GORING GAP : Waders on the beach this morning were 11 Oystercatchers, 20 Ringed Plover, 8 Sanderling, 2 Dunlin and several Turnstones (30 on 4th). Also a Wheatear. 2 Shelduck flew W.
Along the closed off road near the plantation just 6 Whitethroats. CH
CISSBURY RING: Val, Mya and I had quite a busy ringing session at Cissbury this morning. We caught 80 birds including 39 Willow Warblers (with a good few more around), six Garden Warblers, 16 Blackcaps, seven Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat and a Bullfinch. While doing the rounds I found a Pied Flycatcher - perhaps two - by one of the tracks and picked up 10 distant Wheatears from our ringing station. During a later walk around the Ring itself, I encountered a Tree Pipit and another Lesser Whitethroat, as well as three Mistle Thrushes. A Swift, two House Martins, 25 Swallows and a Raven were among the other birds noted. DKC
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| Lesser Whitethroat |
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| Garden Warbler |
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| Treecreeper |
WEST WORTHING: A Blair's Mocha was caught overnight on 26-27th July DKC
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| Blair's Mocha |
