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.
