GORING GAP: A Red legged Partridge, a Mediterranean Gull, two Stonechat, and the usual waders (RI). A few more birds offshore at Goring Gap this morning, at last! A drake Shoveler flew west with two Shelducks, and three Kittiwakes and a flock of five Wigeon also flew in that direction. Four Guillemots, eight Razorbills (and a further 43 auks), a Lesser Black-backed Gull, 23 Red-throated Divers, five Red-breasted Mergansers, three Great Crested Grebes and 54 Gannets were also out at sea. In the roost field (mid-morning, so not prime time) were three adult Mediterranean Gulls and 350 Common Gulls, and the Red-legged Partridge. The tide state wasn't ideal for counting waders but I logged a Redshank, five Grey Plovers, three Ringed Plovers, 23 Sanderlings, 55 Dunlin, two Oystercatchers and nine Turnstones (DKC).
PATCHING: The 'NORTHERN TREECREEPER' (form familiaris) was still present, with up to two Firecrests and a Bullfinch in the area (O.Frampton/DKC et al).
A video here of the Northern Treecreeper, kindly allowed to share by Olly Frampton
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| 'Northern Treecreeper' at Patching (DKC) |
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| 'Northern Treecreeper' at Patching (DKC) |
SHOREHAM FORT: Three Purple Sandpipers still 3.45pm, plus Chiffchaff in scrub by a garden fence towards the beach (SOS).
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Five Mute Swans, six Little Grebes, a Little Egret, five Turnstones, a Redshank and a Common Gull (BirdTrack).
