GORING GAP: A fairly uneventful day, with a push of 333
Gannets, 65
Common Gulls and seven
Common Scoters offshore being the highlights, along with two
Reed Buntings, and good numbers of
Pied Wagtails in the fields - around 40 - with a
Grey Wagtail looking a little out of place picking through the plough with them. 20
Siskins and four
redpolls flew over, along with around 100
Goldfinches, 29
Meadow Pipits and 10
Linnets. On the beach were two
Grey Plovers, 12
Dunlin, 29
Sanderlings, 10
Ringed Plovers, 63
Turnstones, 12
Oystercatchers seven
Little Egrets and
a
Grey Heron. Just two
Mediterranean Gulls were around. Singles of
Kestrel and
Sparrowhawk were noted, along with three
Chiffchaffs, two
Stonechats, four
Goldcrests and two
Jackdaws. I enjoyed spending a few minutes watching two
Jays foraging boldly in the open at close range on the disturbed ground in the northwest corner, but it wasn't clear what they were gathering.
DKC
Later on 18 Mediterranean Gulls were around including 10 adults, 2 x 2nd winters and 6 x 1st winters, one of the
Mediterranean Gulls was ringed (white ring 3 PET) on right leg, a
Common Buzzard and 6
Red-breasted Mergansers were on the sea
GDM
On This Day - 2012 :
Desert Wheatear - Splash Point/Worthing beach, produced this collage to remember this great bird that resided the area for 3 days...hopefully we will get another one soon...
NB
