ADUR ESTUARY: It was a finer morning than the last few days but still there was a rather stiff breeze! All the same, I enjoyed my visit to the lower Adur. Waders included the
Greenshank, a
Snipe, over 80
Lapwings, three
Grey Plovers, two
Curlew and 13
Redshanks. Other birds included four
Teal, three
Mute Swans, a
Sparrowhawk, a
Peregrine distantly on Lancing College, a
Cetti's Warbler, a
Rock Pipit, three
Skylarks, a male
Stonechat and nine
Reed Buntings (DKC). Also
Whimbrel, 15
Ringed Plovers, nine
Dunlin and 100
Lapwings (SOS).
Firecrest,
Common Sandpiper, four
Mute Swans, two
Mallards, two
Little Grebes,
Mediterranean Gull, 550
Common Gulls, two
Lesser Black-backed Gulls, two
Grey Herons,
Buzzard,
Green Woodpecker,
Kestrel and two
Stonechats (BirdTrack).
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| Greenshank (DKC) |
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| Grey Plovers (DKC) |
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| Redshanks (DKC) |
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| Peregrine on Lancing College (DKC) |
HIGH SALVINGTON: A
Buzzard, two
Blackcaps and a
Mistle Thrush (BirdTrack).
SHOREHAM HARBOUR: Two
Purple Sandpipers still on jetty opposite fort (BirdTrack).
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Five
Red-breasted Mergansers and a
Redshank (SOS).
