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Nature Trail: Damselflies mate on warm, calm, sunny days so their breeding season will be ending soon

The Broad-winged Hawk

In September, one of the most-hoped for raptors is the Broad-winged Hawk. Among the earliest raptor migrants, Broadies fly in large flocks. Every fall, the entire North American ma...

The Sharp-Shinned Hawk

The Sharp-Shinned Hawk is the smallest accipiter to pass over raptor watches. Like many other raptors, the majority of these birds breed in the boreal forests. However, many live i...

Bunk, Gravel pit and plenty of birds

Sunny periods, 14°, light to breezy SW. When out birding you never know what you might come across and today was one of those where something rare turns up. A juv Hen Harrier flew...

Slow Indian Summer Days

The high pressure conditions continue as does the quiet spell for migration. There was very little going over the garden this morning and a check on the falling tide at White's Cre...

August easterly

There was a strong southeast wind today which was unusual. I decided to do East Side as I knew this would be sheltered from the wind. It didn't pick up until mid-morning and there...

Unusual dragonfly swarms sweep across California

Cholsey

Cloudy, 22°, breezy SW12:00 – 14:00, 6 Swift, 32 Swallow and 24 House Martin south over Church Road.2 Swallow still feeding young, Church Road.Chiffchaff, Migrant Hawker, Common Da...

A bit better

The warm southerly airflow from yesterday (now more of a typical south westerly) delivered a bit more last night with 150 moths of 31 species in the trap. Elsewhere on the south co...

A first for Sussex - Samphire Straw, Aethes Bilbaensis

An exciting result from the latest batch of dissections by Mike Bailey with a Samphire Straw, Aethes bilbaensis, confirmed by Peter Hall and confirmed as a first for Sussex by Coli...

Hornet Nationals at Shoreham Preview

Saturday the 29th August sees the start of this year's 4-day Exe Sails Hornet Class National Championships at Shoreham-on Sea.