© Worth Park Friends 2022
Our member Tom Howard-Jones wrote:
Tuesday 02-11-2021 - 10:15 to 12:30
There was a hint of frost first thing. By the time we started our walk, slightly confused
by the clocks going back, it was bright and sunny with a brilliant blue sky. The
colours were wonderful.
It was striking how
many gulls
there were - over
40 Black-headed
and
several
Herring
. There were also many more
Mallard
. They are coming back to their winter
quarters after breeding and moulting.
Both
Mistle Thrush
and
Song Thrush
were eating the berries on the yew trees.
There were two
Cormorants
, an adult and a juvenile, in the trees on the main island.
It was good to see more small birds:
Goldcrest
and
Nuthatch
in particular.
Congratulations to Steve
,
Tom
and the
garden team
on winning a
Green Flag Award
for the third consecutive year. Worth Park was also given a
Heritage Green Site
Accreditation
.
The SOS Sussex Bird Report for 2020 has just been published. Our Egyptian Geese
get a mention "the first goslings were seen in late winter, with six at Midhurst on 13
February and nine at Crawley on the 19th".
A full list of birds seen is given in the
Bird Table
.
Black-headed Gull, photo: Ingrid Payne