Our Barn Owl box at Bramber Brooks fell victim to the recent storms, with its host Ash tree getting a right bashing from the winds. However, the box, a bespoke design by the late Dr. Barrie Watson, survived the impact and was re-situated on the tree, ready for the spring breeding season. Horsham DIstrict Council...
The fascinating journeys of our ringed birds take centre stage in the last SDOS piece in Inside Shoreham and Southwick magazine.💚 Thanks to Richard Fairbank and Richard Allan.
The fantastic Friends of Old Shoreham (FOldS) have been working on Mill Hill local nature reserve to help restore the chalk grassland which have been overcome by invasive plants. The work, which started in October of last year, has already had a significant impact on the habitat, as can be seen from the ‘before’ (below)...
Up to 300 Snipe did their own version of a Starling murmuration on the Adur Estuary RSPB reserve this week, with ‘wisps’ of these gorgeous little birds dashing around above the incoming tide. Snipe are common in the winter on the RSPB reserve (by the Norfolk Bridge) although due to their incredible mottled brown camouflage...
Plans to replace a mitigation pipe on the Widewater Lagoon in Lancing are the focus of a BBC story. Click here for story – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgjdvljrjeo Water levels dropped severely during the summer courtesy of a broken pipe, with local fish and birdsspecies affected. The Environment Agency will now replace the mitigation pipe and its timber...
Three Common Cranes have been spotted at Amberley Wild Brooks – stunning birds who are most likely just passing through Sussex. There is a small breeding population in Norfolk and also a reintroduced population in Somerset as these magnificent birds regain a foothold in the UK. This location is superb at this time of year,...
SDOS outings are legendary and our January trip to Dungeness and Rye was no exception, with a whopping 93 species spotted. Stop-offs on the way, at Hastings and Pett Level, was very productive, with Fulmar, Red Throated Diver, Bearded Tit and White-Fronted Goose some of the highlights. On to Dungeness where we spotted Great White...
The recent Storm Goretti knocked a Puffin off course, with the little bird, an uncommon site on the Sussex coast, washed up on Hove Beach on at the weekend. Bad weather at sea regularly throws up birds rarely seen on our beaches or inland, with Great Northern Divers and Guillemots occasionally seen sheltering in Shoreham...
This month’s Inside Shoreham & Southwick magazine features the fabulous Widewater Lagoon, an accessible urban location full of fabulous birds and often visited by rarities.
Around 200 Gannets have been feeding off Shoreham and Lancing beaches this week, no doubt making the most of a generous supply of fish. Their dramatic dive-bombing is a sight to behold and not surprisingly, there were plenty of people watching this extraordinary behaviour. They were still fishing off the beach on Sunday afternoon so...
