Happy New Year from the Worthing Birding team - Nick, David and Gareth
ADUR ESTUARY: 12 Egyptian Geese flew downriver, Greenshank still, c12 Redshanks, four or more Snipe, 80 Lapwings and two Mute Swans (SOS).
GORING GAP: Red-legged Partridge still (BirdTrack). Yesterday Mandarin reported
PATCHING: 'NORTHERN TREECREEPER' (form familiaris) still by metal gate opposite The World's End pub (RBA).
SHOREHAM FORT: Three EIDERS, Dark-bellied Brent Goose, three Lapwings, a Kingfisher (BirdTrack).
SW OF STEYNING: Six Golden Plovers, 25 Reed Buntings, 25 Yellowhammers, nine Meadow Pipits, three Stonechats, 60 Linnets, six Song Thrushes, six Skylarks, Tawny Owl, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard, Kestrel, Raven (BirdTrack).
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Three Redshanks, two Little Egrets, seven Little Grebes, a Mute Swan and a Stonechat. c20 Turnstones and Sanderling on beach. Offshore three EIDERS, seven Shelducks, a Gannet west and two Great Crested Grebes (SOS).
WORTHING: Two Blackcaps at Rogate Road (BirdTrack).
