Humming-bird Hawk-moth in Lewes

A Humming-bird Hawk-moth feeding on buddleia just off Cliffe High Street in Lewes this morning.
My first of the year – surprising, considering what a good summer it seems to have been for migrant butterflies and moths.

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, [...]

Male Hen Harrier, Ouse Valley

An adult male Hen Harrier reported yesterday between Southease and Lewes (Andy Wright and Jon Devito, via SOS sightings). Is this the same bird seen on and off throughout the winter (including up at Bo Peep in the autumn)? Also 70 Corn Buntings noted.
Floods early this week around the train track at Glynde disappeared [...]

Caburn Raven and Glynde White-fronts

A walk between Lewes and Glynde today was almost birdless, but a Raven acrobatically outmanoeuvring the local Jackdaws was good.
On Glynde Levels, six White-fronted Geese were reported (Alan Kitson, SOS site) – presumably an augmented version of the party of five seen there and at Arlington Reservoir sporadically over the past three weeks.

Lewes Railway Land 16.11.08

A hour or so around Lewes Railway Land this afternoon yielded a couple of Chiffchaffs calling briefly, a Sparrowhawk, one or two Grey Wagtails, a Kingfisher (heard, not seen) along the Ouse and a male Stonechat flycatching from scrub on the grazing marsh.
The ‘Heart of Reeds’ area looks quite well-established now – anyone know whether [...]

Ravens at Lewes

Two Ravens over Lewes at 3.30pm.