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female Stonechat, Saxicola torquata |
On Thursday during a visit to Arundel WWT I saw Kingfisher
outside the Scrape hide and Manadarin Ducks on the pond.
On Saturday I visited West Wittering beach where I found Skylarks feeding on the grass. First I saw three, then four and finally a couple
of dozen flew in. Two Stonechats were on the beach by the dunes. Thousands of Brent Geese
screemed and wheeled around in the sky like a murmuration of starlings.
On Sunday I called in at Climping beach and spotted a
Mediterranean Gull and a Sanderling with Oystercatchers and Turnstones. Two
Stonechats displayed on bushes and fence posts. One hovered in the air several
times.
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Common Pochard, Aythya ferina |
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Great Tit, Parus major |
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Kingfisher, Alcedo atthis |
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Long-tailed Tit, Aegithalos caudatus |
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Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata |
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Nēnē (Hawaiian Goose), Branta sandvicensis |
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Trumpeter cygnet, Cygnus buccinator |
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the parent Trumpeter Swans |
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Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula |
West Wittering:
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Bell helicopter 206L-3 Long Ranger (1989) |
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Brent Geese, Branta bernicla |
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Brent Geese |
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Brent Geese |
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Curlew, Numenius arquata |
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Lapwings, Vanellus vanellus |
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Pied Wagtail, Motacilla alba |
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Skylark, Alauda arvensis |
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Skylark |
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Skylark |
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Skylarks |
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Stonechats, female and male, Saxicola torquata |
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Wren, Troglodytes troglodytes |
Climping beach:
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Mediterranean Gull, Larus melanocephalus |
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Mediterranean Gull |
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Mediterranean Gull, Sanderling and Oystercatcher |
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Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus |
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Oystercatcher and Sanderling |
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Oystercatchers |
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Piper PA-28-161 Warrior III |
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Sanderling, Calidris alba |
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female Stonechat, Saxicola torquata |
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Stonechat |
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Turnstone, Arenaria interpres |
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Turnstones |
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Woodpigeons, Columba palumbus |
One tried to roost but the tree's owner immediately saw it off.
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