Winter birds

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FarnboroJohn
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Winter birds

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All too much cloud lately but I had a good day in the field a week or two ago with wall-to-wall sun all day, and made the most of it. Typically the day's real rarity didn't really perform but after that it was classics all the way.

Hume's Leaf Warbler, Riverside Park, Newhaven. Should be wintering anywhere from Northern India to South-east Asia, so a welcome sight in Sussex. A proper rarity, annual but less than 10 birds a year.

Image20190120 (1)_Humes_Leaf_Warbler by John Dixon, on Flickr

Male Black Redstart, Shoreham Fort. This was a second go after a visit in which the sun never broke through thick cloud. No probs this time! Black Redstarts breed and winter in small numbers with both spring and autumn migrants more profuse, but most in the South.

Image20190120 (11)_Black_Redstart by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20190120 (18)_Black_Redstart by John Dixon, on Flickr

Female Snow Bunting, Goring Gap. On seeing the expanse of shingle to search our hearts sank but the sight of a prone birder aiming a camera from about five feet quickly restored us. Easy bird on the East coast, not so much along the South.

Image20190120 (28)_Snow_Bunting by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20190120 (30)_Snow_Bunting by John Dixon, on Flickr

Super wolf moon rising over The Burgh, Sussex. Cloud at home meant we missed the "blood" element overnight, made do with this.

Image20190120 (35)_Super_Moon_Rising by John Dixon, on Flickr

Meanwhile in the other direction, towards Arundel:

Image20190120 (43)_Arundel_Sunset by John Dixon, on Flickr

Barn Owl, The Burgh, Sussex. Finally, what we were really there for....

Image20190120 (46)_Barn_Owl by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20190120 (47)_Barn_Owl by John Dixon, on Flickr

Image20190120 (48)_Barn_Owl by John Dixon, on Flickr

Thanks for looking. :smile:

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Very nice especially the Black Redstart :clap:
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Super set :clap: keep meaning to go down for the Warbler but time and tide etc !
Don't know about those jets ,they spoil a very nice place

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Loving that Black Redstart, great shots all round :-) :clap:
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Great set :clap: - many thanks.

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