ADUR ESTUARY: Adur at Shoreham: Wigeon, 7 Ringed Plover, Greenshank, Grey Wagtail. Shoreham Rec: Yellow Wagtail. Dogs Trust: Kingfisher. Widewater: Sparrowhawk, Kingfisher, 9 Siskins E, 15 Gannets offshore. Paul James
BROADWATER: c180 Siskin E over Broadwater 0800-1200. Mike and Karen Galtry
CISSBURY RING: Still many Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps around this morning; Whitethroats also. Single Wheatear at top being a regular at the moment, along with the usual Stonechats among the gorse. 3 Swallow, 12 House Martin and 3 Mistle Thrush. Andy Ashdown
SHOREHAM: Upon arrival at the beach around 08:45 this morning I was greeted by two Wheatears
and later I saw at least another two but it is possible that there were
more despite the high number of people and dogs. At the Fort a couple
of Greenfinches, a few Meadow Pipits, 8 Turnstones and the usual gulls. Walked back and over to Widewater Lagoon but I didn't see any more Wheatears on the beach. However, a group of six Common(?) Terns, flying along the edge of the water, made the walk worthwhile. At the Lagoon a Little Egret, gulls, flocks of House Sparrows were all present but more interestingly a female-looking Mandarin Duck with a very bright red bill (maybe a juvenile male?) was hanging out with two Mallards of which the male looked like a hybrid. Along the whole of the seafront about a dozen Swallows and the same number of House Martins were flying low constantly. Non-bird highlights were about 8 Clouded Yellows and a Painted Lady at the Lagoon. SOS
A circuit taking in the Adur and Widewater this morning with Zoe Courchene produced a good variety of birds including a Wigeon and 7 Ringed Plover between the old toll and railway bridges, a Yellow Wagtail and three Linnets on Shoreham Rec, a Greenshank by the houseboats, ca.20 Gannets offshore, a Sparrowhawk, a Kingfisher and 9 Siskins E at Widewater, and another Kingfisher in the channel by the Dogs Trust. A steady trickle of hirundines including a Sand Martin headed E into the stiff breeze, also a few Meadow Pipits and a single Grey Wagtail. SOS
