Saturday 6 December 2014

A single fly-over Hawfinch, a Marsh Tit (looking remarkably Willowish) and two Little Owls were the reward for some hard graft birding at a quiet West Dean:


Little Owls:








At Great Ham Farm, roughly 2500 Brent Geese, including a Black Brant and a Pale-Bellied Brent but no sign of the reported "grey goose" whatever it may be! Picture below gives an idea of the problem of sorting through all the geese.


Brent Geese: