July 23rd 2018

GORING GAP: Today's highlight was a fine male Stonechat which flew behind me and briefly alighted at the seaward end of the Plantation. A flock of nine Shelducks flying west was also noteworthy, and three Common Scoters flew past. Also offshore were seven Gannets, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, eight Sandwich Terns and five Mediterranean Gulls. Four Little Egrets were on the beach and a juvenile Green Woodpecker was noted. I logged five Swallows and two Swifts west. DKC/GJ

male Stonechat DKC
WEST WORTHING: 22 Swifts were still over Boundary Road late evening. DKC