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NEWSLETTER No 62 AUTUMN 2017 NEWSLETTER No 62 East Surrey Local Group NEWSLETTER LEADER’S BLOG events seem to be becoming fishing. more extreme and recurrent by Did you get out and enjoy Giving Nature a Home is just the year. Those recent hurricanes Nature this summer? Did you as important in your garden or caused devastation unseen see a turtle dove, a nightingale local area. If you are concerned before in the Caribbean and the or a swift? Probably not, as about birds in particular and southern United States but some numbers of these long-distance the environment generally have of the islands badly affected fall travellers from Africa are falling you encouraged friends and under British jurisdiction. Global precipitately. Some good news family to take up the cause? We warming affects us all and we for now for nightingales is that are constantly looking for new should continue to press for more the plans to build houses on one members and people willing to not less international cooperation of their largest breeding sites at speak up for Nature. Politicians and action now and post-Brexit. Lodge Hill, Medway have been and governments will have to Birdlife International is one of withdrawn. We must remain listen to us and modify their those organisations to which vigilant but are you happy that actions accordingly if we speak the RSPB is affiliated and which 800,000 songbirds are wisely, loud and often being illegally killed on a enough. But they need to British military base on be constantly reminded of Cyprus every autumn? the long-term implications Could it be that hunting of environmental and mist-netting in the degradation and species Mediterranean area is loss and not just make having a long-term effect short-term gestures to on the number of birds curry electoral advantage migrating to these islands so it’s even more important generally? These and to engage and enthuse the many other concerns young for the long haul. require organisations like We’ve just set out our new the RSPB to speak out programme of talks and and seek to influence seeks to encourage responsible outings for next year. I hope there governments and attitudes around conservation work around the is something which attracts you the globe to take Nature seriously, globe. The amount of plastics to participate. And as our skies fill not just for conservation reasons floating around the oceans with returning geese and ducks but because a sustainable regard represents an immediate and why not get ready to get out and for a healthy environment is surely long-term threat to many of our about and enjoy those crisp winter essential alongside the need seabirds and can only be tackled days watching these birds. to feed and house the world’s by nations getting together if there growing population. John Lawrence ( Group Leader) is a will. The RSPB can be proud Birds do not acknowledge national of its work showing how it can TWITCHING OR LOCAL boundaries. So why should we be done through collaborations BIRDING ignore the effect of climate change like the Albatross Task force in (think again America about the reducing the unwanted by-catch As I have commented in past Paris undertakings) as weather of such iconic birds from long-line Newsletters, like many other birdwatchers. I get the biggest Anyway, enough of my remaining equestrian water jump. This was kick or rush of adrenaline on birding vice, I shall return to the the first time I had encountered finding ‘my own’ rare or unusual local patch and briefly illustrate this species in the area since 3 bird on my local patch. I have of how interesting that can prove in birds were found on Riddlesdown course, on occasions in the past, say a 6 months period, if you put in 2000. This was a significant find gone on the so called twitches the necessary time and dedication as I believe it’s been several years for rare birds, but the enthusiasm in. I am fortunate to be in contact now since any have been seen in for such trips has long since with a few birding friends who the County, although it is still just waned for me. The one exception also watch ‘my patch’ on about ‘hanging on’ in neighbouring however is when I still rush off occasions, and this is very useful Kent. Willow warblers, once such down to Shellness Point in the in immediately sharing information a common breeder in my local Autumn, when wind conditions (invariably by text or e-mail) on area, is now only encountered are promising, in the hope of what’s been about. as a passage migrant. It has of a really lively day sea- course declined markedly watching. Good days can be in the south and is amber spectacular with hundreds listed as a result. It was of skuas passing by often therefore encouraging very close in, not to mention to find a singing male the odd shearwaters, petrels at Blanchman’s Farm and rare gulls such as Warlingham holding Sabine’s. It’s not always like territory for much of that however, since sea- May and early June. watching can turn out just Unfortunately breeding to be that on occasions, wasn’t confirmed. like the 14th September this A walk along Butterfly year when Brian Hobley and Walk is always worthwhile I both thought conditions for the view south were promising but ended over the Marden Park up spending several hours valley Woldingham, as just looking at waves and This Spring things got off to a immortalised so famously in the the remnants of Herne Bay Pier promising start when Andrew words of the 17th Century diarist and Reculver Towers on the and Sue Broomfield had a male John Evelyn where he describes horizon. Despite such blank days ring ouzel (photo above) in their in flowing terms the estate of Sir we are never put off, and will be Warlingham garden on 30th Robert Clayton: ‘Is in such solitude down there ‘back on duty’ so to march. The same day 3 adders among hills,as,being not above speak as soon as wind direction were sunning themselves off long 16 miles from London seems looks promising (i.e. anything in Hill Woldingham in the company of almost incredible’. Unfortunately the northerly quarter). Correctly several beautiful green hairstreak there were very few butterflies at identifying distant birds at sea is butterflies. Wendy Bainbridge all neither common or otherwise by no means easy, but there’s a discovered a female redstart when I walked there on 5th great amount of satisfaction when below Nore Hill on 2nd of April June, and even less birdlife, but they eventually move in closer to and it was still there the following I found 30 bee orchids, and its shore and you know whether or day. On the 5th a migrant yellow classification within the Surrey not your initial ‘shout’ was right wagtail was picked up on call Hills Area of Outstanding Natural or not. In this connection it’s flying over Nore Hill. The 10th Beauty has fortunately preserved great to have experts and fellow April proved a very good day, for posterity that same incredible enthusiasts with you, not only with 6 wheatears on the downs view. for the extra pairs of eyes to pick in the Warren Barn Woldingham up passing birds, but to be able On 15th July I found myself on area. One of these birds at Bushy to discuss identification features Nore Hill Chelsham amongst Bank was in company with the on particularly difficult sightings, clouds of the magnificent chalk hill second ring ouzel of the Spring, and to join in the special sea blue butterflies. What was even but most exciting of all was the watchers camaraderie and banter more amazing was the density of discovery nearby of a single corn when things go quiet, which they cinnabar caterpillars munching bunting which dropped in briefly inevitably will for periods, even on through ragwort in an adjacent for a drink at Rodney Fuller’s spectacularly good days. field at High Breach. In no time at all the flower heads had been The first returning wheatear was yellow wagtail on my patch are completely consumed, and I spotted on Nore Hill on 16th invariably flyovers only when anticipate that the vast majority of August, but it was on 31st of the they are picked up by their these insects accordingly starved month that we had a significant distinctive call. It was therefore and thus didn’t make it to the moth migrant ‘fall’ after a very wet a very pleasant surprise when I stage. Cuckoos no longer stay to night. In the thorn bushes around discovered 4 of these elegant birds breed here and are now extremely the Civil Aviation twin towers at feeding on the ground amongst a rare even passing through, but High Breach, Chelsham there herd of Longhorn cattle at Warren John Gill found a juvenile at this were: 6 wheatears, including one Barn farm on 13th September. location in late August and with individual of the larger more upright They no longer breed here and this their food preference for large Greenland race, 3 very smart is only the third occasion I have caterpillars (they can eat up to whinchats, 4 stonechats (not the ever found them on the ground in 100 at one sitting), it’s not difficult local breeders), lesser and common the area. to fathom out what had attracted whitethroats, a single turtle dove, On 28th September there was a the bird here.
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