ADUR ESTUARY: Visiting the Adur Estuary late morning, I scanned from the toll bridge and strolled to just north of the A27 and back south a little way. A juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull on the mud appeared to be the same as one of Sunday's Brooklands birds (bird 2).
Ringed Plovers numbered 24 birds and further birds logged included a
Willow Warbler, five
Grey Herons, a
Little Egret, an
Oystercatcher, a
Dunlin, six
Swallows, three
Lesser Black-backed Gulls and a
Buzzard (DKC). A
Greenshank and a
Common Sandpiper were noted near Cuckoo Corner, and another two
Common Sandpipers were near the cement works; several
Sand Martins and
House Martins, and another
Willow Warbler were among other birds reported (SOS).
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull on the Adur Estuary [seemingly bird 2 from Sunday at Brooklands] (DKC) |
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| Grey Herons on the Adur Estuary (DKC) |
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| Buzzard over the Adur Estuary (DKC) |
EAST PRESTON: Eight
Tree Pipits flew over Roundstone Drive (GK).
HIGHDOWN: An extraordinary movement of 33
Tree Pipits over Highdown in just under three hours defined the morning - my record count anywhere. This push included a couple of flocks of half-a-dozen, while a small handful of individuals dropped in for a short while.A
Spotted Flycatcher, two
Yellow Wagtails, a
Reed Warbler, a
Sand Martin and three
Lesser Whitethroats made for a rewarding session. Not to mention back-up including six
Willow Warblers, 14
Whitethroats, a
Swift, 25
Swallows, six
Chiffchaffs, five
Skylarks, two
Nuthatches, a
Kestrel, three
Green Woodpeckers, a
Great Spotted Woodpecker, a
Common Gull, a
Buzzard and two
Bullfinches (DKC).
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| Tree Pipit at Highdown (DKC) |
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| Lesser Whitethroat at Highdown (DKC) |
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| Spotted Flycatcher at Highdown (DKC) |
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| Linnet at Highdown (DKC) |
NO MAN'S LAND: Through and either side of No Man’s Land this morning, lots of
Linnet and
Goldfinch thanks to the labarynth of wild plant strips and
Whitethroat in the bushes; tasty migrants were three
Common Redstart including a male, seven
Northern Wheatear including two confiding ones, one
Whinchat which gave me the run around and a
Spotted Flycatcher in an elder (pic); also a juv
Stonechat and a
Hobby. Quite a few painted lady, small heath and common blue butterflies (AK via SOS).
STEEP DOWN:
Quail singing still near footpath on east side (JN).
STEYNING BOWL:
Osprey flew SSW at 4.15pm (RBA).
WEST WORTHING:
Tree Pipit over Boundary Road early morning (DKC).
