Category: sightings
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October 2023 birding round-up
Better late than never (it does take a while to compile these): a roundup of my October birding Hastings and surrounding area. October was all about vismig as diurnal migrants started to move in numbers along the Sussex coastline. On the ground thrush and crest numbers increased while warbler numbers dwindled. The month was also…
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Storm-Petrels from West Hill, Hastings, 2 November 2023
With Storm Ciarán still making its way east across the south of England, Hastings was pretty wet and windy on the 2nd and by midday I hadn’t yet dared to venture outside. That was until I got a call from David Campbell to say he had just had 3 Leach’s Storm-Petrel past West Hill. Fortunately…
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September 2023 birding roundup
A busy month with a bit of time away meant less time for birding, but nonetheless there was some great variety and highlights in the best birding month of the year. Particularly exciting has been the increase in visible migration (aka vismig) of many diurnal migrant species, most notably House Martin, Meadow Pipit and Siskin.…
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August 2023 birding roundup
Early autumn passerine migration was the highlight of August, with a nice variety of species present at the local migrant hotspots. I’ve been spending most of my birding time at the enigmatic Hastings Country Park, a local nature reserve which extends along the coast from eastern edge of Hastings to Fairlight. I often hear it…
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June 2023 birding roundup
With Twitter seemingly in steady decline, it feels like the right time to try out a new format for sharing bird sightings and notes (with the added bonus of freedom from word counts). Better late than never, I thought I’d start with a recap of June 2023 birding my Hastings 10k. Dominated by fine and…