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Still at Nymans, the jackdaw walked along the roofway of the ruined house.

I suppose it wanted to visit the gargoyle.

Then we spotted another one in a tree.

Which subsequently flew away.

Girls vocals - See HERE for the article.

Our next trip, was ro RSPB Pulborough Brooks. They now seem to have installed a bird feeder to discourage rats - and mice - and squirrels. They used to lay seed and suet pellets on logs and on the pond rim, etc - not any longer.

It is no longer so easy to see or photograph the birds, but there were blue tits, great tits, march tit and coal tit.

As we took Liz's scope and our bins to the overlooks, we spotted a rookery setting up in a large tree on one corner.

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Yeh - more pelicans at last!" See HERE for details

Still at Mewsbrook Park....a coot and moorhen wander the pondside.

I found a pigeon! And some swans along with the moorhen and coot.

This is my last shot from the Park.

Next up, Liz was over her bout of flu and we went off for a half day trip to Nymans.

I took some shots of the dovecote, primarily because I spotted a city pigeon enter it, and it was not only the fake dove inhabiting it this visit!

There is the fake dove...

Up on the house ruins, I spotted a jackdaw.

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We start today with my final photo of Naboo from when he stayed several months as a guest with me. Here is his new home, waiting for him when he left my coffee room.

My next picture comes from a Saturday excursion - alas not with my best friend Liz, as she was sick with flu, just a solo hike to grab coffee and wander the coastline and a local park.

I spotted the inevitable mallards, along with coot & moorhen... I photographed a couple of info boards in addition.

Unfortunatly there are a lot of litterbugs as well as waterbirds in Rustington it seems, by the rubbish in the pond at the park.

My final photo of Naboo to share with you is when he got home to his new home....and sat on his owners shoulder.

HERE is an article concerning winter.

The seagulls seem to enjoy the boats in the off season. When I was a child and teenager, they had paddleboats and row boats on Mewsbrook Park lake...and it is here that my great aunt taught me to row a boat.

Finally for today, here is a woodcarved bench depicting a parrot or cockatoo.

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We now start 2025 with a few shots of Goggles taken on a solo woodland hike. He was hanging out with some mallard pals.

Next, Liz and I took our only excursion in January to Wakehurst Place. This was primarily because she had her overseas daughter staying, but then she had a serious case of mainline flu that knocked her out for a few weeks - and extended her daughter's stay.

Egyptian geese strolled below a tree.

We wandered along to the bird feeding area beyond the Himalayan Glade.

Pheasants, blue tits, coal tits, marsh tits, great tits, robin, nuthatch....there were plenty of birds to photograph and observe.

As usual, I took way too many pictures, but it is not always my fault. Sometimes my camera decides to take constant shots and not just one. This feature might be useful to some, but not me, and I am uncertain as yet how to turn it off when it seems to turn itself on when it chooses rather than is commanded.

Here is my last shot from the bird feed station.

Bird romance? HERE