Sunrise over Eastbourne

Stormy sea at Birling Gap

Turkey Tail fungus

Trametes versicolor, growing in Friston Forest

Grey Squirrel in Gildredge Park, Eastbourne

Great Spotted Woodpecker

This male has just a hint of red on its cap, suggesting it hatched this summer. At Beachy Head.

Beachy Head

Distant rain shower

Approaching weather front

Dunnock

Willow Warbler

Feeding in the sparse foliage of an old rooted Christmas tree that nearly died, but somehow lives on. Wrens and Goldcrests also like to feed in it.

Ravens

Three flew over, the local 'lesser' corvids were quite put out.

Shooters Bottom

Robin

Male Stonechat

Sunset at Belle Tout

Sunset at Beachy Head

Tree Pipit

I came across a couple of Tree Pipits just roosting in the grass, at Beachy Head at dusk.

House Martins

Amazing numbers of House Martins, with a few Sand Martins and Swallows, gathered over Beachy Head. Must have been several thousand.

Ivy Bees

I have been managing my front lawn for wild flowers for nearly three years. The August mow has exposed quite a bit of bare earth, and we have an 'eruption' of Ivy Bees. My wife has had to put out a note to reassure the postman.

Golden-banded Dragonfly

This is the first time I have seen this species in the UK. I spent ages, one afternoon in Brittany, trying to photograph them. They hunt very actively and low over the water, and this makes it almost impossible. Luckily David Walsh and Tim, two naturalists I met at Old Lodge, spotted this individual as it landed to feed.

Comma at Old Lodge

Spotted Flycatcher at Old Lodge

Yellow Wagtails at Shooters Bottom

There were well over 50 in with the cattle opposite Shooters Bottom on Friday evening.