Liz and I trotted off to Littlehampton on the final day of January - spotting some turnstones - but also this larger flock of oyster catcher en route to our destination.
Voila, one song thrush!
Our next excursion for Liz and I was to Arundel, then walking along the river into Amberley. We stopped for refreshments at the riverside cafe-restaurant, but our picnic lunch was taken by a pond situated between Amberley Castle and Amberley swamp. There was a coot on the pond...
On the castle, next the church, we saw a bunch of jackdaws...only the two on the church roof stayed for the first photo I took though.
Here you can see that they did use the castle - mostly. My next shot would have been a kestrel we spotted on our way past Amberley swamp back down the river towards Arundel - only it dived into the bush.
Once we got back, we discovered it was around an hour before the WWT closed - so hopped round it. Here we see the dalmation pelicans...
Two were in the water, and two were out.
HERE is an article about birds as parents.
That Amberley area is fantastic. Nature and ancient ruins-- two of my favorite things.
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