ADUR ESTUARY: A
Common Sandpiper, three
Little Egrets, an
Oystercatcher, three
Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a
Skylark, a
Pied Wagtail, 140
Starlings, nine
Mute Swans and my first juvenile
Great Black-backed Gulls of the year (two siblings begging at a parent) (DKC).
BROOKLANDS PLEASURE PARK: I made a point of visiting at midday and identified two juvenile
Yellow-legged Gulls among the reasonable gathering of large gulls, which also included my first two or three juvenile
Lesser Black-backed Gulls of the year (an adult was present too), and a further juvenile
Great Black-backed Gull. A
Little Grebe was also on the lake, along with the complete family of
Mute Swans still, and two
Grey Herons. A
Coal Tit was singing along the works entrance road (DKC).
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Brooklands Pleasure Park (bird 1) (DKC) |
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Brooklands Pleasure Park (bird 2) (DKC) |
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| juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Brooklands Pleasure Park (DKC) |
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| juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Brooklands Pleasure Park (DKC) |
GORING GAP: I started the day enthusiastically at Goring Gap but conditions weren't exactly inspiring and after logging a
Kittiwake, 28
Gannets, 15
Sandwich Terns, an
Oystercatcher, three
Mediterranean Gulls and 16
Little Egrets, I moved on. As I drove off, however, I spotted a juvenile
Yellow-legged Gull in a bin-raiding mob of
Herring Gulls! Stopping the car, I had a brief suburban gull safari as I photographed the bird through the car window (DKC).
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Goring Gap (DKC) |
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juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Goring Gap (DKC)
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Two Little Egrets, three Mute Swans (two adults and a juvenile) and 13 Mallards (GJ).
SHOREHAM HARBOUR: A Little Egret, an adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull and two Great Black-backed Gulls (GJ).
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