Another selection of digital images taken mainly in Sussex before I started a blog. These are for the second half of 2009.
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| Mediterranean Gull at Rye Harbour on 4 July |
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| juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Rye Harbour on 4 July |
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| Green Sandpiper at Pett on 4 July |
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| very young Ringed Plover on Southwick Beach on 12 July |
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| and proud parent |
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| Black-tailed Godwit on Sidlesham Ferry on 18 July |
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| approaching full-sized juvenile Ringed Plover on Southwick Beach on 20 July |
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| a bit on the large size to be brooded! |
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| Spotted Redshank at Pagham in 15 August |
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| Melodious Warbler trapped at Whitbread Hollow on 22 August |
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| note appearance of a steep forehead |
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| and left wing appearing longer than the right |
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| Reed Warbler at Beachy Head on 23 August |
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| American Black Tern on Farmoor Reservoir (Oxfordshire) on 29 August, a rare twitch outside Sussex with Martin Casemore |
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| Pied Flycatcher at Beachy Head on 30 August |
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| Spotted Redshank at Pagham on 6 September |
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| Whinchat and Wheatear along the sea wall at Thorney on 6 September |
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| early attempts at digiscoping were not that successful |
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| Long-tailed Tit at Thorney on 6 September |
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| Firecrest at Beachy Head on 10 September |
  
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| Ringed Plover on the Adur on 20 September doing its best to look like something better, it didn't need to as I've become very fond of the species after witnessing their trials on Southwick Beach |
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| Yellow-legged Gull on the Adur at dusk on 21 September |
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| House Martins near the cliff edge at Beachy Head on 26 September |
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| Chiffchaff at Beachy on 26 September |
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| Glossy Ibis from the North Wall at Pagham on 26 September |
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| Pectoral Sandpiper on Hayling Island on 26 September |
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| those I''d seen recently had been distantly at Pulborough so it was nice to see one as well as this. |
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| Tawny Owl at Beachy on 17 October |
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| Lapland Bunting on Pagham North Wall on 31 October |
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| it was exceptionally tame |
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| Black Redstart on a beach hut roof at Lancing on 8 November |
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| local Herring Gull A6AB on the Adur on 15 November |
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| Jersey Greater Black-backed Gull C on the Adur on 21November |
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| Whooper Swans roosting on Ivy Lake on 22 November |
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| light not ideal for photography even if the subject is |
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| leaving roost |
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| Long-eared Owl roosting at Stump Bottom on 22 November |
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| Herring Gull A4AH at the University of Sussex, where it was ringed, in late November |
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| Grey Phalarope at the entrance to Pagham Harbour on 28 November |
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| it didn't linger |
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| Grey Phalarope at Amberley Wildbrooks on 6 December |
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| this one gave amazing views |
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| House Sparrow at our house, 18 December |
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| on our old gutters, 19 December |
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| Water Pipit at Coldwaltham Sewage Works on 20 December |
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| gull on the Adur on 24 December, identified at the time as a Yellow-legged it seems to be at the more interesting end of the spectrum |
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