BROOKLANDS PARK: Two male and a female GADWALL, two Willow Warblers, two Cetti's Warblers, three Reed Warblers and some House Martins and Swallows. Shemi via SOS
8 House Martins, 4 Swallows, 4 Reed Warblers, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 3 Gadwall, 1 Lesser-black Backed Gull, at least 20 Mallard ducklings this afternoon. Richard Ives
FERRING RIFE: Female Redstart and female Wheatear in paddocks at country centre. George Kinnard
WEST WORTHING: Yellow Wagtail flew over Boundary Road. David Campbell
WIDEWATER LAGOON: 30 Common Scoters, 53 Sandwich Terns, Dunlin, seven Whimbrel, Little Egret, two Mediterranean Gulls and Red-throated Diver flew past 6.30-8.20am. Also Whimbrel on lagoon.
ADUR ESTUARY: Two Ringed Plovers, two Oystercatchers, 14+ Whimbrel, two Greenshanks, a Little Egret, two Sand Martins, three Swifts, several Meadow Pipits, a Skylark, two or three Reed Buntings, a Cetti's Warbler, two Reed Warblers and a Whitethroat. Steve Gilbert via SOS
LYONS FARM: Barn Owl near Sainsburys at 4.15pm.
UPPER ADUR: Four or more Wheatears at Anchor Bottom this evening; also several Whitethroats.
BROOKLANDS PARK: Swift, drake Gadwall and Reed Warblers. Shemi via SOS
ADUR ESTUARY: Four Whimbrel, Bar-tailed Godwit and Dunlin. Chris Corrigan via SOS
CISSBURY RING: Two male Wheatears. Zoe via SOS
MARINE GARDENS on Trektellen
WIDEWATER LAGOON: two Manx Shearwaters, seven Little Gulls, 820 Common Scoters, 80 Whimbrel, 15 Bar-tailed Godwits, Greenshank, 24 Arctic Terns, 20 Sanderlings and 88 Sandwich Terns flew past 6am-9am. 9am-10am saw seven Little Terns, a Common Tern, several Whimbrel, two Dunlin, Ringed Plover and Wheatear. Also two Eiders still off west end. Nearly 100 Whimbrel and a few Bar-tailed Godwits flew past 5.55-8.20pm.
CISSBURY RING: Whitethroats back in abundance. Also a single Wheatear and a Common Lizard. No Ring Ouzels for me to find today though sadly. Andy Ashdown
Whitethroat (Andy Ashdown)
GORING GAP: 181 Bar-tailed Godwits, 66 Whimbrels and 3 Fulmars I saw pass Goring Gap this morning flying east, most nice and close. Also 3 Bonxies, 52 Sandwich Terns, 1 Kittiwake and 1 Yellow Wagtail east. 2 Swallows and 4 Sand Martins flew in. Ralph Simpson
MARINE GARDENS: 6.04am - 10.50 Sea watch produced the following highlights. 5 Bonxies (a conservative count as were seen to drop down on the sea, 2 moved purposely east), 100 Whimbrel, 208 Bar-tailed Godwit, 1 Little Tern, 3 Common Tern, Yellow Wagtail on beach before heading wast, 2, Swallows in-off, 1 Brent Goose, 4 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Curlew, 7 Shelduck, 2 Shoveler, Peregrine offshore. Nick Bond, Nick and Claire Oliver, John Newnham, Karen Galtry
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EAST WORTHING: additionally to the Marine Gardens count 2 Arctic Skuas flew east very early on. Mike and Karen Galtry
ADUR ESTUARY: Common Tern on east side; also three Whimbrel, 10 Bar-tailed Godwits and two Little Egrets.
CISSBURY RING: Two RING OUZELS by rifle range this afternoon/evening; also 10+ Wheatears. Nick Oliver/Mike Galtry
MARINE GARDENS/WEST WORTHING on Trektellen
SHOREHAM: CATTLE EGRET at New Salts Farm; also Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler and two Snipe.
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Two EIDERS still on sea, plus redhead GOOSANDER and 24 Whimbrel, 31 Bar-tailed Godwits and 25 Sandwich Terns. Six Whimbrel and six Bar-tailed Godwits on lagoon. Then this evening 40+ Bar-tailed Godwits east.
ADUR ESTUARY: Bar-tailed Godwit, 17 Turnstones, nine Oystercatchers, two Shelducks, three Little Egrets, two Grey Herons, Brent Goose, three Whimbrel and two Linnets. Steve Gilbert/Alan Kitson via SOS
THE DOWNS: Two RING OUZELS on pasture near Steyning Roundhill; also 33 Corn Buntings, seven Yellowhammers, 12 Swallows, six Whitethroats and many Skylarks. Colin Holter via SOS
FERRING RIFE: Female Redstart by lagoons, plus Hummingbird Hawkmoth. George Kinnard
GORING GAP on Trektellen.
MARINE GARDENS/WEST WORTHING on Trektellen
PATCHING HILL: Male RING OUZEL this morning then flew north. Ralph Simpson
STEEP DOWN: Five Wheatears on fence on north side this afternoon. Nick Oliver
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Two EIDERS on sea then drifted west; also eight Whimbrel, two Bar-tailed Godwits, three Shelducks and two Mute Swans. Alan Kitson via SOS. Also 43 Bar-tailed Godwits and nine Whimbrel past, two Sandwich Terns and male Wheatear.
GORING GAP: 26 Whimbrel, two Mediterranean Gulls, two Sandwich Terns, 30 Sanderlinga, 30 Turnstones, two Gannets and Whitethroat. Richard Ives
MARINE GARDENS on Trektellen
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Seven AVOCETS, two Bar-tailed Godwits, four Whimbrel, Common Scoter, 29 Mediterranean Gulls, 35 Sandwich Terns, six Whimbrel, five Swallows and eight Wheatears.
CISSBURY RING: Seven Wheatears and three Mistle Thrushes on slopes below Rifle Range on SE side of Cissbury+ two Whitethroats. Nick Oliver
FERRING RIFE: 1m and 1f Wheatear in horse paddocks adjacent to Asda, 7 Willow Warbler, 8 Chiffchaff, 4 Blackcap, 6 Whitethroat, 1 Cetti’s Warbler, 2 Egyptian Geese west over rife and 4 Canada Geese dropped down onto the rife. George Kinnard
FERRING BEACH: Male White Wagtail briefly on beach, 12 Whimbrel east, eight Mediterranean Gulls east, Bar-tailed Godwit and 14 Dark-bellied Brent Geese feeding on low tide. George Kinnard
GORING: - Three Whitethroats, two Willow Warblers, three Chiffchaffs, four Blackcaps. George Kinnard
GORING GAP: Bonxie flew east. Ralph Simpson
Male Whinchat briefly along rough area. Also Little Tern east, six Whimbrel and two Bar-tailed Godwits. Garry Messenbird
KINGSTON GORSE: White Wagtail. George Kinnard
WEST WORTHING: Today on Trektellen
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Whimbrel and Redshank. Shemi via SOS
ADUR ESTUARY: Two Greenshanks and two Shelducks.
LADYWELL: Cetti's Warbler, two Grey Herons and Red-legged Partridge.
MARINE GARDENS: Today's sightings on Trektellen
MILL HILL: Whitethroat and Yellowhammer.
SHOREHAM: 'A few' Arctic Skuas, Purple Sandpiper and Rock Pipit.
WIDEWATER LAGOON: 6am-9am: Bonxie, 131 Mediterranean Gulls, three Egyptian Geese, 17 Common Scoters, 31 Sandwich Terns, four Dark-bellied Brent Geese, Whimbrel and Red-throated Diver.
ADUR ESTUARY: Whimbrel, Shelduck and four Ringed Plovers.
MARINE GARDENS: Three Sand Martins flew in off the sea and three Rooks flew east. David Campbell
WIDEWATER LAGOON: 14 Common Scoters, Whimbrel, 23 Sandwich Terns and 46 Mediterranean Gulls.
GORING GAP: Three Wheatears and 66 Mediterranean Gulls. Ralph Simpson
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| 4.36-6.21pm Mike Galtry |
WEST WORTHING: Buzzard flew east. David Campbell
ADUR ESTUARY: Whimbrel.
CISSBURY RING: BLACK REDSTART on fence below rifle range. Nightingale still in hedge on SW side weest of holm oak below stile at 2.30pm. Nick Oliver. Little Owl on fence; also two Peregrines, Red Kite and Nuthatch. Shemi via SOS
WIDEWATER LAGOON: 32 Mediterranean Gulls.
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Two Wheatears, 10 Whimbrel, 34 Mediterranean Gulls, Sparrowhawk, two Dark-bellied Brent Geese, four diver sp, Grey Plover, 17 Sandwich Terns and 16 Common Scoters.
CISSBURY RING: Four Wheatears on SE side near rifle range this evening. Nick Oliver
FERRING RIFE: This morning at the Rife my first Common Whitethroat, two Willow Warblers and four Chiffchaffs and two male Reed Buntings at different parts of the Rife. Clive Hope
GORING GAP: Two Wheatears in north fields; also two adult Mediterranean Gulls flew over. Ralph Simpson.
Wheatear 5, Sandwich Tern 1, Great-crested Grebe 2, Red-breasted Merganser 1, Mediterranean Gulls 5 W, Green Woodpecker 1. Richard Ives
MARINE GARDENS: Whimbrel, 164 Common Scoters, 39 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, five Red-throated Divers, seven Mediterranean Gulls and six Sandwich Terns flew past 8.30-11am. Nick Oliver
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Two Wheatears, 23 Mediterranean Gulls, 28 Sandwich Terns, 58 Dark-bellied Brent Geese and 64 Common Scoters 6.30-8.30am.
CISSBURY RING: Nightingale singing below west side. Also eight Blackcaps, two Mistle Thrushes, two Red Kites, eight Buzzards, two Sparrowhawks and Kestrel. Nick Oliver
GORING GAP: Four Bonxies harassing Great Black-backed Gulls offshore. Ralph Simpson
MARINE GARDENS: ROSE-RINGED PARAKEET flew east. David Campbell
GORING GAP: Early morning, three EIDERS and two Sandwich Terns flew east. Gareth James
MARINE GARDENS: 1st-winter Yellow-legged Gull and Bonxie on sea; also Dark-bellied Brent Goose, Whimbrel, seven Sandwich Terns and 39 Gannets flew past. Swallow in off sea. Four Turnstones on beach. David Campbell
THE DOWNS: Male Firecrest, four Willow Warblers, Wheatear, two Peregrines, two Mediterranean Gulls, Corn Buntings and Raven. Shemi via SOS
DURRINGTON RECREATION GROUND: Firecrest and Willow Warbler. Nick Bond
GORING BEACH: 4 Bottle-nosed Dolphins moved east at 12.30. Dave Smith
GORING GAP: A Great Skua and a Sandwich Tern seen around mid-morning. Garry Messenbird
MARINE GARDENS: I spent an hour on the beach this morning 0850 and 0950 in a light west wind. Not much going on but I wonder whether there could have been more scoter earlier. A few passerines arriving but most too high or far away to hear any calls above the traffic noise. All the Mediterranean Gulls were lovely adults. John Newnham
SHOREHAM: Five Wheatears on beach behind Beach Green at 11am.
WIDEWATER LAGOON: 97 Common Scoters, Whimbrel, 20 Sandwich Terns, four Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 20 Gannets, Mediterranean Gulls and three Wheatears.
BROOKLANDS PARK: Wheatear and two Teal. John Feest via SOS. Four Willow Warblers and two Cetti's Warblers. Bernie Forbes via SOS
CISSBURY RING: Three Swallows and two Stonechats. Bernie Forbes via SOS. Peregrine and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls. Shemi via SOS
GORING GAP: Four Wheatears around the Gap this morning but not much else that i saw. At sea (0830-0920) 6 Red-breasted Mergansers, 6 Gannets W and 15 Common Scoter E. Clive Hope
HEENE CEMETERY: Willow Warbler singing. David Campbell
PATCHING SEWAGE WORKS: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER still. Alec Macintyre via SOS
SHOREHAM HARBOUR: Two Purple Sandpipers and 45 Turnstones. Bernie Forbes via SOS
WIDEWATER LAGOON: BLACK-THROATED DIVER, nine Red-throated Divers, 90 Gannets, 80 Common Scoters, 17 Dark-bellied Brent Geese and 18 Sandwich Terns flew distantly east 7am-9.15am; also two Whimbrel and two Canada Geese flew west.
BROOKLANDS PARK: A OSPREY flew north over the park before drifting off to the west, 4 Teal, 3 Chiffchaff, 1 Blackcap, 1 Cetti's Warbler. Richard Ives
CISSBURY RING: 15 Yellowhammers, 1 Chiffchaff, 20 Linnets. Richard Ives
THE DOWNS: Male Wheatear, three Stonechats, 70 Corn Buntings, 28 Skylarks and Red-legged Partridge.
PATCHING SEWAGE WORKS: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER, Willow Warbler 2 Blackcaps and c20 Swallows. Colin Holter via SOS/Ralph Simpson/Richard Ives
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Three Little Egrets and Redshank. John Feest via SOS
BROOKLANDS PARK: First Willow Warbler of the year singing (also seen) at Brooklands. Also Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Cetti's Warbler, few Swallows, few Teal, 2 Sparrowhawk and first Sandwich Tern heading E along the coast. Shemi via SOS
PATCHING SEWAGE WORKS: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER still. Dave Smith et al via SOS
WEST WORTHING: Swallow flew in off sea at Waterwise Gardens. David Campbell
GORING: Two Fulmars, Red-throated Diver, Gannet, Teal, 16 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, 17 Common Scoters, 15 Red-breasted Mergansers, Mediterranean Gull, 13 Sandwich Terns and five Meadow Pipits 8.15-11.15am. Dave Smith and Dorian Mason
PATCHING SEWAGE WORKS: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER still; also Grey Wagtail and Chiffchaff. Phil Ambler via SOS
SALVINGTON: Two Red Kites flew over Rogate Road. Nick Bond
SHOREHAM: 'A few' Sandwich Terns offshore.
WEST WORTHING: OSPREY flew north past Manor Lea at 3.21pm. David Campbell
CISSBURY RING: Two BLACK REDSTARTS in scrub at top of rifle range. Mike Galtry
SHOREHAM: Red Kite flew north over airfield.
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Juvenile GLAUCOUS GULL distantly following fishing boat east.
BEEDING HILL: Male MARSH HARRIER flew west.
GORING: Two Common Terns off Sea Lane Cafe early morning. Tim Berry via SOS
SHOREHAM: Two CATTLE EGRETS flew low NE.
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Little Egret and Redshank. Gary M via SOS
ADUR ESTUARY: Birdlife on the river between the railway and the Toll Bridge this morning was dominated by (mainly) large gulls. Difficult to count accurately due to disturbances, but estimates of 250+ Herring Gulls, 20 Common Gulls, three Great Black-backed Gulls and a single Lesser Black-backed Gull. Also in the area four Oystercatchers, a pair each of Mute Swans and Mallard, and a Little Egret. Several Skylarks singing at the airport. Two Buzzards. A Cetti's Warbler near the railway line alongside the airport road. A smart male Reed Bunting in the top of a bush at New Salts Farm, then a Chiffchaff in the same bush. South of the main road another Little Egret and a few Redshanks. Steve Gilbert via SOS
EAST PRESTON: Released juvenile White-tailed Eagle flew NW at c11.40am. George Kinnard
GORING-BY-SEA: Released juvenile White-tailed Eagle flew west over the flat at 11:27 before gaining height and was lost to view. Seen a few minutes beforehand over West Worthing by DKC. Also singing Willow Warbler in communal gardens.
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| White-tailed Eagle over Goring-by-Sea. Gareth James |
Red Kite flew SW late morning. John Feest via SOS
HEENE CEMETERY: Siskin and five Linnets flew over. Two Chiffchaffs and two Blackcaps trapped and ringed. David Campbell
SPLASH POINT: Two Wheatears on rocks. Tom
WEST WORTHING: Juvenile White-tailed Eagle (male released on the Isle of Wight in 2020) flew west at 11.24am. Also Buzzard east, Cormorant, Linnet, Peregrine and three Meadow Pipits flew over. David Campbell
WORTHING PIER: c62 Turnstones. John Feest via SOS