[Misc] The Official NSC Bird Spotting Thread.

[Is it PotG?]

Haven't spotted it yet but it's nice and quiet and sunny out front this morning and the woodpecker is extremely busy.
What a lovely, reassuring and regular sound that is.

 

[tedebear]

Rare Red Kite sailing over the allotment this morning...stunning bird with that incredible tail...freshly ploughed fields over the downs brings them to the downs but they rarely venture to town...

 

[FamilyGuy]

2 Red Kites spotted this morning on our dog walk between Piddinghoe and Southease, first time I have seen any over here.

That surprises me, I thought they were pretty much everywhere around here now. I often see a pair over Copthorne Golf Course.

 

[Si Gull]

Swallows and House Martins popping up in coastal areas. Won't be long before they're all back for the summer. Anyone seen one yet?

 

[BN9 BHA]

That surprises me, I thought they were pretty much everywhere around here now. I often see a pair over Copthorne Golf Course.

The two I saw were flying quite high and seemed like they were just flying over, rather than circling. Others i have seen near motorways and walking in the Cotswolds were flying very low.
I regularly walk around Piddinghoe and Southease and like looking up at the Buzzards but don’t see Red Kites

 

[Diablo]

Recently seen a couple of Shellducks in amongst the flocks of geese on Sothease/Northease Brooks. Don`t recall seeing them before.