GORING GAP: Three Wheatears in northern fields. Nick Bond
Wheatears (Nick Bond)
A good variety of birds moving early morning. Best bits: Common Scoter c35E, Mediterranean Gull 59E (mostly adults), Eider 1W (female), Red-breasted Mergansers 16E, Sandwich Tern 8E 2W, Swallow 1 in, Shelduck 3W, Gadwall 2E, Shoveler 2E, Brent Geese 31E. Ralph Simpson
Mediterranean Gulls (Ralph Simpson)
MARINE GARDENS: Two Shelducks, two Mediterranean Gulls, four Oystercatchers, eight Red-breasted Mergansers, two Sandwich Terns and a Great Crested Grebe offshore this morning, plus eight Meadow Pipits and four Linnets over. David Campbell
2cy female White Wagtail on bowling green late afternoon. David Campbell
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2cy female White Wagtail at Marine Gardens (DKC) |
PATCHING: YELLOW-BROWED WARBLER still at 8am; also four Chiffchaffs. Terry Allen also 1-2 Willow Warblers. Richard Ives
SHOREHAM: OSPREY flew west, just south of A27 at 10.40am.
STEYNING: Two Swallows. Colin Holter