We took our usual short walk along the bank of the River Adur above the White Bridge this afternoon. This was the first time since November that we have not seen Fieldfares or Redwings. They long ago exhausted berries in the hedgerows and had been feeding in the meadows, but today there were none to be seen anywhere. But there were plenty of other birds to see. We had good views of a Barn Owl, mainly working the fields below Stretham Manor. There were two Ravens on the top of a pylon which made a very peculiar noise, presumably some sort of an alarm call, when a lady with a Great Dane walked past on the footpath below. Also high up on the pylons were 29 Cormorants with more arriving as we walked home. There are nothing like the numbers that I have seen in colder winters, but that is quite a respectable number.
In the river a male Mute Swan vigorously saw off some rivals and Songthrushes, Wrens Great tits and Robins were all heard singing. A pair of Herons seemed to be on friendly terms and it was almost possible to imagine that spring was just around the corner.
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