Snow Bunting - Goring Gap - NB
Grey Heron - Goring - NB
SALVINGTON : The male Blackcap is still enjoying the fruit fest in my garden, now with Plum on the menu, very protective over its wintering larder NB
February 6th 2019
GORING GAP : A very murky morning here on the south coast, a sea-watch was out of the question this morning, but in milder conditions the Snow Bunting was soon found along the stretch of beach to the east of the orange boat (please note that this boat was observed being removed from the beach today so should no longer be used as a marker)! The bird was rather flighty and disappeared onto the beach for long periods. 3 Brent Geese flew west fairly close in. The Stonechat was in the rough field, 3 Greater black-backed Gulls, 4 Mediterranean Gull were the only oddities in the gull roost, whilst a c40 Grey Plover c200 Dunlin, c40 Ringed Plover, Turnstone and Sanderling were also feeding up in the roost field although definitive counts were difficult in the gloom. 6 Skylark, 2 Meadow Pipits and good number of Pied Wagtails were around, a Grey Heron was in the northern fields NB/GDM
