[Misc] The Official NSC Bird Spotting Thread.

[Questions]

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]

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.

 

[Worried Man Blues]

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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Probably chicks squabbling

 

[dazzer6666]

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 !

 

[Diablo]

Not bird spotting but nature spotting. Hows this for a Puffball. Looks like a skull !! size ten boot to show scale.

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

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.

 

[Cordwainer]

Was lucky enough to see a pair of White Tail Eagles and their one youngster in and around their nest last week in Scotland. Magnificent birds and on the wing look like a flying door!!

 

[Dun Lurkin]

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.

 

[Cheeky Monkey]

A sparrowhawk landed in my mum's garden in Seaford yesterday...and flew off back with a sparrow in it's talons.

 

[WATFORD zero]

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

 

[Cordwainer]

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

And a few passing through Hove a couple of weeks back. Lovely birds.

 

[Coldeanseagull]

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
To be clear, it's a buzzard I was talking about

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

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.

Just had 3 high up above my house.
I tried to get a video but my phone isn't up to the job.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Just had 3 high up above my house.
I tried to get a video but my phone isn't up to the job.

Saw two individuals when I drove a few miles up the A23 this morning. Perfect weather for Buzzard spotting

 

[Seagull on the Hill]

Saw two individuals when I drove a few miles up the A23 this morning. Perfect weather for Buzzard spotting

I always hear them before I see them.

 

[MJsGhost]

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!

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!

 

[One Love]

Regularly hear Tawny Owls at night with our windows open.

Heard a new noise about 4am and Merlin heard a Little Owl.

The other recent highlight was a Kingfisher at Brooklands.

 

[fly high]

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.

 

[BrightonCottager]

I was walking along the edge of a wood near the bottom of Ditchling Beacon this afternoon with Miss BC and we disturbed a buzzard that was sitting on a tree just above head height. It flew off gracefully just in front of us. Incredible.

 

[BN9 BHA]

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.