🔍 Overview Once rare, now a regular and expanding presence in Sussex, especially during winter. It is an increasing visitor and bred for the first time in 2020. 🪶 Key Identification Features Winter: White plumage, short yellow bill Breeding: Buff patches on head, chest, and back Other: Smaller and stockier than Little Egret 🗺️ Habitat...
🔍 Overview An increasingly regular large gull in Sussex, especially in winter. Tricky to identify but becoming more familiar to keen observers. 🪶 Key Identification Features Adult: Long-legged, pale grey mantle, small dark eye Other: Long, parallel-sided bill, flat-headed profile Juvenile: Pale underwing, long-winged appearance 🗺️ Habitat & Distribution Best found at landfill sites, gull...
🔍 Overview A reedbed specialist with a misleading name—more closely related to larks than tits. A scarce breeder and winter visitor in Sussex. 🪶 Key Identification Features Male: Ginger body, black “moustache,” blue-grey head Female: Warmer brown, lacks facial markings Other: Long tail, bouncing flight, constant tail-flicking 🗺️ Habitat & Distribution Resident in large reedbeds...
