ADUR ESTUARY: Whimbrel, Common Sandpiper, Greenshank, two Snipe, two Grey Plovers, Curlew, 20 Teal, 100 Lapwings, 50 Redshanks, two Little Egrets, Stonechat, Grey Wagtail and three Meadow Pipits (SOS/BirdTrack).
GORING GAP: This morning's visit was terribly quiet. I gave the sea a chance but the only birds moving were four Common Gulls west. The beach held a Redshank, as well as a few Grey Plovers, Turnstones, Dunlin and Sanderling but these were pushed off by the tide and dog-walkers before I could count them properly. The highlights were two Firecrests along Ilex Avenue and a pair of Grey Wagtails. A Sparrowhawk and a Kestrel toured the fields, which held 31 Skylarks, 10 Pied Wagtails, a Meadow Pipit, six Mediterranean Gulls and a further eight Common Gulls. 17 Greenfinches was a decent count. Two Stonechats and three Goldcrests were among the other birds noted (DKC).
SHOREHAM FORT: Purple Sandpiper 10am-10.30am; also Rock Pipit and Chiffchaff (SOS). Also 20 Turnstones, Grey Wagtail and 20 Greenfinches (BirdTrack).
WIDEWATER LAGOON: SHORT-EARED OWL briefly in morning, six Little Grebes and Kingfisher. Three Common Scoters offshore (SOS).
