19th April 2020

ADUR ESTUARY: Cetti's Warbler singing by Richardo's factory (SOS).

BROOKLANDS PARK: GRASSHOPPER WARBLER reeling, GADWALL, seven Wheatears on beach, a Yellow Wagtail, four Whimbrel, three Curlew, 24 Mediterranean Gulls, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Warbler, a Sparrowhawk, a Grey Heron, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Grey Wagtail, six Swallows, a Reed Bunting, several Sandwich Terns and a flock of Dark-bellied Brent Geese (SOS/Bt).

FERRING RIFE: 12 Blackcap, four Chiffchaff, two Egyptian Goose, a Green Woodpecker, a Grey Heron, a Long-tailed Tit, a Mallard, two Mediterranean Gull, four Moorhen, a Pheasant, two Reed Bunting, a Skylark, a Sparrowhawk, five Swallow, a Whinchat, seven Whitethroat, five Willow Warbler and a Yellow Wagtail (Bt).

GORING-BY-SEA: Four Buzzard over the flat heading NNE at 11:04am (GJ).

GORING GAP: A Bar-tailed Godwit, a Chiffchaff, four Gannet, 14 Linnet, 24 Mediterranean Gull, six Oystercatcher, a Pied/White Wagtail, five Sandwich Tern, four Skylark, a Turnstone, a Wheatear, a Whimbrel and a Whitethroat (Bt).

Bar-tailed Godwit at Goring Gap

KINGSTON GORSE: Wheatear and Whinchat (Bt).

LANCING: Two Swifts (SOS).

MILL HILL: Lesser Whitethroat (Bt).

PATCHING HILL: A flock of 20 CROSSBILLS flying east over Patching Hill was the highlight of my morning walk. Also two Lesser Whitethroats, four Whitethroats and a singing Firecrest there (RS via SOS).

SALVINGTON: Singing Blackcap and Whitethroat in garden (NB).

RUSTINGTON: Female Redstart in garden (GDM).

WEST WORTHING: Siskin east and male Peregrine (DKC).