Mark Mallalieu

Our new website is 💥LIVE💥 Lots of new content & images and plenty more to come. Home banner image, Waxwing - Adam Bowley. sos.org.uk

A recent grant award by Sussex Ornithology helped provide equipment to document Sussex Honey-buzzards in 2025. Read all about it and watch the video here on our new website; sos.org.uk/news/honey-buz… #Sussexbirds

@ColinHolter @SussexBirding A good day. With no beech mast, Brambling probably harder to find than Hawfinch this winter.

Just over the border in Hampshire today, 5 species of Grebe distantly off Hayling Oyster Beds (3 Black-necked, 1 Red-necked, 1 Slavonian + Gt.Crested & Little) + Scaup & GND. Later 16+ Hawfinches & 3+ Bramblings at West Dean + an unexpected Starling murmuration of ?3-4000+ birds!

Calling all photographers and artists. If you have any photos or artworks you'd like to submit for the 2025 Sussex Bird Report, please follow the three simple steps below. As always, many thanks! @SussexOrnitholo @SussexBirding

Can you help your Society by taking on a volunteer role? We urgently need an Editor for the Sussex Bird Report. We often need species account writers too, so that is another opportunity to help out Do please get in touch now if you’d like to find out more. sos.org.uk/archives/6624

A review of the more interesting avian happenings on Beachy Head in 2025, a decent year. Thanks to all the birders who've put the time in and shared news this year. beachybirder.wordpress.com/2025/12/30/a-r…

Indonesia is clearing 5 MILLION ACRES of one of the world’s most biodiverse, important and intact forests in Papua… for sugarcane. We are losing Birds Of Paradise, Birdwing Butterflies, Rainbowfish all for nothing… 😤 ft.com/content/27a6bd…

The weekly report this week is by guest editor Owen Mitchell. sos.org.uk/recent-sightin… Thanks for the support over the year by our members and all Sussex Birders. With special thanks to all the volunteers that work so hard behind the scenes at the SOS. Happy Christmas🎄

‘Azure Tit’ acrylic, 21 x 30 cms I would like to wish all followers and viewers of this page a Happy Christmas and Best Wishes for the New Year. Thank you as well for your kind comments.

We are devastated to share the news that three white-tailed eagles have disappeared in suspicious circumstances. We are asking anyone who may have information to help the police investigation to please come forward. forestryengland.uk/news/three-whi… @RoyDennisWF @ForestryEngland

We're deeply concerned that three White-tailed Eagles have disappeared in suspicious circumstances. The trackers of two eagles, including a chick from Sussex, were found dumped having been cut off with a sharp instrument. More here: roydennis.org/2025/12/17/thr… @SeaEagleEngland

Sussex Birds Weekly Report; 8-14 December. Bird of the Week should probably go to a Red-necked Grebe found on Monday on the Southwick Canal. Full report here sos.org.uk/recent-sightin… (📷 @AdamHuttly )

SOS New Year Bird Race is fast approaching! 16 different teams took part last year, clocking up 147 different species and raising over £1800 (including Gift aid) for SOS conservation projects. Fancy getting involved? sos.org.uk/archives/6637 📷David Gardiner (Coal Tit)

The Sussex Weekly report is now live. Packed full of great bird sightings across Sussex tinyurl.com/482ep62h Also a new feature with thanks to Paul James (@paul33606) "December birding targets" tinyurl.com/2497j7xz We hope you enjoy them :) 📷Adam Bowley (@birdboyads)

We are searching for a special person to take over the prestige role of Sussex Bird Report editor!🖊️ Have you or anyone you know got the time to help us? Current editor Mark Mallalieu wrote a short piece about the role here; sos.org.uk/archives/6643 Please read and share 🙏

@ColinHolter No beech mast this winter though?

Another day, another couple of Bramblings in another West Sussex woodland edge. Marginally better photo than last time. I do hope this winter will see an influx of them!