ADUR ESTUARY: This morning's bike ride around the lower Adur brought a tally of nine wader species. Between the flyover and the railway bridge there were 48 Ringed Plovers, four Dunlins, two Grey Plovers, a scattering of Redshanks and about 20 Lapwings, with a further 50 of the latter on the airfield. Some Turnstones and Oystercatchersbetween the railway and the coast road. The total was made up by the regular Greenshank and a couple of Snipe south of the road, where there were some more Dunlins and Ringed Plovers. Two Little Egrets. A non-mute Mute Swan, alone in the middle of the river, was making a repeated gruff two syllable call. Steve Gilbert via SOS
ADUR ESTUARY TO CEMENT WORKS: A walk from Shoreham to Dacre Gardens footbridge and back on both sides of the river produced five Dunlin, 34 Ringed Plover and two Grey Plover between the railway line and Tollbridge. Around 90 Lapwing were unusually spread out all along the riverbank rather than clustered in one area. There were hundreds of Redwing feeding on the scrub berries alongside the river but just two Fieldfare seen. Four Song Thrush also present, together with five Reed Buntings and several Meadow Pipits. We flushed a Snipe from a ditch and noted two Peregrines on the Cement Works chimney. A female Blackcap was feeding in a tree by the Tollbridge. Jen Holter via SOS
FERRING RIFE: Water Rail and Little Grebe. Gareth James
GORING BEACH: SLAVONIAN GREBE again off Alinora Avenue. Dave Smith
GORING GAP: Waders this morning included 28 Oystercatchers, five Grey Plovers, 21 Ringed Plovers, 28 Turnstones, 42 Sanderling, 142 Dunlin and a Redshank. Offshore six Brent Geese flew east and there was eight Red-breasted Mergansers on the sea. In the roost field was 11 Skylarks and the two Stonechats were still feeding along the road edge. Gareth James
SHOREHAM BEACH: DARTFORD WARBLER still in scrub along beach to east of first roundabout along Old Fort Road. The Black Redstart was still at Shoreham Sailing Club. In the harbour there was a Razorbill and offshore 50 Brent Geese flew east. Richard Ives
Late morning/early afternoon, following a shopping foray, a flock of 35 Brent Goose flew E over the sea and a lone adult Mute Swan swam E. Thanks to birders ahead of us we saw very well the DARTFORD WARBLER, in and out of vegetation, on the ground itself, its red eye and eye ring and vinous underparts ageing it as adult male, its breast and belly with white central streak, legs and feet yellow in the sun, lovely, and then we saw the Black Redstart at the yacht club. Alan Kitson via SOS
SOMPTING: Barn Owl this evening. Mike Galtry
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Two Grey Wagtails. Shemi via SOS
