Waders at Arlington Reservoir

A good day for waders at Arlington Reservoir – 4 Bar-tailed Godwits flew NE in the morning (Paul James), and late this afternoon there were three Greenshank, a Dunlin and a Common Sandpiper on site. (Matt Eade – both per SOS site)

Ouse Valley, Tuesday

A good selection of birds between Southease and Lewes a couple of days ago (reported by Jeremy Patterson, via SOS sightings):
Cetti’s Warbler and Chiffchaff heard at Southease. Passerine flock still evident at Rodmell with good numbers of Corn and Reed Buntings and Sky Larks. Male and female Merlin there with up to 4 Common Buzzards, [...]

Egyptian Goose etc

A walk along the river from South Heighton up past Piddinghoe this afternoon proved quite interesting.
Fourteen Greylag & two Canada Geese in field alongside Piddinghoe Pond were the first Geese I`ve seen in the valley this year,a drake Shoveler on the pond itself, a pair of Wigeon flushed from a section of the old river [...]

Newhaven – Piddinghoe 14th Jan

A Common Sandpiper on the riverbank at Piddinghoe, Eight Corn Buntings on bushes nearby and a Grey Wagtail prospecting around a puddle on the lower path. High up on a pylon over towards Tarring Neville a pair of Ravens enjoying the afternoon sunshine.

sightings 06/12/08

Great northern Diver still present this morning on the scrape in the lower Cuckmere valley.
Large numbers of both Fieldfare and Redwing in the Southease station area this afternoon feeding on the abundant hawthorn berries available,both a male and female Sparrowhawk seen here too obviously looking to feast on a thrush supper. A Common Sandpiper near [...]

Whooper Swans, Arlington Reservoir 16.11.08

Four Whooper Swans reported east over Arlington Reservoir, at 15.00 on Sunday (John Gallop, via SOS sightings).
This is an excellent local record, of a species recorded in very small numbers in Sussex. Is this the first in the area since one at Cuckmere Haven in January 2003? Previous to that, a single (feral?) bird was [...]

Late Common Sands (17 Oct)

Two Common Sandpipers together along the River Ouse just south of Piddinghoe late afternoon today, not too many about now as we move through October.