5th January 2019 - Petworth Park

A glorious winters morning led Sophie and I to have a stroll around Petworth Park although not strictly a birding day I kept note of whatever I saw whilst we were there.

At the Upper Lake there was a smart drake Goosander, perhaps the same returning bird from previous years. On our walk we also saw 6 Egyptian Geese and 3 Kestrel all hovering within close proximity of each other. We recorded a total of 33 species on our walk.

Petworth House and Lake on a fine winters morning

On the way home we quickly stopped at Burpham where we saw 8 Bewick's Swans, sadly the herd was obscured by trees whilst we were there. A phone call from Dad shortly after confirmed the herd had moved back into their usual meadow and all 10 were again visible. Also a single Red Kite from Burpham Triangle.