ADUR ESTUARY: This morning on the Adur in Shoreham: one Grey Plover, one Bar-tailed Godwit , some Dunlin, Ringed Plovers, 60-70 Lapwings, 30 Redshanks plus 3 House Martins, one Sparrowhawk, Chiffchaff, Chaffinches, Greenfinches and lots of Grey Wagtails (SOS).
BROOKLANDS PLEASURE PARK: This morning, in the sycamores were some six Goldcrest and one Firecrest (SOS).
STEYNING: Walked from Steyning up onto the Downs this morning, and then wandered
the footpaths for a couple of hours, and very pleasant it was too! Many Skylarks and quite a few Meadow Pipits, and large Winter flocks of Goldfinch and Linnet are starting to form. 5 groups of Stonechats comprised c20 birds in total, and first sign (for me!) of Reed Buntings in some numbers. A pair of Bullfinch seen, but a distant Kestrel was the only bird of prey I saw. One adult Ring Ouzel seen well, but a number of poor half-sightings make me suspect there may have been a few more... ALSO .... Several small groups of Swallows, totalling c20 birds, plus a couple of House Martins!
