Nightingale singing today at RSPB Pulborough Brooks

A beautiful sunny Thursday, brilliant birdsong and a search for an American avian visitor - take a look at our latest sightings blog from volunteer Graham Jacobs.

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📷Blackcap by Gareth Hughes

Beautiful 🎵😍

A lovely morning with plenty of birdsong for our second Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) of the season. At least 8 singing Nightingales, 2 Cuckoos, Blackcaps everywhere, 25 or so Lesser Redpoll, 2 male Crossbills and Siskin on the heath.
📷Male Blackcap by Graham Osborne

More lovely photos from volunteer Graham...you can read his sightings report and see more photos on our latest blog:
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Whitethroat, nightingale, adder and a large red damselfly yesterday at RSPB Pulborough Brooks

White-tailed eagle yesterday at RSPB Pulborough Brooks . Sea Eagle England
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I love this Mike😄

When I posted this photo earlier I hadn't noticed that the eagle is being seen off by a plucky reed bunting. 😀 RSPB Pulborough Brooks Sea Eagle England Roy Dennis Foundation

Robins pretending to be Willow Warblers.
Lovely day ⁦RSPB Pulborough Brooks⁩ - heard a Cetti’s warbler and lots of blackcaps and whitethroats. #Spring #birding

There is so much song on the nature reserve at the moment 🎵. Occasionally, I try to ignore the urge to identify all of the different voices and instead just sit and enjoy the sound.

We've had an influx of spring migrants and now you can hear Blackcap, Common Whitethroat, Willow Warbler and Sedge Warbler amongst the choir. If you want to learn how to distinguish the different voices, take a look at our upcoming workshops:
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A beautiful sunny day with plentiful birds and a nice selection of butterflies too. Coming in after I'd photographed the board was our star bird of the day - male Pied Flycatcher found in Black Wood (on the heathland trail down towards Hail's View) - nice find Chris, Juliet et al

Birds, blossom, butterflies and Bluebells; spring is my favourite season at Pulborough Brooks.
New spring arrivals are adding their voices to our dawn chorus, the Bluebells are starting to flower and we're still enjoying regular sightings of the White-tailed Eagle.
#wildsussex

We're looking forward to our 'Pondemonium' event this Friday (12 April) when we'll be meeting some of the incredible creatures that dwell in our ponds (with the help of a net).
Find out more:
events.rspb.org.uk/events/69421

Delighted to hear my first Cuckoo and Willow Warbler of the year this morning (both audible from our welcome hut). Further afield were Nightingale, Common Whitethroat, Blackcap, Linnet, Wheatear, Avocet, Little-ringed Plover and White-tailed Eagle.
📷Linnet by Graham Osborne