Friday, 22 July 2022

Round-up of latest outings

Thursday 30th June 2022

Nightjar Walk with the Ashdown Bird Group (5) and the Friends of the Ashdown Forest (6)

Lavender Platt from Goat Car park

  • Fabulous views of at least 3 nightjars including some spectacular flight views




Sunday 3rd July 2022

White Storks and Emperor Butterflies

Knepp Estate with Alison, Martin and Carol

A return visit this time with Martin and his wife Carol.

  • This time the purple emperor butterfly on the ground for almost 15 minutes.






  • Up to 19 white storks flying around as we watched the butterflies.





Monday 11th July 2022
Raptor Watch
Ashdown Bird Group (11)
Ashdown Forest
 We had no luck at all looking for honey buzzards at 2 sites on the Ashdown Forest today.  The sweltering heat obviously worked against us.


All pictures courtesy of Alison Playle


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