5th March 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: No sign of Avocet nor Knot. Red-legged Partridge on estuary just upstream of railway bridge. Greenshank, four Grey Plovers, 10+ Meadow Pipits, 10 Skylarks and a few Dunlin and Redshanks. Shemi via SOS

BROOKLANDS PARK: 30 Teal, 2 Chiffchaff and a Cetti's Warbler. Richard Ives

GORING GAP: 2 Egyptian Geese joined the 2 Brent Geese in the roost field, also several Mediterranean Gulls were still around but gull numbers in general have decreased. 30 Red-breasted Mergansers offshore. Nick Bond/Garry Messenbird/Gareth James/Richard Ives


Egyptian Geese (Nick Bond)

MARINE GARDENSBetween 0815 and 0915  the sum total was the following. John Newnham


SOMPTINGBlack Redstart still east of Lychpole Farm on the fences. Mike and Karen Galtry
    Black Redstart still in garden. Shemi via SOS

WEST WORTHING: Raven, Chaffinch and Grey Wagtail over garden; also Song Thrush, Lesser Black-backed Gull and Goldcrest. David Campbell

WIDEWATER LAGOON: 10 Teal, seven Mallards, four Mute Swans, two Turnstones and two Redshanks. c70 Dunlin, 10 Turnstones, seven Ringed Plovers and two Sanderlings on beach, plus four Great Crested Grebes offshore.