14th May 2020

ADUR ESTUARY:  Two Shelducks and two Whimbrel; upriver and on surrounding downland were a Hobby, a Sedge Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, two Grey Partridges and a few Corn Buntings and Stonechats (SOS).

BROOKLANDS PARK: Common Sandpiper still, a Reed Warbler singing and a few House Martins, Swifts and Swallows (SOS).

WEST WORTHING: male Blackcap trapped and ringed (DKC).

male Blackcap (DKC)

WEST TARRING ALLOTMENTS: A rather unexpected Siskin flew over early evening (DKC).

13th May 2020

ADUR ESTUARY: Two Shelducks and an Oystercatcher (SOS). Also Swift, 15 Mallards, Whimbrel, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Kestrel, two Little Egrets, a Grey Heron, seven House Martins, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Warbler and a Lesser Whitethroat (Bt).

BRAMBER BROOKS: Cetti's Warbler (Bt).

BROOKLANDS PARK: An early morning walk in the cold northerlies produced a Common Sandpiper on the raft, a Garden Warbler, two Cetti's Warblers, a Grey Wagtail, a Reed Bunting, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, a Grey Heron, a House Martin, two Reed Warblers, two Swifts, three Swallows, the family of Mute Swans, plus two Oystercatchers along the beach (DKC). Also Sandwich Terns and Gannets offshore (SOS).

Cetti's Warbler at Brooklands Park (DKC)

Mute Swan family at Brooklands Park (DKC)

THE DOWNS (between Cissbury and No-Man's-Land): On the downs between No-Man's-Land and Cissbury, Ingrid and I had a Peregrine, a Corn Bunting, four House Martins, seven Swallows, a Mistle Thrush, two Yellowhammers and three Red-legged Partridges (DKC).

Skylark near No-Man's-Land (DKC)

SHOREHAM: A Gannet and 18 Sandwich Terns flew east offshore; three Oystercatchers flew over High Street (SOS).

STEEP DOWN: Eight Corn Buntings and two Grey Partridges (Bt).

WEST WORTHING: At home in Worthing in the middle of the day, two Mediterranean Gulls flew over and a Blackcap was singing just across the road. A quick trip to the shops produced good views of female Peregrine (DKC).

12th May 2020

ADUR ESTUARY: Six Whimbrels, four Ringed Plovers and an Oystercatcher, upriver towards Upper Beeding a Lesser Whitethroat, two Cetti's Warblers, a Common Sandpiper and a Little Egret (SOS).

BROOKLANDS PARK: A Common Sandpiper, House Martins, Swallows ,two Cetti's Warblers, around four Reed Warblers, a Reed Bunting, six Swifts, two Swallows, a Sparrowhawk, and the complete Mute Swan family (SOS).

FERRING RIFE: A Lesser Whitethroat, a Willow Warbler, two Little Egrets, four Reed Warblers, two Reed Buntings, a Grey Heron, a Buzzard, two Swifts, six Moorhens and 14 Great Black-backed Gulls (Bt).

GORING GAP: A Yellow Wagtail, 23 Sanderlings, 26 Turnstones, five Oystercatchers, two Mediterranean Gulls, eight Sandwich Terns, a Saprrowhawk, two Swallows and five Swifts (Bt).

KINGSTON GORSE: A Spotted Flycatcher, four Swallows, a Buzzard, a Coal Tit and four Moorhens (Bt).

LANCING: A Peregrine flew over (SOS).

SHOREHAM: Willow Warbler at Victoria Road (Bt).

11th May 2020

BROOKLANDS PARK: A Hobby, a Grey Wagtail, a Reed Bunting, a Reed Warbler and small numbers of House Martins and Swallows (SOS).

10th May 2020

ADUR ESTUARY: Four Common Sandpipers, a Shelduck, a Yellow Wagtail, a Whimbrel, two Oystercatchers, a Red Kite, a Cetti's Warbler, a Meadow Pipit, a Mistle Thrush, a Swallow and a Swift (Bt).

ADUR (BOTOLPHS-UPPER BEEDING): A Cetti's Warbler, two Red Kites, two Greylags, four Sedge Warblers, three Reed Warblers, two Lesser Whitethroats three Little Egrets, three Swifts, four Mute Swans, 15 Mallards, six Swallows, six Skylarks, a Bullfinch and a Reed Bunting (Bt).

BROOKLANDS PARK: A Fulmar and a Willow Warbler (SOS).

CISSBURY RING: A Lesser Whitethroat, two Red Kites, two Buzzards and two Kestrels; nearby a Wheatear (SOS).

UPPER BEEDING: A Cuckoo, a Stonechat, a Reed Bunting, a Red Kite, four Swift, six House Martins, a Little Egret and a Canada Goose (Bt).

SALVINGTON: 31 Red Kites flew NE (all within 80 minute period from 11.45am), 12 Swallows east, 4 Swifts over West Tarring church area (NB).

WIDEWATER LAGOON: 2cy Mediterranean Gull, two Little Egrets and four Sandwich Terns (Bt).

9th May 2020

ANGMERING: Five Red Kites flew east at lunchtime (SOS).

GORING GAP: SERIN flew west over beach at 7.04am (RBA). Also a Yellow Wagtail, a Mediterranean Gull and four Swallows (Bt).

HIGHDOWN: A Lesser Whitethroat, a Meadow Pipit, five Red Kites and four Buzzards (Bt).

MILL HILL: A Reed Bunting and a Yellowhammer (SOS).

8th May 2020

ADUR ESTUARY: OSPREY flew north, a Ringed Plover, seven Whimbrel, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Warbler and a Reed Bunting (Bt).

ANGMERING: Lesser Whitethroat (SOS).

BROOKLANDS PARK: A Cetti's Warbler, a Reed Warbler and the family of Mute Swans (Bt).

FINDON: Reed Warbler at Findon Park Farm (Bt).

LANCING: Peregrine and a Red Kite over a garden (SOS).

SALVINGTON: Wheatear, two Swallows and eight Swifts (NB).

WEST WORTHING: 15 Swifts (DKC).