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Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs |
Yesterday I visited Pagham Harbour in the vague hope that
the Long-eared Owl was still there. Many others had the same thought!
Apparently it was showing well on a tall gorse branch set back from the path by
the visitor centre on Sunday and Monday morning, but was less visible when the
wind increased Monday afternoon. I enjoyed my wander around the reserve, seeing
a Whitethroat and my first red Admiral and Comma of the season. The Comma was in
aerial combat with two much larger Peacocks and saw both of them off. There were plenty of Peacocks (butterfly
variety) around. A Chaffinch proclaimed his territory from the top of a gorse
tree. I saw my first Avocets since Pensthorpe on the mud flats of the Ferry
Pool when I checked the hide.
A birder told me the
Bonelli’s Warbler was still at Church Norton so I headed there. It was easy to find
as there were a dozen or more borders at the back of the hide. The bird was difficult
to see and there were other warblers around, but every so often it showed
itself 70 metres away, but never stopped still for more than a few seconds. A
Willow Warbler landed near me so I grabbed a shot.
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Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta |
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Avocet, Recurvirostra avosetta |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ-h8Jn-nhU4NFGg6mh2BUIWmbbLRWY1sNeNIo1TTSZVj7TlYVPVLaTNpdVrL-cEKV3txshRiZlJl3SWobrou6dyC2ZDpbfsB4iW4NYCHR7RaGq2WLF1aPLgwM5wSxGnIoiPva1zJrgesX/s320/Chaffinch,+Fringilla+coelebs+5579.jpg) |
Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuOXJgVGdGpMgTQQ8rK7sY_JAvwInKg85atTCiHsHNgR033qANUCaxd1_sKGSNIY5p06JjjZIUjXHusBayeos-qxUEaWtPgywEpSxav-n9ivEZSB88QKUUZ9AtqgxpfhAe1LbdsGAjRnnq/s320/Chaffinch,+Fringilla+coelebs+5599.jpg) |
Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiESzRNN4VTuKBhhEyPcjZIjXgRFIKGL1_E3Q-xAcsdW0k53aEHK1LdO6Chw8ynOtPvSMZzyt1IMVWPrxNTD4nM1MMkzNR5UghVuA5ZNzpNAB6uxCBq_hGBU7Aw8QMYyvIGy9zWboZtkow_/s320/Comma,+Polygonia+c-album+5501.jpg) |
Comma, Polygonia c-album |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5YBI9rd8tShieejZxQ5SlM7MPGLLYcrMB_3wreKC5nnMaMbvaiYtwkLOjBLvlzMn38LP1n9DvvDhAeufR2CBxtk6Gkch6k1NsJySqq3HCRT1G_goXAGeG1fh-ZLN79IaccuSU28cdvCOH/s320/Greenfinch,+Carduelis+chloris+5656.jpg) |
Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhukwsPI9hnLQM3TlDMh3Cay-TQCH-w7pwzVKEahOxpmf73V0O1IC9mj3QC_WsiUOAAJe591ra2bAH8RIpDVrjVMtLZYpaTBjH7oagU5xar3m6WeA8IImHG2MbM8ifg6cewr898nAe906KB/s320/Magpie,+Pica+pica+5773.jpg) |
Magpie, Pica pica |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbMSsDY-bPHprE7Y-YedKnobZGXymecRyh30R378La7cDv92dlTXzF8RUH-dQd0tMtaZk0ZA7FGd85-j4s-6BGaE4OMWr037yO2kKM5wVgu3fG4GNDphaZ-jGGnwe9f8C9e9xGxUF8Iso4/s320/Peacock,+Inachis+io+5534.jpg) |
Peacock, Inachis io |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1W53DLbZ4zM01VRpWGY6xvI65VpBRyHorzQg3akY2a5M5SevE9e45NesAQVskxmL3W9QfMOGbvmqJ8DyQD0zcxqolmIx17nmHASUMBmlSp8y81rWLy5ZPzryFmHl2IREqdMQloRh_Xq1m/s320/Red+admiral,+Vanessa+atalanta+5487.jpg) |
Red admiral, Vanessa atalanta |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFO78LYjoNmr1cEKn1D2EZknGN2W0AXMRiQTe62JNIR4v_PvXqpGmTYHKLmTm5ehGBOd-etHzjcn33Gnxen8tmZesBKY-bnLYhzEnEEM4GBYRJsyEtuKkKIDza2tskGkaDDU9CZVb6hL4N/s320/Redshank,+Tringa+totanus+5600.jpg) |
Redshank, Tringa totanus |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggFYa9lBiuGxhhlNsr_goCe9kxmF5fvmdl5u57X4L3lPu6NNCvR0ElaH_issIMBj8gfipPFfSKKvAV3k1kRxk34nfDVeHVXcTlI2RraO0RV6_DXzJmb2DlBfdVa5KFgToGZPRUTWZfx2-8/s320/Redshank,+Tringa+totanus+5615.jpg) |
Redshank, Tringa totanus |
This Redshank kept bobbing up and down and pursued another nearby, which then flew off.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP9WUc45HWT3NBfC34wXOL1S6KbyW3kGwwY3Dd0foUBKv92jZGVNIMmNfb2AuK9swyZEo53Rq57YNr2i38J3CAFGf04KQaars26aBvJFXd5a3NC-WXAtb52q1SFiU0OUhOU8wDU6APImdQ/s320/Western+Bonelli's+Warbler,+Phylloscopus+bonelli+5777.jpg) |
Western Bonelli's Warbler, Phylloscopus bonelli |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpBaZ_sgiCTIt9CDA_KquQnCfSeAfWq5bVgSEWyI8Hg1jRqEZvzXN9ZaVsXPfOEC-SbC_wXIDrZS20SFx_tcyi-t4w6-OcTz5tYvEFw1M9fu4MJr5ITRAQf1qtTtqq0ZQiMl6rp4td57T/s320/Whitethroat,+Sylvia+communis+5498.jpg) |
Whitethroat, Sylvia communis |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3QgLwyjAhy5XfZ7zk_K0A6y6vzr3QmdQbmFS6zt4fFLbcdoXniJhza9n6Hgi4y7C_ySO386aM2dWElRL0AnH1NZeio_GexTGKE9dc7hr-lwnUIJ1dKLtMIe_Cy-daTmlFA11oZQ3SO9Ec/s320/Willow+Warbler,+Phylloscopus+trochilus+5845.jpg) |
Willow Warbler, Phylloscopus trochilus |
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioI6NvjIfiK7KeNUeNS7Z4Ws-E7JR4JCD_wvl3BfbBBV3uq12B9HpoJi8d-9mD6Aav2hNaT1twP9EAMpUe-ry_2bMWmTGKXYrlwV4043VV2QaB6Vbw1BVSoZnShkeTpCaAkbQfoNbHcBYI/s320/reflections+5632.jpg) |
reflections |
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