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| Little Egret, Egretta garzetta |
On Saturday a trip to Arundel WWT gave me a Peregrine
perched in a tree at the top of the ridge and a Water Vole in the pond near the woodland bird feeders.
Yesterday
I visited Southwick Lock where I saw four Red-breasted Mergansers. Widewater
Lagoon had a pair of them plus a Little Egret fishing by the islands. I then
checked out Mill Hill for adders and saw a Red Admiral flitting round the
bottom of the hill. I found my first Violet of the year, then climbed the path and looked in a place where
I usually see adders. Bingo! - a juvenile black Adder was coiled up by the
path. The sun had disappeared by this time, and the adder eventually slithered
off, estimated length 50 cms.
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| Spring has arrived early |
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| Greylag Goose, Anser anser |
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| Magpie Goose, Anseranas semipalmata |
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| Magpie Goose |
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| Magpie Geese |
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| Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Peregrine, Falco peregrinus |
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| Water Vole, Arvicola amphibius |
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| Crocuses in Hove |
Widewater:
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| Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
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| Little Egret, Egretta garzetta |
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| Little Egret with food |
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| swallowing a fish |
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| female Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator |
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| male Red-breasted Merganser, Mergus serrator |
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| male and female Red-breasted Mergansers |
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| Runner duck |
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| Violet - not sure which species |
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| juvenile Adder, Vipera berus |
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