BRAMBER BROOKS: I checked out Bramber Brooks for the first time this morning, logging a Cetti's Warbler, three Snipe, a Reed Bunting, a Stonechat, a Kestrel and two Green Woodpeckers among the birds encountered (DKC).
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| male Stonechat at Bramber Brooks (DKC) |
BROOKLANDS PARK: Drake POCHARD still, 18 Teal, three Little Grebes and two Goldcrests (SOS).
GORING GAP was only visited briefly, with four adult Mediterranean Gulls, c500 Common Gulls and five Skylarks the best.
PATCHING was rewarding, with two Siberian Chiffchaffs performing superbly with five nominate Chiffchaffs. The pond was the busiest I've ever seen it, with a Great Crested Grebe, a drake Mallard, two Coots and a Moorhen! A Firecrest, a singing Treecreeper, a Yellowhammer and two Bullfinches were among the other species noted.
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| Siberian Chiffchaffs at Patching (DKC) |
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| Great Crested Grebe at Patching (DKC) |
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Three Red-breasted Mergansers (two drakes) early afternoon (SOS)
