Nick Pope

Birding (mostly local), planes, naval stuff, Saints FC and KCCC, with the odd pint thrown in.

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Well, it had to be done. Not the greatest digiscope picture ever, but a fabulous time was had by all.

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Pleased to catch up with the Belle Tout desert wheatear late this afternoon after it's mystery disappearance yesterday.

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Record digiscope shot of the juv. BW stilt at Cuckmere Haven today. Great find by @jamko69.

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Lovely to see the ad. wood sandpiper at Cuckmere Haven this afternoon as reported by Tim Squires plus 3 juv LRPs and an adult black-t Godwit and a resplendent female adder basking on an ant hill.

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@TomorrowsPope A lovely panoramic view!

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@GaryWright62 Hi Gary. Yes, indeed, very much in a summery mode. Will be interesting to see how long it hangs around, though it is quite elusive at times.

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@GaryWright62 It's something I would certainly recommend, Gary. Love the paintings.

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At last some waxwings have made it down to the south coast. These little beauties were just north of the Cuckmere Inn, Exceat, or as I still prefer to call it, the Golden Galleon.

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4 Bewick's swans this morning SE of Halfway Cottages, Sizewell, plus at Dingle Marshes, 2 spotshanks, 1 GW Egret, and c50 snow buntings on shingle ridge.

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Glaucous gulls are pretty unusual at Cuckmere Haven, though I fear that this individual's future prospects are not too promising.

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Well, that was a pleasant start to the day with little beauty being trapped this morning at Bishopstone. Hopefully, it will hang around.

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A day I never thought would happen on the Sussex coast, with a count of at least 115 Leach's petrels past Seaford during a 4 hour vigil to 13.40, from the comfort of one of 2 large shelters. 2 sabs gulls, 3 little gulls and a GN diver providing addictional entertainment.

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After yesterday's excitement of HMS Queen Elizabeth off Seaford Head, which apparently was an unplanned return to Portsmouth due to a faulty lift, normality returned with a delightful juvenile Sabine's gull off Seaford seafront for around 15 minutes this morning.

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@NavyLookout @HMSQNLZ @scottyc298 Appeared off Seaford at 14.45 and then started heading back east, during a brief pause in the weather.

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@_MattEade @SussexBirding Be interesting, Matt, what your Sussex total is, as I have mustered 45.

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@_MattEade @SussexBirding Was my 35 wader sps, Matt at Cuckmere Haven. I guess you have dotterel on me!

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@GavinMaclean3 @JonCurson Thanks Gavin. Just goes to show you can't predict what you may come across, which started out to check out yesterday's report of a red-backed shrike.

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Well the Yanks keep coming in Sussex this year, with today's find of long-billed dowitcher at Cuckmere Haven this afternoon with @jonCurson.

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Bizarre sighting this morning of a Barrow's goldeneye at Evretou Reservoir, Cyprus. Presumed escape, but appears unringed @birdsaroundcy