CHANCTONBURY RING (borders): A Spotted Flycatcher and a Raven (BirdTrack).
GORING GAP: It was rather gusty this morning but some passerines struggled through, namely four Yellow Wagtails, six Pied/White Wagtails, six Swallows and 65 Meadow Pipits. Offshore my first two local Dark-bellied Brent Geese of the autumn headed west, along with two Common Scoters and 13 Gannets. As the tide rose, 84 Turnstones, four Sanderlings, 31 Ringed Plovers and a Dunlin gathered in the roost field, only to be spooked by a passing Sparrowhawk. A Kestrel was flung along the beach by the breeze. Three Skylarks were by the coast road and a Chiffchaff was calling from the seaward end of The Plantation (DKC).
SOMPTING : A SNOW BUNTING on the downs on the footpath east of Lambley's barn TQ158061 (SOS/various)
Snow Bunting (Tom Sadler via Sussex Facebook birders group)
PATCHING HILL: still some common migrants inc. 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Redstarts, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 22 Chiffchaffs, 4 Stonechats, 1 Whitethroat, 1 Wheatear and 3 Blackcaps. Also 3 Firecrests and 2 Red Kites. Trickle of hirundines and Meadow Pipits over (RS)
WORTHING: 40 Ringed Plovers, a Turnstone and four Great Black-backed Gulls (BirdTrack).
WORTHING: 40 Ringed Plovers, a Turnstone and four Great Black-backed Gulls (BirdTrack).
