18th April 2020

ADUR ESTUARY: Greylag Goose, Shelduck and Whimbrel by tolbridge this morning (SOS).

BOTOLPHS: Two Little Egrets and three Swallows (Bt).

BROOKLANDS PARK: Another early morning walk around Brooklands was productive, with Green Woodpecker and singing Coal Tit. Over the lake 2 Sand and 1 House Martin with half dozen Swallows. Singing Cetti's and 2 Willow Warbler. Around the stream 4 Blackcap,single Stock Dove and 2 Greenfinch. In the blackberries at the back of the park, a single Common Whitethroat (Bernie Forbes via SOS).

COOMBES: Two Canada Geese and Whitethroat (Bt).

DURRINGTON: Little Egret (SOS).

FERRING: SHORT-EARED OWL flew east early morning.

GORING GAP: Three Arctic Skua, one Arctic Tern, 161 Common Tern, 55 Commic Tern, 24 Dunlin, a Fulmar, 61 Gannet, a Great Crested Grebe, a Great Skua, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, four Mediterranean Gull, two Oystercatcher, a Red-throated Diver, 26 Sanderling, 130 Sandwich Tern, 43 Turnstone and 57 Whimbrel. Also four Blackcap, two Chiffchaff, one each of Great Spotted and Green Woodpecker, 10 Greenfinch, a Kestrel, 18 Meadow Pipit, a Pheasant, five Skylark, 23 Swallow, a Treecreeper, five Wheatear, two Whinchat, a Whitethroat, five Willow Warbler and a Yellow Wagtail (Bt).

1 of 2 Whinchat at Goring Gap
LANCING RING: Corn Bunting and Whitethroat (Bt).

LYCHPOLE FARM: Wheatear (Bt).

OFFINGTON: Female Blackcap in garden and 6 House Martins through (AM)

Blackcap - AM

SALVINGTON: 2 Siskin over garden also a single Linnet (NB)

SHOREHAM BEACH: Two Swallows, three Wheatears, four Sandwich Terns and two Gannets (Bt).

SOUTHWICK BEACH: Rock Pipit and two Mediterranean Gull (Bt).

WEST WORTHING: A Yellow Wagtail, a Willow Warbler, a Ringed Plover, a Grey Heron, nine Whimbrel, a Red-throated Diver, 27 Sandwich Ternstwo Mediterranean Gulls and 11 Gannets (Bt).