15th September 2021

ADUR ESTUARY: A Ruff by the Tollbridge briefly

GORING GAP: 12 Bar-tailed Godwit W, 2 Grey Wagtails, 1 Yellow Wagtails, 2 Sanderling, 22 Ringed Plover, 2 Wheatear, 15 Little Egret, 14 Mediterranean Gulls, 59 Turnstone, 4 Common Scoter, 19 Gannet and a Kestrel. There was also a good number of Chiffchaff around the eastern side bushes c30 birds, Meadow Pipits in the fields and 6 Jay's together! A Sandwich Tern offshore otherwise quiet especially overhead passage. Little Egrets increased to 21


Little Egrets and Mediterranean Gull - Goring Gap - (Nick Bond)


HIGHDOWN: 7 Spotted Flycatchers, Redstart, 4 Blackcap, 300+ Swallow, Willow Warbler, Stonechat, Yellowhammer, Nuthatch, Treecreeper and 3 Great-spotted Woodpeckers.

MANOR SPORTS GROUND: adult male Wheatear at 6.20pm

STEEP DOWN: 1 Corn Bunting, Redstart and a Red Kite