115th Species of bird at West Rise Marsh

 A record shot of a Great White Egret

Storm Hermina, Birling Gap

 

Eastbourne Seafront

 

Seaford Head

 Glorious day. The winter seed-field was full of finches.

Stonechat

Lots of Chaffinch, but we also saw Linnet, Siskin and Brambling

Western Conifer Seed Bug

 Invasive, but so beautiful. 

Cuckmere, at Alfriston

Distant Lapwing flock

Buzzard

An overwintering Chiffchaff
 

Otter footprints on the bank at the Alfriston footbridge

Rock Pipit, Splash Point

A very cold watch for Humpbacked Whales produced this lovely bird
 

West Rise Marsh

 The pull of the marsh.... The wet-land biodiversity hot-spot in the middle of Eastbourne. 114 species and counting.

Low cloud, Jevington Plantation

 

Moon rise, with Mars

 

Sun rise, Hill Road

 

Full Moon with Mars

 

Short-eared Owls, Southease

A glorious but muddy walk at Southease, in the Ouse Valley. There were two or three Sort-eared Owls plus a grumpy Barn Owl. Also heard a Water Rail.

 

Lewes Brooks near Southease

 

Hard frost, Jevington Plantation

A beautiful morning, with the wood full of song, and the highlight being three noisy Nuthatch. 

 

Frost again

 

Snow, Wilmington Hill

 Strange weather meant that Beachy Head had no snow, while six miles inland, Wilmington Hill had a good few inches. Looking north, the snow-free Low Weald disappeared into cold weather smog, while the north-edge of the South Downs was still white, as it stretched off west.

Great Crested Grebe, West Rise Marsh

 

Cold Weather

 

Sormy Sea, Bexhill-on-Sea

 Incredibly mild, but very windy weather. The wild sea was a great spectacle.