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17 Apr 2025	Shoreham Garden Whimbrels top of page end of page
	Well, not literally, but at about 6.00pm this evening a group of five, maybe six, Whimbrels flew to the north over the house calling loudly as they went. First Holly Blue butterfly of the year in the garden this morning. posted by Steve Gilbert on 17 Apr 2025 18:45
17 Apr 2025	Purple Heron top of page end of page
	Today’s Purple Heron at Pett Level. posted by Gareth James on 17 Apr 2025 18:14
17 Apr 2025	Nightingale at Slindon Estate top of page end of page
	Nightingale singing well in an unmanaged scrubby area of Birch and Blackthorn on the National Trust Slindon Estate at 11:30am. We watched it fly in. Plenty of Blackcaps singing and a Green Woodpecker excavating a nest cavity in nearby woods. posted by Linda and Ken Smith on 17 Apr 2025 17:45
17 Apr 2025	Purple Heron - Pett Level top of page end of page
	The Purple Heron showed very well this morning at Pett Level in between the Colonel Body Memorial Lakes. It walked right out into the open at 10:05 showing for a few minutes before concealing itself back in a nearby ditch. posted by Gareth James on 17 Apr 2025 13:43
17 Apr 2025	Grasshopper Warbler top of page end of page
	Reeling Grasshopper Warbler at West Rise Marsh, Eastbourne this morning. In reed/scrub at top end of cycle path adjacent to Christ the King roundabout. posted by Simon Young on 17 Apr 2025 05:39
16 Apr 2025	Fairlight Cliffs top of page end of page
	Mediterranean Gulls have been very scarce at sea so far, so it was good to record 40E in mid afternoon, including a splendid flock of 30 rapidly past. Other birds in about 4 hours watching were 14 Sandwich Terns and 8 Brent Geese E; also 2 Porpoises this afternoon. posted by Alan Parker on 17 Apr 2025 04:54
15 Apr 2025	Redstart at Hollingbury Hillfort top of page end of page
	Tim Lincoln and I had a female Restart calling and feeding intermittently at Hill Fort/Hollingbury Golf course, Brighton, in the two big Privet spinneys just south of the hilltop fairway. Also 2 male Wheatears briefly in cow field, Red Kite over, 2 Swallows, Whitethroat and possibly a Lesser Whitethroat. Also 2 very active Green Woodpecker, Greenfinch, Linnet and a Stoat. posted by Paolo Oprandi on 16 Apr 2025 20:50
16 Apr 2025	Lesser Whitethroat top of page end of page
	A Lesser Whitethroat heard and seen at Lullington Heath around 2pm. posted by Bob Eade on 16 Apr 2025 17:17
15 Apr 2025	Nightingales at Butcherlands/Ebernoe top of page end of page
	At least three Nightingales singing alongside the lane at Butcherlands at Ebernoe at 11:00. Our sound recorder indicated that the birds arrived and started singing on 13th. posted by Linda and Ken Smith on 16 Apr 2025 09:14
15 Apr 2025	Whitethroat at Arlington top of page end of page
	During my lunchtime walk around the reservoir, I heard a Whitethroat in the bushes. It then perched beautifully on a nearby shrub allowing me to get some nice photos of it! posted by Sam Hills on 15 Apr 2025 15:34