15/02/2016 Arun Valley Red Kites and Ravens

Monday 15th February 2016
Arun Valley


Another good day of birding with Paul and the group. Weather conditions were good with no rain and clear skies, if a tad cold.

Rackham Woods

• A Tree Creeper and a Nuthatch provided the special moments.  

• Looking over the brooks produced a variety of bird sightings but it was not until something spooked them that we realised just how many Pintails there were; the in joke/challenge set by Jan was how to ID a female Pintail and, surprisingly, nearly all of us failed miserably - needless to say Paul came up trumps.

Pulborough Brooks

•  A walk round Pulborough Brooks produced sightings of most of the usual suspects -  the main omissions being Bullfinch, Ruff and the usual Raptors.

The Burgh

• Red Kites provided the wallpaper for our visit with regular sightings throughout the afternoon.

• Ravens were in abundance.

• We were too early for the Short-eared Owls and, after we left, I believe 5 were seen from where we were..

Today's Species list 

Blackbird

Black-headed Gull

Black-Tailed Godwit

Blue Tit

Bullfinch

Buzzard

Canada Goose

Carrion Crow

Chaffinch

Coal Tit

Common Gull

Coot Cormorant

Dunnock

Feral Pigeon

Goldcrest

Goldfinch

Great Tit

Greenfinch Green Woodpecker

Grey Heron

Grey Partridge

Grey Plover

Herring Gull

House Sparrow

Jackdaw

Jay

Kestrel

Knot

Lapwing

Lesser Redpoll

Linnet

Long-tailed Tit

Magpie

Mallard

Meadow Pipit

Moorhen

Mute Swan

Nuthatch

Peregrine

Pheasant

Pied Wagtail

Pintail

Raven

Red Kite

Redwing

Reed Bunting

Robin Rook

Sanderling

Shelduck

Shoveler

Snipe

Song Thrush

Starling

Stock Dove

Stonechat

Teal

Tree Creeper

Tufted Duck

Widgeon

Woodpigeon

Wren

Yellowhammer

60    Courtesy of Alan ( and Paul)

A welome day out birding with good friends.