BRAMBER BROOKS: Tawny Owl and two Reed Warblers (Bt).
THE DOWNS (north of Sompting): Two Corn Buntings, three Yellowhammers, a Mistle Thrush, six Whitethroats, 10 House Martins and three Swallows (Bt).
LANCING: HOOPOE flew over fields north of Lancing at c1.30pm. Also Mistle Thrush (SOS).
RIVER ADUR, A27 BRIDGE TO BOTOLPHS: I continued walking along the Adur beyond the A27 bridge to the Botolphs bridge and returned on the other bank. A lot of birds were singing along this stretch this morning, including a Cuckoo (my first one seen this year), eight Sedge Warblers, two Cetti's Warblers, seven Reed Warblers, nine Reed Buntings, a Lesser Whitethroat, nine Whitethroats, seven Skylarks and four Chiffchaffs. 13 House Martins were busy over the river opposite Lancing College and I had six Swallows. A Yellow Wagtail flew north - there seems to have been a late mini-pulse of these. Other birds included a Peregrine, a Common Sandpiper, a juvenile Grey Wagtail, four Swifts and a Red Kite (DKC).
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| male Cuckoo at Coombes (DKC) |
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| Reed Warbler at Coombes (DKC) |
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| Common Sandpiper by the brickworks (DKC) |
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| Mallard brood by the brickworks (DKC) |
WIDEWATER LAGOON; Cycling through Widewater was quiet, with just four Sandwich Terns offshore, a singing Whitethroat and a lone 2cy Mute Swan during my brief stop there (DKC).
