CISSBURY RING: Yellow Wagtail overhead
LADYWELL: Birds trapped and ringed this morning in the table below. A Grey Wagtail was also noted overhead
STEYNING: 3 singing QUAILS still along the monarchs way
31st July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: between Railway and Old Toll Bridges - 2 Common Sandpipers (west side), Dunlin (east), Whimbrel (on the exposed spit)
29th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: Greenshank and Whimbrel still, good number of Common Sandpipers around too
LANCING: A Wheatear on the downs above Lancing
27th July 2021
ANGMERING: A Willow Warbler in private garden on Downs Way
FINDON: A Pied Flycatcher in small wood close to Church Hill this morning
GORING GAP: 15 Mediterranean Gulls resting on greensward (12 adults 3 juveniles)
SALVINGTON: A couple of Swifts still lingering around Rogate Road, this Small Blood Vein moth recently rescued indoors
26th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: A single Black-tailed Godwit was on river by the old toll bridge. Today’s count of Adur estuary wetland birds from the Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham. Whimbrels 8, Greenshank 2-3, Common Sandpiper 6, Dunlin 4, Redshank c30, Lapwing 12 minimum, Little Egret 13.
BROOKLANDS PARK: adult Yellow-legged Gull on lake early evng
LADYWELL: Ringing - Reed Warblers and Blackcaps were the most numerous species trapped and the first Willow Warblers confirming the emigration of warblers is truly under way. Thirty one of the total were birds hatched this year. The Ladywell Ringing team
STEEP DOWN: A Hobby and 2 Painted Lady butterflies
STEYNING: A QUAIL along Monarchs Way this morning
25th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: A Green Sandpiper briefly, several Mediterranean Gulls around between the river and airfield, a single Whimbrel around too
SALVINGTON: Just a single Swift hawking the skies over Rogate Road all afternoon
WORTHING: 5 Mediterranean Gulls at Splash point plus a Whimbrel west
24th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: saltings: Greenshank 2, Redshank 31, Lapwing 21, Common Sandpiper 1+, Whimbrel 9 Dunlin 2, Mediterranean Gull single adult, Sandwich Tern 7 (1 juv). Nice watching birds appear as tide came in. Earlier walk along river up to cuckoo corner very few gulls, single Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper and the Seal. Richard Fairbank
CISSBURY RING: 2 Whinchats along the Monarchs way
GORING: A Clouded Yellow butterfly along path between Goring gap and Ferring, also 3 Swifts over Alinora Avenue. Nick Oliver/Dave Smith
23rd July 2021
CISSBURY RING:
Chalkhill Blue and Small Copper (Andy Ashdown)
GORING GAP: morning 1 Teal W, 8 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Gannet, 4 Oystercatchers, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Sandwich Terns.
WORTHING GOLF COURSE: 3 Swallows & 3 House Martins over, first for a while
22nd July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: Upto 8 Mediterranean Gulls from the rspb viewpoint, also 2 Whimbrel and 3 Common Sandpipers
DURRINGTON: A Raven flew west over tescos this morning
21st July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: Total of 21 Mediterranean Gulls between Town Quay and A27 incl 5 juveniles, 3-4 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpipers, 5 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 1 Greenshank.
17th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 6 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper
ANGMERING: 5 adult Mediterranean Gulls over Downs Way
LADYWELL: It was a bright, sunny morning with a fairly fresh northerly wind and, like the last few sessions, turned out to be fairly quiet as the following table shows. The average number of birds caught in four July sessions last year was 94 so numbers are clearly down this year. However, the average for the years 2007-2019 was 41, much fewer than last year although better than we are achieving this year.
Two Beautiful Demoiselles and a Common Darter were noted by the pond, and the butterfly list included Small and Large Whites, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Painted Lady and Red Admiral but no blues or skippers. A silver-Y moth was also noted on the way out of the valley.
15th July 2021
ANGMERING: 2 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls west over Downs Way
SALVINGTON: 2 Swifts over Rogate Road
13th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: Three Common Sandpipers at Cuckoo Corner today along with 3 Buzzards, and a couple of Swift’s. Richard Ives
A Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank, Whimbrel and 4 Lapwing also reported
12th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: The Greenshank still in houseboat channel, the Whimbrel just north of railway bridge on airport side, 31c Turnstones, numbers slowly building
FERRING: A Kestrel hunting over the A259 near Asda, 4 Swifts over Highdown vineyard
LANCING: 40+ Swifts screaming high overhead. Richard Ives
OFFINGTON: 10c Swifts over Lavington Road
11th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: A Whimbrel and Greenshank still in house boat channel. 2 Mediterranean Gulls near Norfolk bridge
FERRING: Sea-watch - Between 0750 and 0905 Cormorant 2W, Curlew 4W, Mediterranean Gull 30W, Black-headed Gull c.80W, Sandwich Tern 1W 1E, Swallow 3, Little Egret 4 ob. Also an all-white Starling (there have been one or two in the area for a while) on the beach. Clive Hope
GORING: Sea-watch - Mediterranean Gull 10W, Common Scoter 7W 6E, Sandwich Tern 12E the highlights. Dave Smith
STEEP DOWN: A QUAIL still present
10th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: A single Sandwich Tern and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls near railway bridge, 27 Turnstones, a Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel and a Greenshank in houseboat channel
DURRINGTON: 2 Lesser-black backed Gulls in the tescos car park
OFFINGTON: 2 Swifts over the north end of Hall Avenue
STEEP DOWN: 3 QUAILS still in the area, Hobby flew east
9th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 2 Sand Martins north of Cuckoo Corner this morning were the first I’ve seen locally this year and an early sign of autumn. Otherwise there to dacre gardens pretty much as expected- Reed & Sedge Warblers, Reed Buntings, Peregrine Falcon. Richard Fairbank
ANGMERING: Hobby and Raven Angmering viewpoint. David Campbell
GORING GAP: Signs of autumn passage this morning: Shelduck 22W, Curlew 8W, Whimbrel 1W, Sand Martin 3W, Mediterranean Gull 6W, Sandwich Tern 14W, 5E. 18 Swifts over early. 1 Redshank, 8 Little Egrets and 2 Grey Herons on the beach. Ralph Simpson
PATCHING; 3 Greylag Geese at Patching Pond. David Campbell
SALVINGTON: Upto 4 Swifts over Copthorne Hill, Greenfinch aswell. Nick Bond
STEEP DOWN: Male QUAIL still on north west side
8th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 3 Common Sandpipers airport/west side of the Adur opposite The Waterfront development
still singing plus another 6 of the latter seen. Seven Mediterranean Gulls with two Black-headeds Gulls W over the site. There were 5 Little Egrets and two Herons roosting in the copse Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Swift and two Swallows also seen. Clive Hope
SOMPTING: Curlew calling over our house at 2130. Only our 3rd record. Mike and Karen Galtry
6th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: A single Common Sandpiper, 3 Sandwich Terns from Coronation Green and 20 Turnstones roosting on boats off Ropetackle
SHOREHAM: Harbour Way/Fort Rock Pipit, 3 Sandwich Terns, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls
STEEP DOWN: Much to my suprise given the wind QUAIL still calling in field north west of steep down by gate on track north of summit @ 13:00. Nick and Claire Oliver
WIDEWATER: 7:15am - 9am Sandwich Tern 3E, Gannet 3E:8W, Yellow-legged Gull adult on sea.
5th July 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 11 Little Egrets, 24 Turnstones
BEEDING HILL: 2 Swifts, 2 Peregrines, 45 Skylarks, 4 Swallows, 2 Lesser Whitethroats (heard), 9 Meadow Pipits & 4 Corn Buntings.
SALVINGTON: A Swallowtail moth was found indoors and released
Swallowtail Moth (Nick Bond)
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