GORING GAP: this morning 6 Bar-tailed Godwits, 6 Oystercatchers, 4 Little Egrets, 8 Gannets, 2 Great-crested Grebes a few Swallows in. (RI)
LADYWELL: Ringing - birds trapped and ringed logged in the table below
MARINE GARDENS: 06:45-10:45 flat calm with very light southerly wind. Bonxie 3e, Pomarine Skua 1e @07:15 and 1e @08:59 both relatively close to shore, though 2nd bird appeared to come in from south rather than further west along coast. Bar-tailed Godwits 6e, Whimbrel 2e. Brent Geese 6e Common Scoter circa 80e, Eider female 1e. Gannet 20+ Red throated Diver 2e, Great Northern Diver 1os. Common Tern 4, Sandwich Terns c15e. 3+ Bottle-nosed Dolphins again 07:50 & 10:25 with further reports at same time off Ferring & Rustington. (NO/CO)
