Hail's View, Amberley Wildbrooks and Waltham Brooks
After the drive back from Norfolk I fancied a good dose of Arun Valley birding. I headed to Hail's View where a Merlin was perched out on a fance post, and remained there for the short time I was there. There's many ducks, geese and Lapwing out on the well flooded south brooks now, and a single Ruff and 2 Tufted duck were amongst them. A Marsh Harrier was keeping everything on high alert.
Merlin |
At Rackham there was no sign of either the Bewick's or white fronts, but here too the birds are in large numbers now. The highlight, however, was a Firecrest in some holly by the road, presumably the same one that was in this area a few weeks ago.
Final stop was Waltham Brooks. Widney was very quiet, although there is not much water here yet, and the lagoon held the usual plus a couple of Tufted Ducks.
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