High pressure was now firmly in charge so it’s clear blue skies but with out any clouds to keep the warmth in, there had been a hard frost. The grass scrunched as we walked out from the church at Chidham towards the bomb hole and the harbour. The patches of water left by the storms […]
Last night’s storm was intense but had cleared away leaving us in the cold sector – sunshine and showers in a keen breeze. As luck would have it the rain was torrential when we left but, miraculously, it cleared up the moment we arrived at Dell Quay. The rain had aggravated the flooding so the […]
Yesterday afternoon had been a real tonic, blue sky and light winds after so much adverse weather. This morning it was going to be dry for a while before the wind and rain would return later in the day, it was time to make the most of it while we could. A short walk was […]
Last night’s weather had been particularly vigorous, lashings of rain and strong winds, even in the centre of Chichester. There was standing water everywhere and the road leading to St Mary’s church was flooded, yet again! It was still raining hard as we set out towards the church along the path beside Rymans splashing through […]
We’ve had a period of exceptionally warm weather for January, at least five degrees higher than usual, caused by the Jet Stream sucking up warm air from the south. The Jet Stream is now flowing over the UK driving a string of vigorous depressions in its wake. After several intense bouts of wind & rain […]
A short walk was called for today as an unhappy toe made it’s presence felt and didn’t want to be aggravated. The Church Norton circular is certainly short and offered the project of seeing some interesting wildfowl. A bright sunny day with a rising tide should have create favourable conditions for wildlife but not much […]
It’s a couple of hours before high water at Nutbourne and after picking up some bread & apples at the farm shop we were hoping to see the Avocets that were here earlier. The first surprise was in the farm fields. Instead of ducks there were lots of pigeon milling around the edges of the […]
With lots on it was only a quick walk around the West Walls today, past the Lavant stream then following the other branch back to College Green. Following the floods (literally) of rain we’d had over the past few months the seasonal river was in full flow, scouring the bottom and clearing it of accumulated […]
We arrived at St Mary’s Church about an hour and a half before high water, just when many duck were flying around the harbour as the mud banks became submerged. There seemed to be a few pairs of Mallard, heading to the pond but most were probably wigeon, circling round the head of the harbour […]
Having missed our morning fix of a walk around the harbour for the past two days it was time to get back on track and in touch with wildfowl again. What better way is there than to take the walk from East Head along the coast to Ella Nore then back via the lane, past […]