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| The Management Team in action near the Rifle Range |
The weather was near-perfect for our first bird survey of 2014 and we logged a respectable tally of 20 species. There were 22 Teal on the lower pond, which is a surprisingly large number. We could hear them from way back before we crept up to the hide. A short distance away up the track there was an unusually large group of Magpies - 17- in one tree. It is common to see half-a-dozen together, 17 is a lot and they seemed very excited about something.
There were Treecreepers and a Great-spotted Woodpecker. We never seemed to be out of earshot of Robins, while Songthrushes, Dunnocks and Greenfinches were all heard singing like it was spring.
The small grazing herd of Sussex Red cattle have been back for quite a while now and are munching their way through a lot of the long grass on the hillsides.
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