GORING GAP: A walk around the Gap this morning was pleasant but quiet in terms of passage migrants, just a
Willow Warbler and a
Meadow Pipit of note till I came back to where I started and spotted a female
Whinchat feeding along the fenceline bording the rough field, which made my day! Gareth and Garry came along for a look and a natter. The
Sedge Warbler was remarkably still singing around the scrub in the northwest corner. At long last, two
Swifts flew over and a suggestion of hirundine movement involved a
House Martin and 10
Swallows, while five
Jackdaws seemed to move east. Other bits included a
Sparrowhawk, five
Buzzards, a
Moorhen, a
Lesser Black-backed Gull, nine westbound
Black-headed Gulls, six
Oystercatchers, five
Whitethroats, four
Linnets, three
Sandwich Terns and a
Goldcrest. I didn't really look at the sea but two
Great Crested Grebes were bobbing around offshore.
DKC
Whinchat - Goring Gap - NB
WORTHING TOWN CENTRE - Nice to the Swifts are hunting the skies above again with at least 3 around the Christchurch road area. A single House Martin went over too. Popped into the gap just after lunch to see the Whinchat DKC had found here earlier (record shot above) NB
