ADUR ESTUARY: Two Ringed Plovers, two Oystercatchers, 14+ Whimbrel, two Greenshanks, a Little Egret, two Sand Martins, three Swifts, several Meadow Pipits, a Skylark, two or three Reed Buntings, a Cetti's Warbler, two Reed Warblers and a Whitethroat. Steve Gilbert via SOS
FERRING: Redhead GOOSANDER flew east just offshore. George Kinnard
GORING GAP:
It was good to see a variety of birds moving this morning, including Arctic Skua 1E (at 06:00), Whimbrel 34E, Bar-tailed Godwit 11E, Commic Tern 52E, Little Tern 4E, Mediterranean Gull 5E 2W, Fulmar 1W, Great Skua 1E and two on sea and surprisingly Brent Goose ca.250E, Black-throated Diver 1E, diver sp.
3E together and 1W. The flock of three divers was particularly
frustrating as two of them looked distinctly larger than the third and
may have been Great Northern.
114 Sandwich Terns also flew east. Normally Sandwich Terns
start moving back west mid-morning (presumably these are feeding forays
from colonies further west) but I only saw five fly W, so they may
really have been on the move.
In addition, birds were arriving off the sea, including 37 Swallows, three House Martins and 10 Yellow Wagtails. Ralph Simpson
Brent Geese 61, Gannet 2, Sandwich Tern 10, Curlew 1, Bar-tailed Godwits 10, Whimbrel 4, Swallow 8 N, Mute Swan 2 on the sea. Richard Ives
MARINE GARDENS on Trektellen
SHOREHAM FORT: Two female and a male Wheatear at the Fort around 8am. Two Sandwich Terns were fishing along the shoreline and lots of movement off shore including some Brent Geese. On the river Turnstone, Oystercatcher, a Whimbrel and a Swallow. Istvan Radi via SOS
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Three Common Sandpipers. Offshore this morning six Black Terns, an Arctic Skua, 15 Whimbrel, eight Bar-tailed Godwits, two Mediterranean Gulls, 210 Dark-bellied Brent Geese, c200 Common/Arctic Terns, several Gannets, a Swift and 20 Swallows. Alan Kitson via SOS
