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Trektellen for more details on today's Goring Gap/Ferring Rife sightings
Grounded migrants at
GORING GAP included two
Spotted Flycatchers, two
Redstarts and four
Whitethroats, a
Wheatear, a
Willow Warbler and two
Blackcaps, while moving overhead there were 56
Yellow Wagtails, two
Swifts, a
Tree Pipit, two
Grey Wagtails, three
Pied Wagtails, 156
House Martins, four
Sand Martins and 93
Swallows. Counts included 24
Little Egrets, two
Redshanks, 64
Ringed Plovers, 20
Oystercatchers, nine
Sanderlings, 10
Dunlin, three
Mediterranean Gulls, two
Common Gulls and four
Sandwich Terns. A quick look at the sea revealed singles of
Great Crested Grebe and
Gannet. Two
Coal Tits, a
Jackdaw and a
Goldcrest were noted.
DKC/GJ/NB/GDM
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| Spotted Flycatcher at Goring Gap DKC |
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| Sandwich Tern at Goring Gap DKC |
FERRING RIFE was on form with two
Whinchats, a
Wheatear, four
Spotted Flycatchers and two
Redstarts, as well as a
Willow Warbler, a
Whitethroat, 13
Linnets, eight
House Martins, 14
Swallows, four
Rooks, four
Jackdaws, a
Kestrel, a
Sparrowhawk, three
Buzzards and 14
Moorhens. We also noted singles of Clouded Yellow, Small Copper and Red Admiral.
DKC/GJ
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| Whinchat at Ferring Rife DKC |
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| Rook at Ferring Rife DKC |
HIGHDOWN HILL: 2
Redstart, 10
Spotted Flycatcher, 100c
House Martin and 200+
Swallows, 1
Yellow Wagtail GDM
