GORING GAP: A
Whimbrel, an
Arctic Skua and a
Shelduck were season-firsts at Goring Gap this morning. A juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull flew northwest over the fields and 18
Mediterranean Gulls included seven juveniles. Some were moving purposefully, including a flock incorporating two adults and six juveniles. Two adult
Common Gulls and three juvenile
Pied Wagtails were seen. Other birds noted included 14
Swifts, seven
Gannets, four
Swallows east, two
Sandwich Terns and three
Oystercatchers.
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Goring Gap DKC |
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| Herring Gull family at Goring Gap DKC |
FERRING RIFE: Today a very short look at the sea was birdless but a stroll up the Rife as far as the footbridge, yielded ;
Green and
Great Spotted Woodpeckers, three
Whitethroats, just two
Swallows (on 6th there were 21 in two groups of nine and 13 feeding/being fed up near the Country Centre paddocks), 3
Little Egrets, two
Grey Herons and a
Sparrowhawk.
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