Sunday 13 December 2009

Pulborough Brooks RSPB Reserve

songthrush Turdus philomelos
Looking south and west from West Mead hide
aged yellow brain fungus Tremella mesenterica
distant bewick's swan C. columbianus bewickii
a rare sight during term time - a Sparsholt birder
looking north from The Hanger
Pulborough Brooks RSPB Reserve West Sussex. Highlights including seven bewick's swan C. columbianus bewickii at distance; a single fem. merlin Falco columbarius; sev. (up to 7) bullfinch Pyrrhula pyrrhula; large numbers of teal Anas crecca, wigeon Anas penelope and smaller numbers of pintail Anas acuta. Wader spp. were conspicuous by their absence excepting lapwing Vanellus vanellus in large numbers.

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