Knepp Estate
After realising I hadn’t seen a Turtle Dove for several years,a trip to Knepp this afternoon soon put that right.
Pair flying around and perched from the viewing tree platform.
Gravetye this morning,lovely old Sussex Estate .
Seen some good birds here too
Weir Wood res
First Common Tern chicks have hatched,still 4 more birds sitting and 2 pairs of BH Gulls.
Peregrine (male) pair of Kestrels and Red kite seen.
Plenty of Reed warblers including one singing sailing club car park.
First returning Sand Martin through this morning and 4 LBB Gulls.
Green Woodpecker in our works car park,Crawley
We are really excited to be hosting the Honey-buzzard live stream on our new website. As seen on Springwatch 2026.
tinyurl.com/42ubayu8
The Society part-funded this work, which should contribute much to our understanding of the species’ breeding ecology in Sussex.
Thanks to all partners.
Not much going on today in the rain but a male Peregrine over the garden this afternoon was nice.
Some sort of Wasp I think in the garden this afternoon
Wood Sandpiper
Bough Beech res
Weir Wood Res
Yesterday’s brief Avocet & Grey Plover plus a RL Partridge takes our year list to 126.
Pic Richard Allan