GORING BEACH: 2 Balearic Shearwaters W at 10.33. Also a Red-throated Diver a Razorbill on the sea 102 Gannets W.
WORTHING: 7 Brent Geese on water off Worthing seafront, heading W very slowly!
29th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: A Bar-tailed Godwit and Grey Plover were still around, whilst a pair of Stonechat and 23 Little Egrets in field by Cuckoo Corner
CISSBURY RING: 2 Lesser Whitethroats - Rifle Range, Cissbury. 6 Blackcaps and 20+ Meadow Pipits.
28th September 2021
CISSBURY RING: 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Redstart, 40 Chiffchaffs, 20 Blackcaps, 1 Whitethroat, 10 Jays in one flock, 20 House Martins this morning.
GORING BEACH: 8 Manx Shearwaters W also 3 Red-throated Divers W
GORING GAP: 3 Balearic Shearwaters W at - 11:32
26th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 5 Bar-tailed Godwits, 2 Yellow-legged Gull, Grey Plover, 7 Sandwich Terns, a Common Sandpiper
DURRINGTON: Raven circling over the house today along with 4 Chiffchaffs in the garden. A late Swift was also noted overhead
LADYWELL: Birds trapped and ringed today logged in the table below
25th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: Upto 3 Bar-tailed Godwits around still, a Wigeon in houseboat channel
WIDEWATER: A Wheatear on beach and 2 Sandwich Terns offshore
24th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 3 Avocets, 2 Bar-tailed Godwits
DURRINGTON: Grey Wagtail over Yeoman roundabout
SALVINGTON: Several Meadow Pipits moving south over Rogate Road
WEST WORTHING: Hummingbird Hawk-moth in garden on Boundary Road
23rd September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and a Grey Plover, 2 Common Sandpipers, a Wheatear and Kingfisher.
ANGMERING: A Painted Lady in private garden
Painted Lady (Mick Jenner)
MILL HILL: 28 Blackcaps, 1 Spotted Flycatcher and a Lesser Whitethroat
SALVINGTON: A Raven flew west over Offington Lane just after mid-day
22nd September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 2 Bar-tailed Godwits and 2 Kingfishers
BROOKLANDS: 1 Spotted Flycatcher and a few Chiffchaffs
CISSBURY RING: A Green Sandpiper heard calling early morning, also 8 Stonechats, 30 Chiffchaffs, 1 Mistle Thrush, 2 Blackcaps, 30 Swallows, 4 Sand Martins.
HIGHDOWN: 1 Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, 2 Yellow Wagtail, 100+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Whitethroat, 10+ Blackcaps, 10+ Chiffchaffs, 3 Clouded Yellow butterfly.
Speckled Wood (Emma Cameron)
21st September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 3 Bar-tailed Godwits still.
ANGMERING: Blackcap and 2 Chiffchaff in private garden on Downs Way
CISSBURY RING: 1 Wheatear, 1 Redstart, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 2 Whitethroat, 20+ Blackcaps, 6+ Willlow Warblers 10+ Chiffchaffs. Also 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Jay, 50+ House Martins & 20+ Swallows. Lesser Whitethroat 2 Redstarts & Wheatear
HIGHDOWN: this pm - field north of car park being ploughed up had a hybrid type Caspian Gull in field with at least 300+ Herring Gulls also + 5 Raven over, 1 Yellow Wagtail, a few Meadow Pipits, 40+ Swallows, 5. House Martins.
LADYWELL: A Barn Owl seen and a Tawny Owl heard, also a Reed Warbler noted. The table below details the birds trapped and ringed today
NEPCOTE GALLOPS: Lesser Whitethroat 2 Redstarts & Wheatear
20th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 3 Bar-tailed Godwits still. Greenshank, Grey Plover and Common Sandpiper all reported
GORING GAP: At about 0900 there were c.150 Swallows and a few House Martins feeding over the beach and inshore waters slowly making their way west. Seven Meadow Pipits flew N and two Grey Wagtails E. There were 5 or 6 Wheatears on the beach or nearby fields. Quiet at the eastern end. At about 1030 I returned and found all hirundines had gone but a male Stonechat was on the fence by the rough field and a Common Gull was resting on the greensward with Black-headed Gulls and a Mediterranean Gull was on the sea. Nothing seen passing offshore. c.60 Turnstones were along the beaches to the west. Lastly at around 4 pm I had a look at the NW corner (the old farm ruins) and found two Spotted Flycatchers, a Whinchat, a female Stonechat, 5 or 6 Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap. A few Swallows passed east.
MILL HILL: this morning- 9 Chiffchaffs, 15 Blackcaps, 3 Whitethroats, 70 House Martin’s, 60 Swallows and 2 Mistle Thrushes.
WEST WORTHING: 2 Clouded Yellows along the beach
Clouded Yellow (Emma Cameron)
19th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 3 Bar-tailed Godwits in with Ringed Plovers and Dunlin.
ANGMERING: 2 Tree Pipit over + Whitethroat in garden on Downs Way.
GORING BEACH: Arctic Skua 1E, Red- breasted Merganser 1W, Brent Goose 27W, also Common Scoter 3E, Wigeon 8W, Teal 2W, Common Scoter 3E, Sandwich Tern 4W, plus a Wheatear on the beach.
18th September 2021
Highdown: this morning: Pied Flycatcher, 8 Spotted Flycatchers, 3 Redstarts, a Wheatear, a Garden Warbler, 4 Whitethroats, 20 Chiffchaffs, 15 Blackcaps, a Willow Warbler, 24 Meadow Pipits and 2 Grey Wagtails. Also 50 Linnets, 3 Bullfinch, 8 Skylarks and 5 Yellowhammers.
Michelgrove: A Rose-ringed Parakeet this afternoon around the farm buildings.
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| Rose-ringed Parakeet - Michelgrove (Gareth James) |
SOMPTING: 2 Ravens in the garden. West Street
17th September 2021
ANGMERING: A White Stork over Downs Way at 4.40pm, presumably the same bird seen over Littlehampton 15mins later
DURRINGTON: Osprey drifted south at mid-day, Yellow Wagtail over in the morning, 3 Chiffchaff in the garden
HIGHDOWN: 2 Yellow Wagtail, 10+ Meadow Pipit, 2 Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warbler, 15+ Chiffchaff, 10+ Blackcap, 3 Bullfinch, 3 Yellowhammers.
LADYWELL: Ringing - table below highlights birds trapped and ringed in the valley today
GORING GAP: At least 75 Mediterranean Gulls this morning among hundreds of Black-headed and Herring Gulls. A trickle of Swallows and Meadow Pipits overhead and a Wheatear on the beach. Otherwise pretty quiet.
Mediterranean Gulls - Goring Gap (Ralph Simpson)
SALVINGTON: 40+ Swallows east over Rogate Road at 4pm, 2 Sand Martins too, several smaller groups of Swallows beforehand too
16th September 2021
ANGMERING: Hobby west over (Pine trees close), Chiffchaff and Willow Warbler in garden on Downs Way
SALVINGTON: 2 Red Kite over Durrington rec east
WORTHING CREMATORIUM: Pied Flycatcher, Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit, 5 Firecrest, Willow Warbler, 10+Chiffchaff, 5 Blackcap, 300+ Swallows, 5 Sand Martin, 30+ House Martin, 1 Raven, 4 Red Kite.
15th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: A Ruff by the Tollbridge briefly
GORING GAP: 12 Bar-tailed Godwit W, 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Sanderling, 22 Ringed Plover, 2 Wheatear, 15 Little Egret, 14 Mediterranean Gulls, 59 Turnstone, 4 Common Scoter, 19 Gannet and a Kestrel. There was also a good number of Chiffchaff around the eastern side bushes c30 birds, Meadow Pipits in the fields and 6 Jay's together! A Sandwich Tern offshore otherwise quiet especially overhead passage. Little Egrets increased to 21
HIGHDOWN: 7 Spotted Flycatchers, Redstart, 4 Blackcap, 300+ Swallow, Willow Warbler, Stonechat, Yellowhammer, Nuthatch, Treecreeper and 3 Great-spotted Woodpeckers.
MANOR SPORTS GROUND: adult male Wheatear at 6.20pm
STEEP DOWN: 1 Corn Bunting, Redstart and a Red Kite
14th September 2021
CISSBURY RING: Corn Bunting x 20, Raven 2, House Martin 10, Stonechat 2 , Chiffchaff in the rain this morning
A Short-eared Owl flew high south over Cissbury towar4s Broadwater just after 6pm. 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 10+ Whitethroat, 4 Blackcaps, 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 1 Redstart and 20+ Willow Warblers between Hill Barn GC & SE end of Cissbury late afternoon.
HIGHDOWN: this evening: 38 Yellow and 1 Grey Wagtail, 4 Spotted Flycatchers, 5 Blackcap, 5 Whitethroat, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and a Buzzard.
SALVINGTON: A Clouded Yellow butterfly in the north west corner of Durrington rec this evening
Clouded Yellow (Nick Bond)
SOMPTING: 2 Yellow Wagtail S over Sompting Brooks. 1 Spotted Flycatcher and the usual warbler selection behind us. First Spotted Flycatcher here since 9th.
WEST WORTHING: A Hummingbird Hawk moth in a private garden on Boundary Road briefly
13th September 2021
ANGMERING: A juvenile dark-phased Honey Buzzard flew low south west over Downs Way at 11.50
GORING GAP: Promising start with steady trickle of hirundines, mainly Swallows moving east but fizzled out by 8am. Also Yellow Wagtail 62E 5W, Meadow Pipit 31E 9N 3W, Grey Wagtail 4E, Shelduck 7E. 27 Little Egrets, 20+ Mediterranean Gulls, 5 Sanderlings, 2 Wheatears on beach.
MILL HILL: this morning Grey Wagtail N, 2 Spotted Flycatchers, Lesser and 9 Common Whitethroats, 11 Blackcaps and easterly passage of 400+ hirundines (including 4 Sand Martins)
12th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: Juvenile Brent Goose near the old toll bridge
ANGMERING: This am 2 Chiffchaff, 1 Meadow Pipit over , 6 House Martins, Peregrine, 2 Raven, this pm had Sand Martins west over Downs Way
CISSBURY RING: Spotted Flycatcher and a couple of Redstart this morning, plus Blackcap, quite a few Chiffchaff, Swallows and one of the most wonderful experiences with a Wheatear back near the car park
Wheatear, Redstart and Spotted Flycatcher - Cissbury Ring - (Andy Ashdown)
GORING GAP: this morning Yellow Wagtail x 4, House Martins x500, Swallows x400, Mediterranean Gull x1.
MILL HILL: Red Kite over this morning, 100+ hirundines east included 3 Sand Martin’s otherwise quiet
SALVINGTON: A Red Kite drifted low east over Rogate Road just after 10am, first here since late spring, a Chiffchaff was tryingbto sing in Durrington rec in the morning sunshine
11th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 2 Greenshanks, 42 Ringed Plovers, 10 Dunlin
LADYWELL: RINGING - Table below logs bird trapped and ringed today
MONARCHS WAY: 3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear (1 taken spectacularly by Sparrowhawk). Sompting 4 Wheatear NT Lychpole dew pond.
NEPCOTE GALLOPS: 10 Redstarts
SOMPTING: 4 Yellow Wagtails over the house this morning, 1 Redstart in the field. Grasshopper Warbler in hedge on path heading Up the downs just W of Sompting Church. Constantly flushing & returning to deep cover.
10th September 2021
BEEDING HILL: this morning, Merlin, 2 Redstarts, 3 Whinchats and 8 Wheatears
WIDEWATER: 6 Dunlins
8th September 2021
BROOKLANDS PARK: Garden Warbler, Willow Warbler, Yellow Wagtail, Teal, Grey Heron.
CISSBURY RING: 3 Spotted Flycatchers, 4 Redstarts, 4 Wheatears, 1 Stonechat, 4 Yellow Wagtails, 1 singing Lesser Whitethroat.
DURRINGTON: Grey Wagtail over + 2 Willow Warblers.
NEPCOTE GALLOPS: A Wryneck was a cracking find by Nick and Claire Oliver in the lower paddocks mid-morning. The bird showed well on and off, but was last seen at 11.30. Well deserved for the time the pair have been putting into the area. A supporting cast of at least 5 Redstart, 4 Whinchat, 10+ Wheatears, 4 Spotted Flycatchers, Lesser Whitethroat, 2+ Whitethroats, good numbers of House Martins and Swallows with small numbers of Sand Martin also moving through, attracting a Hobby. 2 Buzzards, Raven, a few Yellow Wagtails and a Firecrest near the car park added to the variety.
Wryneck and Wheatear - Nepcote Gallops - (Nick Bond)
SALVINGTON: 2 Chiffchaff at the northern edge of Durrington rec, Coal Tit and Grey Wagtail about
WEST WORTHING: 3 Yellow Wagtails over Boundary Road
7th September 2021
CISSBURY RING: 5 Redstarts, 13+ Spotted Flycatchers, Hobby, 4 Yellow Wagtails, Whinchat, Grey Wagtail, 2 Wheatears, c200 House Martins, c50 Swallows, 7 Stonechats.
Hobby, Spotted Flycatcher and Redstart - Cissbury - (David Campbell)
GORING GAP: 20c Turnstones, 4 Sand Martins and 1 Swallow east, Yellow Wagtail on beach in the evening
MILL HILL: 3 Spotted Flycatchers, Redstart, 3 Wheatears, 3 Yellow Wagtails, Tree Pipit (heard), Swift, 100+ House Martins, 60 Swallows
SALVINGTON: A single Grey Wagtail and Great Spotted Woodpecker over Durrington rec
WEST WORTHING: 2 Yellow Wagtails and a Tree Pipit over Boundary Road
6th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: Juvenile Shoveler and a 1st winter Mediterranean Gull
GORING GAP: this morning: many Yellow Wagtails, difficult to give accurate numbers as some may have doubled back but I counted 86E, 28W and 18 refuelling on the beach before flying off NW. 15 Grey Wagtails and a Tree Pipit also flew E. Otherwise fairly quiet: 3 Wheatears, 86 Turnstones, 26 Ringed Plovers, 1 Dunlin, 11 Oystercatchers and 5 Mediterranean Gulls. A Peregrine flew east along the beach.
HIGHDOWN: early evening: Pied Flycatcher (in western most quarry), 4 Redstart, Garden Warbler, 6 Whitethroat, Lesser Whitethroat, Wheatear, Yellow Wagtail, 3 Blackcap, Spotted Flycatcher, 62 Swallows and 5 Sand Martin. Also Kestrel, Buzzard, 2 Yellowhammer and Bullfinch
Highdown Quarry (Gareth James)
SOMPTING: Very busy in the field behind us this morning: 2 Spotted Flycatchers, 2 Whinchat, 1 Stonechat (a real rarity here), 3 Blackcap, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, c5 Whitethroat, 1 Willow Warbler, 1 Chiffchaff and a very brief Garden Warbler.
5th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 2 Little Stints this afternoon on the Adur, flushed by helicopter and no further sign. Excellent birds for the area, last one was at Widewater in 2010.
BROOKLANDS PARK: A Spotted Flycatcher along the area by the new bee hives.
Spotted Flycatcher - Brooklands Park - (David Peckham)
CISSBURY RING: Just 1 Spotted Flycatcher late afternoon, but at least 100 House Martin’s with smaller numbers of Swallows.
EAST PRESTON: A single Yellow Wagtail flew west along the beach, 21 Oystercatchers at low tide.
FERRING RIFE: Snipe, Kingfisher and a Common Sandpiper this evening.
GORING: 2 Balearic Shearwaters east at 10.33 am, Eider offshore and 8 Common Scoter W.
GORING GAP: 7 Wheatears this evening
HIGHDOWN: this morning: Pied Flycatcher, 2 Spotted Flycatcher, Redstart, Wheatear, 15 Yellow Wagtail, 6 Blackcap, 2 Willow Warbler, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, Whitethroat, Chiffchaff and 15 Swallow. Also 2 Mistle Thrush, 4 Bullfinch, Sparrowhawk and 2 Raven over W.
Pied Flycatcher - Highdown (Gareth James)
LADYWELL: Ringing - table below highlights the birds trapped and ringed, most notable was the Snipe
SALVINGTON: A single Tree Pipit north east at 6.15am over Rogate Road, a few Swallows east
4th September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: 1 Sanderling, 6 Dunlin, 35 Ringed Plovers
ANGMERING: Wheatear in private garden on Downs Way, Swallows moving east.
CISSBURY RING: this morning: 2+ Spotted Flycatchers (one trapped and ringed), 6 Yellow Wagtails over, Willow Warbler, 2 Peregrines, Raven, 12 Swallows
MILL HILL: 3 Redstart, 4 Spotted Flycatcher, Tree Pipit and Yellow Wagtail
SALVINGTON: Good eastward passage of Swallows over Durrington rec on and off all day, Grey Wagtail again.
SOMPTING: steady movement of Swallows over east and a single Swift
WORTHING CREMATORIUM: 3 Firecrest, 5 Spotted Flycatcher, a few Willow Warbler, Chiffchaffs, Blackcaps, Yellow Wagtail.
3rd September 2021
CISSBURY RING: 2 Whinchat, 1 Wheatear, 5 Stonechat, 3 Blackcap Redstart, Spotted Flycatcher & 6 Whitethroat. Also 2 Redstarts Nepcote Gallops. Jay & 3 Green Woodpeckers.
STEEP DOWN: North side - Redstart, 3 Whinchats, 5 Wheatears, 5 Yellow Wagtails, Reed Bunting, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Willow Warblers, 7 Whitethroats, 12+ Grey Partridges, c50 Corn Buntings
2nd September 2021
GORING GAP: 18 Oystercatchers, 3 Ringed Plovers and 3 Wheatears
Pied and Spotted Flycatcher (David Campbell)
LADYWELL: Ringing - 2 Spotted Flycatcher and a hooting Tawny Owl were in the area, the table below logs the birds trapped and ringed
SALVINGTON: A Grey Wagtail south over Durrington rec
1st September 2021
ADUR ESTUARY: Whimbrel, 52 Ringed Plover, 9 Dunlin, 35c Turnstones, upto 3 Wheatear around
BROOKLANDS PARK: 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Blackcaps , Green Woodpecker and 1 Common Gull.
CISSBURY RING: pretty quiet Wheatear, 3 Spotted Flycatchers & 3 Redstarts
GORING GAP: this am: quick look around beach and southern section - 3 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Whitethroat, 4 Sand Martins east, 4 Swallow east, 1 Kestrel, 1 Buzzard, 5 Little Egret, 8 Sanderling, 26c Ringed Plover, 40+ Turnstone, Gannet offshore.
Little Egret and Sanderling - Goring (Nick Bond)
MALTHOUSE MEADOW: 40 House Martins and 2 Grey Wagtails.
PATCHING HILL: this morning: 2 Redstarts, 1 Spotted Flycatcher, 3 Willow Warblers, 1 Lesser Whitethroat, 4 Red Kites, 1 Marsh Tit, 1 Firecrest. 8 Yellow Wagtails flew south.
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