Thursday, 24 November 2016

24/11/2016 Birding in West Sussex

Paul and group  (8)

Kingley Vale NR near West Stoke in West Sussex  a.m.

Famous for it's Yew trees this was a first visit for me to this site.  After climbing to the top of the hill we enjoyed spectacular views over Chichester Harbour.


  • Bird species of the morning was yellowhammer with 10 seen soon after we left the car park.
  • fieldfare and redwing were there - but not in great numbers.
  • Raptors seen included buzzard and sparrowhawk but, surprisingly there were no red kites.
  • I saw my first green woodpecker for some time.
  • Over 250 stock doves were seen in one stubble field at the end of our visit



A pleasant walk. 



West Dean Woods   p.m.
  • What a difference a few miles makes.  Just 15 minutes away by car and we immediately had 3-4 red kite sightings over West Dean Woods.
  • After a patient wait we finally got to see our target bird, the hawfinch.  We enjoyed cracking views of 1 of the 2 on show at the top of the bare tree.
  • There was no sign of the little owl as we visited it's usual haunt.


Some skilled birding by Paul ensured we all saw the beautiful hawfinches.







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