Tuesday 20 October 2015

Stonechats and a Short-eared Owl

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:
 G-CUPP Pitts S-2A Special
Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus
Mistle Thrush, Turdus viscivorus
Mistle Thrush
Brimstone, Gonepteryx rhamni
Carrion Crow, Corvus corone and Buzzard, Buteo buteo





Kestrel
Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta
Small Heath, Coenonympha pamphilus
Stonechat ♀, Saxicola torquata
Hailsham bonfire
Climping beach:
Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo
G-EWAN, a Protech PT-2 Prostar
where the Short-eared Owl is hidden
Small White, Pieris rapae
Stonechat ♀, Saxicola torquata
Stonechat ♀
Stonechat ♀
Stonechat ♀
Stonechat ♂
Stonechat ♂

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