A late morning visit to the West beach proved worthwhile as one of the local Ravens put on a show jostling with the many Gulls which proved no match for his ( or her ) aerial prowess. A few Fulmars on the cliff and a couple of Rock Pipits noted.

The local breeding pair of Canada Geese have been successful again this year, nothing new there you`re thinking, six fluffy goslings duly hatched and cared for by attentive parents it was only when they were fully feathered  with white facial features that I realised one hadn`t got any, in fact it looked to me to have morphed into a young Greylag Goose, most unusual. Answers ? well Greylag Geese have also been seen with young on Piddinghoe Pond so maybe a sortie onto the pond by the Canada`s and a mix up ensued with them returning with six young only one was not their own, possible I suppose but hardly likely, or maybe something genetically  in the parents past came to the fore with this youngster, anyway I guess I`ll never know but they are still on the river with a larger flock of Canada`s now, including one superficially anyway looking Greylag.

These were briefly joined by Turtle Dove and Lesser Whitethroat, and late in the afternoon a Green Sandpiper flew over, heading East.

Apparently it was last watched heading North and appeared to drop down on the Beddingham side of the Ouse at Rodmell.

Also an Osprey at Michelham Priory today.

Thanks to Jacob Everitt for both reports.

The resident Great crested Grebes were looking very smart too.

A handful of both Swallows and Sand Martins present with a couple of  House Martins seen.

Last Monday, an injured Long-eared Owl was picked up on the road between Rodmell and Piddinghoe – taken to Buckinghamshire (top picture over on the Sussex Ornithological Society site).

Last weekend, a Green Sandpiper, two Peregrines and eleven Snipe along Glynde Reach. (via Firle Birds)