Mallard
Our most familiar duck, Mallards can be found on any bodies of water around the parish and numbers do increase…
Long Tailed Tit
Very distinctive and unmistakeable, the only species that visits your garden feeders with a long tail. You can often hear…
Blue Tit
Small, brightly coloured, very active on feeders, used to be called blue caps in Victorian times. After breeding and during…
Great Tit
Slightly bigger than a Blue Tit and the black head and white face patch separates it from a Blue Tit….
Area 11 – Stretham
This is a great walk in the southern part of the parish, that can take 2-3 hours on rough tracks…
Area 10 – New Barn
Start in Dagbrook Lane, turn left and follow the footpath through Broadmere Common (TQ216151). You may spot Coots, Moorhens, Mallards…
Area 9 – Rye Farm Levels
Starting at the point where the old railway line (Downslink path) crosses Sandy Lane (TQ208154), the walk drops down under…
Area 8 – Woods Mill and Oreham
Some of the birds found in Area 8 Starting at the Woods Mill car park (owned by the Sussex Wildlife…
Local Birds
This is where you will find information about our local bird population and information from our surveys. We’ll be updating…
2024 Swift Report
The wet and cool summer made this a difficult year for breeding Swifts. Cold northerly winds appeared to hold back…