March 18th 2019

BROOKLANDS PLEASURE PARK: A male Wheatear and Black Redstart were found on Lancing Beach around lunchtime opposite Brooklands Pleasure Park this afternoon by Alan Kitson. The Wheatear is the first for the Worthing area this year, hopefully it won't be long before one appears at Goring Gap.

Later in the afternoon the Wheatear was still present but I couldn't find the Black Redstart. It was frequenting the groyne opposite the row of beach huts. There is always something special about seeing your first Wheatear of the year and this bird certainly didn't disappoint, giving fantastic views. A quick walk around Brooklands Pleasure Park afterwards was quiet with the main birds of note being 19 Teal on the lake and 2 Chiffchaffs singing in bushes. Around the sewage works end of the stream there was 100+ Chub perhaps explaining why I often see gulls perched on the rail here. GJ


Male Wheatear, Lancing Beach

GORING GAP: A quick look this morning produced a couple of Mediterranean Gulls and a few Skylarks in the fields. Other than that very quiet. GJ