BIRD NEWS:387

It was very cold and I did not stop long before passing along and finding a tree of pigeons! Here, we see a mute swan and a pair of black-necked swans sharing a lake with several other birds.

Next, another info board followed by a live specimen or two - of the swan goose.

I now have a questions for regular readers again - can you identify this swan by its bottom?

Here is an info board about 2 birds I have yet to observe. If I have seen either, I have not seen them long enough to identify them as these species, anyway.

Liz has seen one or both, as she mentioned to me on my next trip - to Pulborough Brooks. As I only took 2 pictures and the swan identity photo is the last photo taken on my current Arundel trip, I will now jump to the PB trip.

Liz drove me to Pulborough Brooks on the final Saturday in November. We wandered around, Liz knowing the place better than me, although I have been there 4-5 times now. I did not take very many pictures - but we did see quite a lot with our binoculars. My first of two photos was of a map, showing where Pulborough Brooks is.

My second photo did not come out very well - and was taken of a kestrel that hovered nearby. We watched it through the binoculars for a time, and just as I was getting my camera out, it flew further away - so not a very good picture. Our other sightings included a blacktailed godwit, treecreeper, buzzard, and longtailed tits. We also saw the show pigeons and a blue tit...