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| Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis |
On Wednesday I joined Mark and members of the Murray
Downland Trust at Heyshott escarpment for the first conservation work party of
the winter season.
On most days from Monday till today I have visited Arundel
WWT and enjoyed seeing the kingfishers from the Sand Martin hide. They hovered
above the lake and dived in, sometimes coming out with a fish. They have also
zoomed back and forth across the lake and in front of the hide from left to
right and right to left. Today one banked over the hide. On Tuesday Sue Lawford, a friend from expat days, joined us at Arundel for lunch.
Heyshott work party:
Belted Galloway being moved on the hill to graze to create the optimum grassland for primulas to grow. Primroses and cowslips are the foodplant of the Duke of Burgundy butterfly, which is the object of the conservation work.
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| Snout moth, Hypena proboscidalis |
Arundel WWT:
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| view from Sand Martin hide |
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| Black-headed Gull with fish, Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
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| Black-headed Gulls, Chroicocephalus ridibundus |
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| Black-headed Gulls - change of perching rights |
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| Black-headed Gulls seem to like sticks |
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| Black-necked Swan, female, Cygnus melancoryphus |
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| Black-necked Swan, male, Cygnus melancoryphus |
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| bracket fungus - id needed |
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| same bracket fungus from below |
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| Canada Geese, Branta canadensis |
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| Canada Geese, Branta canadensis |
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| Common Darter, Sympetrum striolatum |
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| Coot, Fulica atra |
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| Coot, Fulica atra |
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| Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo |
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| Gadwall, Anas strepera |
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| Greylag Geese, Anser anser |
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| Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus |
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| Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis |
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| Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis |
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| Magpie Geese, Anseranas semipalmata |
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| Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| female Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos |
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| Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata |
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| Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata |
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| female Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata |
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| female Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata |
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| Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus |
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| Moorhen, Gallinula chloropus |
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| Mute Swan taking off, Cygnus olor |
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| Orinoco Geese, Neochen jubata |
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| Swan Goose, Anser cygnoides |
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| Trumpeter Swan and cygnet, Cygnus buccinator |
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| Trumpeter cygnet, Cygnus buccinator |
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| Trumpeter Swan, Cygnus buccinator |
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| Tufted Duck, female, Aythya fuligula |
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