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Click here to inform us of notable wildlife sightings around Burgess Hill.
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16th March |
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Brimstone butterfly spotted today by Maltings Farm along the Green Circle footpath, Jane Murray Way. John and Pat Salmon
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15th March |
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A four hour bird survey around Bedelands today was delightful with the sun shining and the birds calling. The most interesting to us were 7 longtail tits, 3 nuthatches, 4 great spotted woodpeckers, 3 wrens, 5 songthrushes, 15 redwings, 4 treecreepers, 9 mallards, 2 moorhens, 11 canada geese, 1 goldcrest, 1 marsh tit, pair of bullfinches, 1 male pheasant and 1 kingfisher by the Mill Pond.
In Watford Meadow we saw 2 ladybirds, 1 red admiral, 1 comma, 1 bright yellow brimstone and found 2 brown hairstreak eggs. We also saw a small unidentified mammal (mouse like).
Barbara Allen & Sandra Solly |
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13th March |
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Saw Little Egret in stream near Coopers Close entrance of Bedelands. (Only the second recorded sighting for this site in the last 10 years...Ed) Sonya Parker |
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11th March |
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Little Egret seen in 'Telly-Tubby-Land' beside York Road, in the stream and surrounding trees. A passer-by said it had been in the area for many weeks. Flock of about 12 redwing feeding all around the area. Grey wagtail at ford of Pookebourne Stream and sparrowhawk overhead. Pat |
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8th March |
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Bedelands. Nuthatches, Tree creepers - two nearly mobbing me in lower plantation, Chaffinches, Goldfinches, Bullfinches - together in the hedge between Valebridge Common Field, and Millpond field. 6 Canada geese, Mallards , Moorhen, Wood pigeons, Blackbirds, Song thrushes, and Wrens. John Prodger |
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7th March |
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Little Egret still in the ditches at Telly Tubby land (the beautifully mown undulating 'park' beside York Road) with occasional short flights to the surrounding trees when disturbed. About 12 redwings feeding a few feet from the road. Long-tailed tits and plenty of commoner birds in the nearby Maltings field with overflying sparrowhawk and gulls. Enjoy this patch before the houses destroy this lovely haven. Pat |
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4th March |
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A quick visit to Bedelands this morning from under the viaduct entrance into Lower Plantation produced a marsh tit, goldcrest, 25 redwing & 5 fieldfares in the tops of the trees. (The latter have not been recorded for 5 years - Ed) John King |
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