty

A different kind of pasty
Jul 5, 2003
31,013
West, West, West Sussex
Not a very exciting bird, but we have a pair of pigeons apparently nesting in our garden. Don’t believe there’s any eggs in there right now, but one of the pair rarely leaves the nest. View attachment 184611

Just heard some very quiet cheep cheeps and it appears she has a hatchling

Not a great photo as didn’t want to get too close.

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dazzer6666

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Mar 27, 2013
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Burgess Hill
Many Egrets now seen on Brooks and have seen different similar Bird which I believe is "Cattle Egret". anyone else seen Cattle Egret in Ouse Valley below Lewes or anywhere else ???
I posted a picture of one earlier in the thread - admittedly it was in the Algarve, but I was hand-feeding chips !
 
















WATFORD zero

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Jul 10, 2003
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On a smaller scale, some long tailed tits have moved into my area (Southwick) and have seen them in my garden for the first time after over 40 years in residence. Had seen them in the past at my daughter's house in Shoreham though.

They must be on tour. I had them in my garden (just up from the theatre of trees) yesterday :wink:
 






Coldeanseagull

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Mar 13, 2013
8,341
Coldean
Saw one circling in Coldean this morning. By the time I'd got my camera up on my phone, a herd of herring gulls had screeched their way to intercept it and drive it high into the sky....which it was doing on the thermals anyway!
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For some reason, my post didn't include the quote from Seagull on the hill :shrug:
To be clear, it's a buzzard I was talking about
 
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MJsGhost

Oooh Matron, I'm an
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Jun 26, 2009
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East
We get buzzards circling over our house, it's quite a sight when the rooks gang up to chase them away.
I love the high pitched eerie call of the buzzards.
We seem surrounded by them around me (out in the sticks). I often see them quite close up in the mornings when I'm walking the dog. They sit high up in a line of trees bordering the fields and swoop down and across to the other side. They also sit on telegraph poles alongside the lane to my village.

I saw this the other day. At first, I assumed this was a buzzard as it usually would be, but then (too late to get a decent photo) realised it was a kite!

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By no means the first time I'd seen one here (one has circled over my garden), but had I been more awake, I'd have seen this pretty close up on the ground!
 




fly high

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Aug 25, 2011
1,718
in a house
We seem surrounded by them around me (out in the sticks). I often see them quite close up in the mornings when I'm walking the dog. They sit high up in a line of trees bordering the fields and swoop down and across to the other side. They also sit on telegraph poles alongside the lane to my village.

I saw this the other day. At first, I assumed this was a buzzard as it usually would be, but then (too late to get a decent photo) realised it was a kite!

View attachment 187027
By no means the first time I'd seen one here (one has circled over my garden), but had I been more awake, I'd have seen this pretty close up on the ground!
This spring we had a red kite regularly flying over us, seen one on Ashdown Forest but first time I'd seen one at home. In June I was at Maresfield Recycling Centre & there was a pair fly around the adjacent fields, the ones our council want to triple the size of the 'business' park & build on, think I was the only person to notice them.

Have had Buzzards for a number of years now, love to watch them teaching their fledglings the art of flying & avoiding crows etc.
 






BN9 BHA

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Jul 14, 2013
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Newhaven
We seem surrounded by them around me (out in the sticks). I often see them quite close up in the mornings when I'm walking the dog. They sit high up in a line of trees bordering the fields and swoop down and across to the other side. They also sit on telegraph poles alongside the lane to my village.

I saw this the other day. At first, I assumed this was a buzzard as it usually would be, but then (too late to get a decent photo) realised it was a kite!

View attachment 187027
By no means the first time I'd seen one here (one has circled over my garden), but had I been more awake, I'd have seen this pretty close up on the ground!
Is this in Sussex?
I have only seen Red Kites flying next to the M40, Hampshire and when I was in Gloucestershire last year.
 


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