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David Bentley
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Birds, wildlife & words, E. Sussex.
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Rother/Wet Levels on the East Sussex/Kent border earlier: 21 Snipe in flight, c380 Lapwing, c400 Wigeon, 5 Great White, 1 Cattle & 6 Little Egret, 3 Kingfisher, 3 Red Kite, 1 Marsh Harrier, 4 Raven, 3 Stonechat.
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@kentishplover.bsky.social
#UKwildlife
#birds
A flat-calm water channel - the Potman's Heath Channel - flanked by frosty grasslands with a few bushes under a largely blue sky.
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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I have zero interest in finesse in cooking at this time of year. Getting as many vegetables and pulses into a pan is the plan. 🧅🥦🥔🧄🍅
#peasantfood
#WeekLongStew
A pan full of vegetables including potatoes, sprouts, celery, onions, tomatoes, kale and mung beans simmering on a hob.
December 4, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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In time for Christmas... the marzipan-scented flowers of Winter Heliotrope, out now in Rye.
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#wildflowerhour
Spikey pink and white flowers and large heart-shaped green leaves.
December 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Rye sky on fire.
#sunset
A bright orange sky over rooftops at sunset. A bright orange sky over rooftops at sunset. A bright orange sky over a hedgerow at sunset. A bright orange sky over rooftops at sunset.
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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A quick march at Rye Harbour with 2 Goosander, Spoonbill, Kingfisher, 38 Pintail, Brent Geese, Dartford Warbler and hundreds of chiming Golden Plovers coming in off the pastures. As we left scores of Curlew were dropping softly onto the saltmarsh.
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#UKwildlife
The sun is about to set with a blue and amber sky over the darkening pools and saltmarsh of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve.
November 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Today at Broomhill Sands there were large expanses of sand at low water. But, still the waders & gulls were constantly disturbed by just a few dogs, so efficient were they at quartering every part of the beach. How do we allow access while protecting nature?
#UKwildlife
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A sandy beach at low water with a sky full of interesting clouds.
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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I love the Rother/Wet Levels, west of Wittersham. This afternoon 6+ Great White Egret, 100s of whistling, largely hidden, Wigeon, a few Teal and Snipe, 3 Kingfisher, 2 Red Kite and 3,000+ Starling. It'll get better in coming weeks...
#UKwildlife
#birds
A wide river - the River Rother - with low-lying, damp grasslands beside it. All this under a bright blue sky.
November 26, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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All about Golden Plovers at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve, with excellent photos by @rxnature.bsky.social

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A flock of golden-brown wading birds on saltmarsh, in a low sun giving the scene an attractive orange glow.
November 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Marsh life.
Just over the border into Kent. Between Stone and Fairfield.
An attractive line of trees next to a ditch on the edge of the marsh.
November 21, 2025 at 9:40 PM
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A male Goosander and day-feeding Lapwings at Castle Water gave a little nod towards this short cold snap. 50 other bird species nearby.
#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
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Reedbeds and open water beneath a bright blue sky.
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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On the day it started to feel a bit like Winter, it started to look a little like Spring. Here come the male Hazel catkins...
#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
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@bsbibotany.bsky.social
Developing catkins on a Hazel tree - dangling green/grey structures - that will become the male flowers in late Winter and early spring.
November 18, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Hoverfly Eupeodes luniger still going strong in the garden 💪🏼
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A yellow and black striped insect on a green leaf.
November 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Marsh life
Pylon, ditch-digger and marsh view. Pylon, ditch-digger and marsh view. Pylon, ditch-digger and marsh view. View of the marsh. An arable mono-culture in the mist.
November 15, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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Mist and fog on the marsh north of Rye. Could just about make out Green Sandpiper, Kingfisher, 20 Teal, 3 Gadwall, 4 Stonechat, 40 Redwing, Fieldfare, lots of other thrushes, 7 Yellowhammer, Chaffinches, Ravens and many corvids & pigeons.
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#UKbirds
A misty arable scene, with a pylon in the distance and a ditch-digger in the foreground.
November 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Fairly quiet between Rye and Camber, but I had superb views of a Short-eared Owl. It wasn't just mobbed by Jackdaws, it suffered multiple physical assaults. Callous corvids.
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#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
#birds
#WeBS
A view of the incoming tide at Camber Sands, close to the mouth of the River Rother, with a dramatic, cloudy sky.
November 9, 2025 at 4:28 PM
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The best bark is Hornbeam.
No further questions, Your Honour.
A tree trunk with sinuous 'veins' running over the grey bark.
November 8, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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Flatropers Wood Nature Reserve. Variable Oysterling, Hornbeam, Clustered Bonnet and a view into the canopy.
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#Sussexwildlife
#mycology
#fungus
#trees
A beautiful white and orangey fungus, on a dead branch. A yellow, brown and green leaf with a jagged edge, in bright sun. A view up into the tree canopy in a woodland. Waxy, brownish mushrooms with green moss behind.
November 8, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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Tawny Owls have been vocal for a while and the next breeding season is already upon us. The circle of life turns quickly, with great power and longevity. It will outlive selfishness and stupidity. Stay strong, all. Stay strong.✊🏼
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A picture of Elon Musk with the text 'Elon Musk is set to become the world's first trillionaire'. A picture of Nigel Farage with the text 'Nigel Farage says the minimum wage for young people is "too high".'
November 7, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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Part of a large patch of Devil's Fingers fungus (aka Octopus Stinkhorn) in Rye, East Sussex. I smelt them before I saw them. An intense bouquet of rotting flesh to attract insects that then help spread spores. Brilliant!
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#fungi
#mycology
#UKwildlife
A patch of bright red fungi that look like clawed-hands reaching out of the ground.
November 4, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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Sat amongst the beach furniture at Rye Harbour watching waders on the shore: Oystercatcher, Ringed & Grey Plover, Sanderling, Dunlin, Turnstone, Bar-tailed Godwit, Curlew... is there a better bunch of birds than the waders?
#UKbirding
#UKwildlife
#Sussexwildlife
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A view of sand, shingle and the sea, with part of a old groyne in the foreground. The sky holds quite dramatic clouds.
October 28, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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We saw nearly 50 bird species and had 130 visitors to Sussex Wildlife Trust's 'Guide in a Hide' event on Saturday, staffed by Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve vols. Highlights included 2,000 Golden Plover, 50+ Pintail, Spoonbill etc
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A view out of the 'Gooders' bird hide, taking in saline pools, channels and saltmarsh at Rye Hatbour Nature Reserve. In the distance are hills and the sea cliff-line at Fairlight.
October 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Large areas with very few birds on East Guldeford Level today. But, some nice stuff including 22 Tree Sparrow, 6 Corn Bunting, 3 Green Sandpiper, 470 Lapwing, 2 Cattle Egret, 1 Great White Egret, 7 Stonechat and flocks of Wigeon passing over.
#UKbirding
#Sussexbirding
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Reeds in the foreground, wind turbines beyond and a solid blue sky above.
October 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Bit blowy, but nice out. Blasting around the lanes on my bike I happened across Redwings, Stonechats, Great White Egret, Spoonbill and Kingfisher. Stopped at Broomhill Sands long enough to count four Black Redstarts.
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#UKbirds
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The River Rother at Rye at high tide. The steep slope at the back is the old cliff line that marked the boundary between land and marsh/sea.
October 24, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Wow! This 'undertaker' Sexton Beetle is about to bury an enormous dead Minotaur Beetle. The female will lay eggs by the corpse so that the larvae have ready food. This was in a sandy glade at Brede High Woods, Rye, this morning.
#UKwildlife
#insects
#beetles
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A black and red beetle is grasping a much larger dead glossy-black beetle on sandy soil
October 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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View into Rye, East Sussex, from Monk Bretton Bridge this morning. Spoonbill, Greenshank and Black Redstart were also visible from this point.
#EastSussex
#1066country
#UKwildlife
A view of fishing boats at a quayside in a calm, blue river. Beyond lies the old town of Rye, with the church in view. The sky is solid blue.
October 21, 2025 at 12:47 PM