31st July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: between Railway and Old Toll Bridges - 2 Common Sandpipers (west side), Dunlin (east), Whimbrel (on the exposed spit)

CISSBURY RING: Yellow Wagtail overhead

LADYWELL: Birds trapped and ringed this morning in the table below. A Grey Wagtail was also noted overhead




STEYNING: 3 singing QUAILS still along the monarchs way

29th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: Greenshank and Whimbrel still, good number of Common Sandpipers around too

LANCING: A Wheatear on the downs above Lancing

27th July 2021

ANGMERING: A Willow Warbler in private garden on Downs Way

FINDON: A Pied Flycatcher in small wood close to Church Hill this morning

GORING: A Great Skua west offshore at 8.20am also Willow Warbler in garden 

GORING GAP: 15 Mediterranean Gulls resting on greensward (12 adults 3 juveniles)

SALVINGTON: A couple of Swifts still lingering around Rogate Road, this Small Blood Vein moth recently rescued indoors




26th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: A single Black-tailed Godwit was on river by the old toll bridge. Today’s count of Adur estuary wetland birds from the Norfolk Bridge, Shoreham. Whimbrels 8, Greenshank 2-3, Common Sandpiper 6, Dunlin 4, Redshank c30, Lapwing 12 minimum, Little Egret 13.

BROOKLANDS PARK: adult Yellow-legged Gull on lake early evng

LADYWELL: Ringing - Reed Warblers and Blackcaps were the most numerous species trapped and the first Willow Warblers confirming the emigration of warblers is truly under way. Thirty one of the total were birds hatched this year. The Ladywell Ringing team


STEEP DOWN: A Hobby and 2 Painted Lady butterflies

STEYNING: A QUAIL along Monarchs Way this morning

25th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: A Green Sandpiper briefly, several Mediterranean Gulls around between the river and airfield, a single Whimbrel around too

SALVINGTON: Just a single Swift hawking the skies over Rogate Road all afternoon 

WORTHING: 5 Mediterranean Gulls at Splash point plus a Whimbrel west

24th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: saltings: Greenshank 2, Redshank 31, Lapwing 21, Common Sandpiper 1+, Whimbrel 9 Dunlin 2, Mediterranean Gull single adult, Sandwich Tern 7 (1 juv). Nice watching birds appear as tide came in. Earlier walk along river up to cuckoo corner very few gulls, single Whimbrel and Common Sandpiper and the Seal. Richard Fairbank

CISSBURY RING: 2 Whinchats along the Monarchs way

GORING: A Clouded Yellow butterfly along path between Goring gap and Ferring, also 3 Swifts over Alinora Avenue. Nick Oliver/Dave Smith

23rd July 2021

CISSBURY RING: 


Chalkhill Blue and Small Copper (Andy Ashdown)

GORING GAP: morning 1 Teal W, 8 Mediterranean Gulls, 1 Gannet, 4 Oystercatchers, 1 Whimbrel, 2 Sandwich Terns

WORTHING GOLF COURSE: 3 Swallows & 3 House Martins over, first for a while

22nd July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: Upto 8 Mediterranean Gulls from the rspb viewpoint, also 2 Whimbrel and 3 Common Sandpipers

DURRINGTON: A Raven flew west over tescos this morning

21st July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: Total of 21 Mediterranean Gulls between Town Quay and A27 incl 5 juveniles,  3-4 Whimbrel, 2 Common Sandpipers, 5 Oystercatcher, 4 Lapwing, 1 Greenshank

SOUTH DOWNS WAY: A QUAIL was heard west of Sompting to Steyning road. Grid Ref TQ162102. Nick and Claire Oliver

18th July 2021

CISSBURY RING: A Hobby over and a Reed Warbler trapped and ringed

17th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: 6 Whimbrel, 1 Greenshank, 1 Common Sandpiper

ANGMERING: 5 adult Mediterranean Gulls over Downs Way

LADYWELL: It was a bright, sunny morning with a fairly fresh northerly wind and, like the last few sessions, turned out to be fairly quiet as the following table shows. The average number of birds caught in four July sessions last year was 94 so numbers are clearly down this year. However, the average for the years 2007-2019 was  41, much fewer than last year although better than we are achieving this year.

Two Beautiful Demoiselles and a Common Darter were noted by the pond, and the butterfly list included Small and Large Whites, Marbled White, Meadow Brown, Ringlet, Gatekeeper, Speckled Wood, Peacock, Small Tortoiseshell, Comma, Painted Lady and Red Admiral but no blues or skippers. A silver-Y moth was also noted on the way out of the valley.



15th July 2021

ANGMERING: 2 juvenile Mediterranean Gulls west over Downs Way

SALVINGTON: 2 Swifts over Rogate Road

14th Jult 2021

STEEP DOWN: At least 2 QUAILS still in the afternoon 

13th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: Three Common Sandpipers at Cuckoo Corner today along with 3 Buzzards, and a couple of Swift’s. Richard Ives
A Bar-tailed Godwit, Greenshank,  Whimbrel and 4 Lapwing also reported

STEEP DOWN : 3 QUAIL still in the area in various locations, a Hobby over and Painted Lady butterfly Gareth James

12th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: The Greenshank still in houseboat channel, the Whimbrel just north of railway bridge on airport side, 31c Turnstones, numbers slowly building

FERRING: A Kestrel hunting over the A259 near Asda, 4 Swifts over Highdown vineyard

LANCING: 40+ Swifts screaming high overhead. Richard Ives

 OFFINGTON: 10c Swifts over Lavington Road

11th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: A Whimbrel and Greenshank still in house boat channel. 2 Mediterranean Gulls near Norfolk bridge

FERRING: Sea-watch - Between 0750 and 0905 Cormorant 2W, Curlew 4W, Mediterranean Gull 30W, Black-headed Gull c.80W, Sandwich Tern 1W 1E, Swallow 3, Little Egret 4 ob. Also an all-white Starling (there have been one or two in the area for a while) on the beach. Clive Hope

GORING: Sea-watch - Mediterranean Gull 10W, Common Scoter 7W 6E, Sandwich Tern 12E the highlights. Dave Smith

STEEP DOWN: A QUAIL still present 

 

10th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: A single Sandwich Tern and 2 adult Mediterranean Gulls near railway bridge, 27 Turnstones, a Common Sandpiper, Whimbrel and a Greenshank in houseboat channel

DURRINGTON: 2 Lesser-black backed Gulls in the tescos car park

OFFINGTON: 2 Swifts over the north end of Hall Avenue

STEEP DOWN: 3 QUAILS still in the area, Hobby flew east

9th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: 2 Sand Martins north of Cuckoo Corner this morning were the first I’ve seen locally this year and an early sign of autumn. Otherwise there to dacre gardens pretty much as expected- Reed & Sedge Warblers, Reed Buntings, Peregrine Falcon. Richard Fairbank

ANGMERING: Hobby and Raven Angmering viewpoint. David Campbell

GORING GAP: Signs of autumn passage this morning: Shelduck 22W, Curlew 8W, Whimbrel 1W, Sand Martin 3W, Mediterranean Gull 6W, Sandwich Tern 14W, 5E. 18 Swifts over early. 1 Redshank, 8 Little Egrets and 2 Grey Herons on the beach. Ralph Simpson

PATCHING; 3 Greylag Geese at Patching Pond. David Campbell

SALVINGTON: Upto 4 Swifts over Copthorne Hill, Greenfinch aswell. Nick Bond

STEEP DOWN: Male QUAIL still on north west side

8th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: 3 Common Sandpipers airport/west side of the Adur opposite The Waterfront development

FERRING RIFE: Blackcap, Chiffchaff (4), Reed Warbler (2) and Whitethroats (2) all
still singing plus another 6 of the latter seen. Seven Mediterranean Gulls with two Black-headeds Gulls W over the site. There were 5 Little Egrets and two Herons roosting in the copse Green Woodpecker, Sparrowhawk, Swift and two Swallows also seen. Clive Hope

SOMPTING: Curlew calling over our house at 2130. Only our 3rd record. Mike and Karen Galtry

6th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: A single Common Sandpiper, 3 Sandwich Terns from Coronation Green and 20 Turnstones roosting on boats off Ropetackle

SHOREHAM: Harbour Way/Fort Rock Pipit, 3 Sandwich Terns, 4 Lesser Black-backed Gulls

STEEP DOWN: Much to my suprise given the wind QUAIL still calling in field north west of steep down by gate on track north of summit @ 13:00. Nick and Claire Oliver

WIDEWATER: 7:15am - 9am Sandwich Tern 3E, Gannet 3E:8W, Yellow-legged Gull adult on sea. 

5th July 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: 11 Little Egrets, 24 Turnstones

BEEDING HILL: 2 Swifts, 2 Peregrines, 45 Skylarks, 4 Swallows, 2 Lesser Whitethroats (heard), 9 Meadow Pipits & 4 Corn Buntings.

SALVINGTON: A Swallowtail moth was found indoors and released

Swallowtail Moth (Nick Bond)

3rd July 2021

STEEP DOWN: A QUAIL still present and plenty of Corn Buntings performing well

1st July 2021

WEST WORTHING: A Rose-ringed Parakeet over Heene Cemetery. David Campbell