Wednesday 21 September 2011

Pallid Harrier, Burpham, West Sussex – 21st Sept 2011

What a bird, What a bird……
One of those twitches that had everything for me, we didn’t have to wait to long before it showed. When it did it showed for prolonged periods and performed brilliantly. If you were in the right place at the right time it showed well at close range allowing scrutiny of id features and good photographs. This bird has character, it gets a lot of attention from the local corvids, Kestrels and Buzzards give it hassle but it gives it back, on more than one occasion we saw it have a go at Crows and a Kestrels almost for fun, we watched it successfully hunting, feeding, preening and chasing Partridges (don’t tell the local game keeper) and best of all it looks AWSOME……

Here are a couple of photos, not doubt there will be more when I have sorted through them.






I also saw the Weir Wood Res, Long-toed Stint today (if that is what it is) which by comparison just isn’t worth mentioning.

4 comments:

  1. This looks like the field at the bottom of the lane - a number of us got great views from it there on Tuesday afternoon. Absolutely brilliant photos. Means i'll have to go back tomorrow to get another pallid Harrier fix!

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  2. Thank you.
    I'm an almost silent HOS-lister but clicked on your link today whilst relaxing after a long meeting. It was wonderful to see so many excellent photographs. The plaudits for your Sparrowhawk will I hope be repeated for the Pallid Harrier - a beautiful bird I sadly don't have a hope of visiting, so thank you for taking me there via the internet.

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  3. Thanks for the comments and yes it was the field at the bottom of the lane.

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  4. Fingers crossed we get one in Hampshire for a few days this winter. There still seems to be a few about...north of the county has surely got to be a good bet!!

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