15th February 2020

ADUR ESTUARY: Greenshank still, 1,000+ Common Gulls, two adult Mediterranean Gulls, six Oystercatchers, five Redshanks, three Turnstones, a Skylark, 12 Linnets and 10 Lesser Black-backed Gulls (SOS).

BROOKLANDS: A quick visit today produced seven Mute Swan, a Grey Heron, five Coot, six Moorhen, eight Teal, five Mallard, two Cormorant and a Stock Dove flew overhead (GJ).

GORING GAP: A 2cy CASPIAN GULL briefly in the northern fields early afternoon (GDM). A disappointing seawatch this morning produced a Curlew, a Fulmar, two Gannets, two Great Crested Grebes and two Red-breasted Mergansers. 95 Dunlin and four Turnstones flew along the beach and later, while dipping Garry's Caspian Gull, there was an adult Lesser Black-backed Gull and four Mediterranean Gulls in the northern fields (DKC).

HARBOUR CLUB, SHOREHAM: On the exposed sand below the Harbour Club at low tide the only gulls of note were two adult Lesser Black-backed Gulls.

NO MANS LAND: An early morning visit produced a Buzzard, two Yellowhammer, c20 Skylark, a Corn Bunting, seven Pied Wagtail, a Meadow Pipit, a Red-legged Partridge, three Blackbirds and 528 Starlings (GJ).

SALVINGTON: Two Firecrests again off Rogate Road (NB).

UPPER BEEDING FLOOD RELIEF: Birds on the flood relief today included seven Mallard, three Canada Geese, a Greylag Goose and a Grey Heron. A Raven passed overhead and nearby on a telegraph wire was a male Kestrel (GJ).

WIDEWATER LAGOON: A quick stop produced three Red-breasted Mergansers, two Mallard, two Little Grebe and four adult Herring Gulls (GJ). Four Red-breasted Mergansers (SOS).