9th October 2019

CISSBURY RING: Spent a couple of hours at Cissbury this morning failing to see any Ring Ouzels. In fact it was generally very quiet with the highlight being a close and bright Lesser Whitethroat just outside the SW corner. Other birds were two Mistle Thrushes at the yew, four Stonechats, 2 or 3 Chiffchaffs , a couple of Goldcrests, 8 Meadow Pipits, 3 Swallows and single Kestrel, Sparrowhawk and Buzzard (CH)

PATCHING HILL: Two House Martins and three Swallows feeding, a Red Kite but other Green and GS Spotted Woodpeckers and three species of Tits, nothing else of note (CH)

SHOREHAM HARBOUR: Three drake Common Scoters from western breakwater (SOS).

WIDEWATER: Five Teal, a Chiffchaff and a Kingfisher (SOS).