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Short-eared Owl, Asio flammeus |
On Thursday 17th
October I visited Cissbury Ring, met Gary and had glimpses of two Ring Ouzels
and saw a Mistle Thrush. In the evening I joined SusSAR members at Hailsham
where we marshalled at the Bonfire Society parade and bonfire. On Sunday the
ref denied Scotland a place in the semi-finals of the Rugby World Cup. On
Monday I returned to Cissbury Ring where a Ring Ouzel flew out of the Yew tree.
I saw a Crow escorting a Buzzard out of its territory and a Kestrel hunted over the hill. A pair of Red Kites flew high up. Butterflies were still
active with a Red Admiral, Brimstone and Small Heath spotted.
Today I visited
Climping beach twice and disturbed a Short-eared Owl which was perched in the
bushes by a path. It flew into a crop of brassicas and stayed down. Many Small
Whites flew over the crop. A pair of Stonechats flew along the road by the car
park, perched on the fence posts and bushes and fed in the roadside grass.
A Clouded Yellow flew by very fast and a Red Admiral toured its territory.
Cissbury Ring:
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G-CUPP Pitts S-2A Special |
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Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus |
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Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus |
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Mistle Thrush |
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Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni |
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Carrion Crow, Corvus corone and Buzzard, Buteo buteo |
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Kestrel |
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Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
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Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus |
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Stonechat ♀, Saxicola torquata |
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Hailsham bonfire |
Climping beach:
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Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo |
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G-EWAN, a Protech PT-2 Prostar |
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where the Short-eared Owl is hidden |
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Small White, Pieris rapae |
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Stonechat ♀, Saxicola torquata |
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Stonechat ♀ |
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Stonechat ♀ |
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Stonechat ♀ |
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Stonechat ♂ |
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Stonechat ♂ |
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