With temperatures in the mid twenties, a quick walk up on Halnaker Hill proved good for birds - with Blackbirds, Wrens, Woodpigeon, Great Tits, Buzzard, Corn Bunting and Red-legged Partridge seen. The Corn Buntings were in a group of four which seemed to like perching on the telegraph wires overlooking the south-facing slope.
One of the two Red-legged Partridge spotted down the farm track.
The hot weather has been good for the insects - butterflies seen included several whites, a Brimstone and Speckled Woods - but not a Painted Lady in sight! This Spotted Cranefly was missing a hindleg.
In the gulley on the way back down from the hill, a deer was chewing at the hedge just 10 feet away from me - so close that I thought it was a calf or a goat at first.
In Aldwick - an as yet unidentified moth practising camouflage.
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