I visited Pulborough Brooks this afternoon and was treated to two kestrel, circling and hovering by the River Arun. Not true hovering, what the kestrel is really doing is flying forward at exactly the same speed as the wind is blowing it back and therefore appears motionless. Lots of minor adjustments made to keep the kestrel in position.
Sparrow hawk circling low over our garden, a common sighting locally, but lower than usual.
I saw the first comma butterfly in our garden today. This species hibernates as an adult and emerges to feed on spring flowers. This butterfly has distinctive ragged wings and a white comma mark on the underside of its wings that gives this butterfly its name.
I used my underwater cam to try to get some underwater video. Every time I put the camera in the pond, one of the male frogs kept rushing over to the camera
A look back to 22nd February when the frogs retuned to our pond to spawn. They decided to spawn in the middle of a gale.
After a break from writing this blog while I was studying Zoology at Sussex University I have decided to restart this blog. I return from 3 fantastic years at university where I gained lots of new knowledge and skills and was pleased, as a mature student, to gain a BSc 2:1 (Hons) in Zoology. While studying at university I swapped to sharing sightings and observations on my social media channels and during the pandemic, which I will continue, but through the blog it will be possible to share in more detail.
The aim of the blog remains the same, to share sightings and observations in and around my garden and occasionally other parts of Sussex with the aim of encouraging people to take a closer look at their own local patch.
New posts will be appearing soon.
