ADUR ESTUARY: A Greenshank, c40 Redshanks, two Curlew, six Little Egrets and four Grey Herons from Norfolk Bridge late afternoon; elsewhere on the estuary a Knot, 20+ Ringed Plovers, 25 Turnstones, 30 Lapwings and a Kingfisher (SOS).
BROOKLANDS PLEASURE PARK: The highlights of a couple of hours at Brooklands were three Siskins, 42 Meadow Pipits, 19 Pied/White Wagtails, two Grey Wagtails, six House Martins, 12 Swallows and a Skylark overhead. 11 Goldcrests and 20 Chiffchaffs were scattered in the bushes. A Treecreeper and three Coal Tits, two Green Woodpeckers and a Great Spotted Woodpecker were also noted. The lake held the whole Mute Swan family, a Little Grebe and four Teal (DKC).
FERRING RIFE: 17 Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, two Moorhens, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, a Kestrel and two Swallows (BirdTrack).
SHOREHAM FORT: 24 Turnstones at high tide at 3.30pm but no sign of Purple Sandpiper (SOS).
GORING GAP: Between 0900 and 1000 I counted 180 Swallows flying east as well as 16 Goldfinches and a Pied Wagtail. There were 40 Linnets and two Stonechats and a Kestrel on the fields and more distant flock of c.20 House Martins were feeding over the Ilex trees. 35 Gannets were fishing offshore and two Med Gulls went west (CH)
