19th May 2020

ADUR ESTUARY TO CEMENT WORKS: Eight Mute Swans, a Grey Heron, three Little Egrets, six Swallows, two Cetti's Warblers, a Grey Wagtail, two Sedge Warblers, an Oystercatcher, two Reed Warblers and three Reed Buntings (Bt).

GORING GAP: A Bar-tailed Godwit, a Wheatear, a Yellow Wagtail, two Shelducks, 18 Sanderlings, 25 Turnstones, a Mediterranean Gull, a Pheasant, a Gannet, a Little Egret, seven Swallows, a Treecreeper and a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers feeding young (DKC).

MILL HILL-BEEDING HILL; At least two Lesser Whitethroats singing at Mill Hill, a Mistle Thrush, four Corn Buntings singing. Two Ravens and a Peregrine at Beeding Hill (SOS).

WEST WORTHING: At least four Swifts were overhead, which was reassuring as I haven't had a sniff of any round here for days (DKC).