LANCING/WIDEWATER LAGOON: A walk along Lancing beach to Widewater this afternoon was interesting with a feeding frenzy taking place for an hour or so. There were large flocks of Razorbills zooming around offshore, constantly moving east & west, and on occasions gathering in huge numbers to join the feeding frenzy. Gannets were joining in with mainly Herring and Black-headed plus a few Great Black-backed Gulls. Difficult estimating the numbers but most likely 400 Razorbill (with no Guillemot ID), around 200 Gannet and 6 Kittiwake. Bernie Forbes via SOS
Highlight was a juv Kittiwake close to the shore. Also tens of Great Crested Grebes, Red-throated Divers and hundreds of auks, mostly Razorbills plus some Gannets. Shemi via SOS
Auk and diver movement this morning, at least that visible from the shore in poor conditions, was almost entirely easterly. About 1180 auks (72 identified as Razorbills), 63 divers (46 identified as Red-throated and a Black-throated) and 70 Gannets were seen but very little else and no duck. The regular Kingfisher and seven Little Grebes were seen on a quick scan of the eastern end of the lagoon. On the way home a Norwegian Common Gull that had been ringed near Oslo in April 2019 was present on the Adur. I'd seen it there last February too. Richard Fairbank via SOS
MARINE GARDENS: Fulmar, two Gannets, an adult Mediterranean Gull, 34 auks, three Great Crested Grebes and nine Red-breasted Mergansers offshore 9.54-10.54am. David Campbell
