Thanks to a WhatsApp message from Paul we went looking for the five Bewick’s Swans just before lunch. We had a hunch that they might have flown and gone to Rye Farm and sure enough they were there, just west of Rye Island, really nice to see them back in Henfield. While we there a Red Kite flew over heading your way and there ere four Chiffchaffs flitting around the ‘stinky’ pools (not that stinky really!)

Coffee on the balcony birding treat this morning was a female Blackcap taking a suet pellet from the feeder. First sighting the winter.

Mike Russell, 17th December 2023