FERRING RIFE:
An hours search in a strong westerly wind yielded 12 Redwing feeding on the edges of the Western fields towards Kingston Gorse and a Skylark was heard singing in the same field aswell as a calling Pheasant. A bit further North another of the fields to the West held 12 feeding Pied Wagtails and in the bushes nearby a Jay. A Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Green Woodpecker were also logged flying over the rife whilst another Green Woodpecker was heard calling.
Other highlights included a Cormorant struggling in the strong winds at the Northern end before eventually landing on the pond aswell as a lone Common Gull in the fields to the West.
The horse paddocks at the Northern end held 32 Black-headed Gulls, 9 Herring Gulls, 1 Carrion Crow and 2 Woodpigeon before all being spooked by a flyover Sparrowhawk. Walking back towards the seafront down the rife, 2 Long-tailed Tits were seen aswell as a Chaffinch and 18 Goldfinch. Other totals of my visit included 61 Starling, 3 flyover Mallard, 7 Blackbird and 11 Moorhen. GJ
FERRING:
110 Pied Wagtails and 2 Canada Geese over Asda early evening. DKC
