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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 5h

A morning’s birding at #WeirWoodReservoirLNR : Buzzard; Canada & Egyptian Goose; Cormorant; Gadwall; Great Crested Grebe; Grey Heron; Grey Wagtail; Greylag; Jackdaw; Lapwing; Moorhen; Robin; Snipe; Sparrowhawk; Stock Dove; Teal; Wigeon @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Another for #fungifriday from #RSPBBroadwaterWarren : Russula claroflava or if you prefer: Yellow Swamp Brittlegill - a common fungi from wet woodlands where Birch and sphagnum moss thrive. #fungifriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

Amanita muscaria the Fly Agaric sadly without a hookah-smoking caterpillar providing advice to those of us visiting #RSPBBroadwaterWarren yesterday but who knows… #FungiFriday #fungifriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A sunny walk at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren today with company from: (soaring) Buzzard; (busy) Goldcrest: (a bouncing flock of) Linnet; (noisy) Nuthatch; (fly catching) Stonechat: (singing) Woodlark; Primitive Goat and conservatory Koniks #sussexbirding @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Sorry in my hurry I had grabbed the adjacent photo of a Linnet as Malcolm had spotted. This is the Corn Bunting

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Duh, should have not rushed - the Corn Bunting was the adjacent photo

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Waders, Little Grebe and Meadow & Rock Pipit should be around for you at Cuckmere Haven.

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you park at Birling Gap and head east towards Beachy Head they are often to be seen as you look inland to your left from the car park. Good luck.

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Emberiza calandra is only found in just over 10% of Sussex tetrads and it is a Red-listed bird but still around (this one at #BirlingGap), Once known as the Common Bunting (Bunting being a name going back hundreds of years) and known for its ‘jangling keys’ song. #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Reading @btobirds.bsky.social News: this chap having finished his breeding season in Scotland was adventurous returning to Africa flying East across Scotland to cross the North Sea to visit Denmark, Sweden, Poland and then Germany! He is called Bean if you want to see what he does next year!

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I stared hard at this faded specimen at #BeachyHead at the weekend amongst blue Common Blue. Clouded Yellow as ever this summer were common and colourful. Others included Small Copper and Small Heath and Speckled Wood. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Turdus torquatus the Ring Ouzel delighting yesterday’s @sussexornitholo.bsky.social outing to Beachy Head by providing good if fleeting views. One of a number of departing summer migrants to put in an appearance for us. #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

15 joined me for the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social outing at #BirlingGap today and enjoyed a good selection of birds: Blackcap; Buzzard; Chiffchaff; Corn Bunting; Green WP; House Martin; Kestrel; Linnet; Ring Ouzel; Rook; Skylark; Sparrowhawk; Stonechat; Swallow #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A male Stonechat rearranging feathers to spruce himself up in the sunshine earlier this week down on the Sussex coast. Not so sunny for a @sussexornitholo.bsky.social outing there today though but hopefully still good birds. #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Amanita rubescens, The Blusher, though I didn’t attempt to! At #RSPBBroadwaterWarren for #FungiFriday

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sea Aster - Aster tripolium - time. These at #CuckmereHaven at the weekend. An Aster with its own rare bee the Aster Mining Bee; not sure whether this is found here but just a little further east at Rye Harbour it is recorded. @bsbibotany.bsky.social @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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Dr Rebecca Warren @drrjwarren.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

If you'd like to bury yourself in essays charting seasonal change, our 2023 book 'Nature's Calendar' is for you. Not your thing? Then our 2026 book 'The Ritual Year' is an almanac of British customs and rituals, old and new, weird, funny & fascinating. After all, Christmas is coming...😄

Cover of pale yellow book with title in gold and numerous black and white sketches of animals, insects and plants, including a dragonfly, a swallow, a frog, and fern frond and a robin.

White-yellow cover of book with title in black, and four gold phases of the moon at each corner; Also four black and white sketches under the gold moons, of hawthorn blossom, a deer's antlers and skull, a running hare and part of Stonehenge.

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A Black-headed Gull keeping a watchful eye on a sleeping Greenshank at #CuckmereHaven at the weekend. In Sussex the wader is a fairly common passage migrant lingering here for snooze and food. #sussexbirding @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A Meadow Pipit at #CuckmereHaven or as the Rev Morris notes in his 1850 book British Birds: Titlark, Pipit Lark, Titling; Meadow Titling; Moss Cheeper; Ling Bird, Grey Cheeper, Meadow Lark. Alternatively Anthus pratensis. #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My second Amanita muscaria of this fungi season - this one at #BewlWater - eventually I will see a more photogenic specimen! #MushroomMonday #fungifriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

White & blue reflections - Egretta garzetta at #CuckmereHaven 26/9. It used to be that the commonest Ardeid here was the Grey Heron whereas 1 counted 3 of those I counted 36 Little Egret - how things have changed! @sussexornitholo.bsky.social #sussexbirding

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wildflowerhour @wildflowerhour.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Joining in with #Wildflowerhour is easy! Look for wild & naturalised blooms from across Britain & Ireland during the week & then share Sunday 8-9pm!

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Yesterday’s walk at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren with an occasional subsong from a Woodlark plus, less melodically, the screeching of a Jay, also: Chiffchaff; Coal, Long-tailed & Marsh Tit; Crow; Goldcrest; Robin; Wren and these Wild Breed Goats. @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

My first Amanita muscaria Fly Agaric of the season here at #RSPBBroadwaterWarren in time for #FungiFriday. A Birch & Spruce habitat suit it well so it won’t be long before it is joined by more. #fungifriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A Shaggy Parasol looking shaggy on a mature muckheap in our High Weald wood. #fungifriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Sunny morning at #OldLodgeNR today with Stonechat plus: Blue & Coal Tit; Buzzard; Chaffinch; Chiffchaff; Goldcrest; Great Spotted & Green Woodpecker; Jay; Robin and of course Clouded Yellow and Speckled Wood @sussexwildlife.bsky.social @sussexornitholo.bsky.social

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Amanita rubescens.A Blusher on our High Weald lane verge blushing for an appearance for #MushroomMonday

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Pararge aegeria, the feisty Speckled Wood here at #ArlingtonReservoir - a butterfly that sparkles in rays of sunlight in shade. It is also different as content to overwinter however it finds itself: caterpillar or pupa. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Eight wild-born Choughs have fledged in Kent, marking another step in efforts to restore the species to the county after an absence of more than 200 years:

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Eight wild-born Choughs fledge in Kent

Chough has bred in the wild in Kent following the release of captive-reared birds in 2023, with the county population now estimated at 35.

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Wealden lane-side Boletes for #FungiFriday, admittedly not one of the most exciting! Nor name, as I think this is Rooting Bolete. #fungifriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Polyommatus icarus, the Common Blue still being delightfully common at #ArlingtonReservoir last weekend, it is considered a robust species so hopefully will continue to be common next year. @savebutterflies.bsky.social

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Probably most will be familiar with adult summer or winter plumage but I wonder how many are familiar with the others and might Ist summer birds be overlooked?

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Dunlin Calidris alpina at #ArlingtonReservoir at the weekend generally scarce away from estuaries August/September is a likely time to see them here passing through. #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Not a usual dung-heap fungi at the barn but there this morning obviously for #MushroomMonday Pleated Inkcap Parasola plicatilis but I don’t suppose it will be there by the end of the day despite not deliquescing. #fungifriends

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

21 joined me today for the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social outing at #ArlingtonReservoir and probably a group of 4 Spotted Flycatchers actively fly-catching were the most appreciated. Also: Buzzard; Chiffchaff; Common SP; Dunlin; Green WP; Kestrel; Kingfisher; Raven: Willow Warbler #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

I had gone for a walk all around and when I got back to the main lake it had flown across to give good views before heading back where we had tried to see it 🙄

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

The Red-necked Phalarope at #WestRiseMarsh gave me the runaround this morning and this was the best poor ‘record shot’ of the juvenile migrant. Already on my U.K. list but this is a Sussex lifer for me. #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Passing waders (Dunlin and Ruff) last weekend on the shoreline at #ArlingtonReservoir last weekend - what will be passing this weekend at the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social outing? #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

😂 I was close with the word but completely out with species and size - I will in future smile when I see a Rook (or perhaps a prawn).

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

More a ‘record shot’ but it was distant and it did catch a fish eventually: fishing Osprey at Thorney Deeps on the @sussexornitholo.bsky.social walk at the weekend. #sussexbirding

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Räka - sounds like it might be pronounced similar to Rook?

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was thinking foraging habitats but perhaps the social nesting opportunities is a bigger driver?

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I have only wandered around the centre of Stockholm but didn’t see much by way of livestock grazed grassland 😄

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A female Migrant Hawker perhaps keeping out of the way of the ever-patrolling males which were more obvious at #ArlingtonReservoir this past weekend and likely to be so well into the autumn. @britishdragonflies.bsky.social

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mayfieldbirder.bsky.social @mayfieldbirder.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Pinnipeds a plenty at #ThorneyIsland last weekend. When I see them in East Sussex Harbour Seals tend to be Rye Harbour seals whilst Grey are more likely to be ‘bottling’, either way they are curious. Here though both are hauled out for a snooze. @sussexwildlife.bsky.social

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