09/03/2015 Woodlarks in the Ashdown Forest

Monday 9th March 2015
Old Lodge NR


Got a tweet from Andy, after more than a year, wanting to meet up and go birding at Old Lodge.

There was not much to be seen apart from a couple of Woodlarks, a Stonechat, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a couple of Ravens.

In the area around Counties car park we came across another 6 Woodlarks as well as a Meadow Pipit, a Skylark and a couple of Fieldfares.

At Stonehill we saw 3 more Woodlarks as well as a flock of 6-8 Fieldfare flying over.

Our last port of call was to a Little Owl site near the Anchor Inn at Barcombe.  Unfortunately the Owl was not showing when we got there, probably because it was too late in the day when it could have been hunting for food.



Really nice to meet up with Andy again.  The Owl site was a new one for me and one I will try to visit again tomorrow.