ADUR ESTUARY: An early evening visit produced seven species of waders including 17
Ringed Plover, four
Dunlin, five
Whimbrel, two
Common Sandpipers, eight
Turnstone, three
Oystercatchers and 20
Redshank. Also 16
Mute Swans, seven
Little Egrets, a juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull and five
Sandwich Terns (GJ/PJ/BDJ).
BROOKLANDS: A
Cetti's Warbler was by the bridge and out on the lake were a juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull, 15
Mallard, four
Cormorants, six
Mute Swans (two adults and four juveniles) and a
Grey Heron (GJ).
GORING GAP: The crop has now been removed by the farmer. In the roost field were 30
Turnstone, 15
Ringed Plover, two
Great Black-backed Gulls and eight
Black-headed Gulls. A short walk to the pumping station produced a
Whitethroat and a
Skylark (GJ).
SHOREHAM HARBOUR: Around the fort were a
Wheatear as well as two
Common Sandpipers which flew across the harbour and headed up the River Adur. There were also two juvenile
Yellow-legged Gulls loafing along the beach near the western arm. Around the car park were several
House Sparrows,
Starlings and a
Linnet.
Opposite the Habour Club on the beach were two
Lesser Black-backed Gulls, two
Great Black-backed Gulls, four
Herring Gulls and seven
Black-headed Gulls. There were also a few flowering plants of
Childing Pink in the normal area however most were past there best (GJ).
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| Childing Pink, Shoreham Harbour (GJ) |
SOUTHWICK HILL: A Wheatear, three Mistle Thrushes, a few Whitethroat and singles of Buzzard, Kestrel and Great Spotted Woodpecker (PJ/BDJ).
WIDEWATER: Five Little Egrets on the eastern side and on the western side were two Mute Swans (one adult and one juvenile) and 57 roosting Black-headed Gulls (GJ).
