10th May 2018

GORING GAP: The best bits there were a/the female Whinchat in the north-west corner, a Sand Martin, a Peregrine, a Willow Warbler, a House Martin, five Sanderlings, 13 Turnstones, four Oystercatchers, seven Swallows, a Moorhen, a Whitethroat and a Black-headed Gull. DKC

FERRING RIFE: Sightings included five House Martins, six Swallows, a Little Egret, two Grey Herons, a Red Kite, two Buzzards, a Kestrel, two Swifts, five Whitethroats, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, six Mallards, two Moorhens and a Jackdaw. DKC

9th May 2018

GORING GAP: A walk around the Gap this morning was pleasant but quiet in terms of passage migrants, just a Willow Warbler and a Meadow Pipit of note till I came back to where I started and spotted a female Whinchat feeding along the fenceline bording the rough field, which made my day! Gareth and Garry came along for a look and a natter. The Sedge Warbler was remarkably still singing around the scrub in the northwest corner. At long last, two Swifts flew over and a suggestion of hirundine movement involved a House Martin and 10 Swallows, while five Jackdaws seemed to move east. Other bits included a Sparrowhawk, five Buzzards, a Moorhen, a Lesser Black-backed Gull, nine westbound Black-headed Gulls, six Oystercatchers, five Whitethroats, four Linnets, three Sandwich Terns and a Goldcrest. I didn't really look at the sea but two Great Crested Grebes were bobbing around offshore. DKC

Whinchat - Goring Gap - NB

WORTHING TOWN CENTRE - Nice to the Swifts are hunting the skies above again with at least 3 around the Christchurch road area. A single House Martin went over too. Popped into the gap just after lunch to see the Whinchat DKC had found here earlier (record shot above) NB

7th May 2018

FERRING :  0815-0915: Gannet 12 E and 2os, GCGrebe one os, Shelduck one W, C Scoter 43 E, Red b Merganser a drake on sea flew off W, Whimbrel one E, Pomarine Skua -  a loose flock of 7 flew E at 0905, Bonxie 2 on sea and one E, Sandwich Tern 8E, Little Tern 8 E and Commic Tern 8 E plus two Commons fishing inshore CH

MARINE GARDENS: Highlights from a morning watch included 4 Pomarine Skuas that passed east at a fair distance around 7.40 am. Other birds included some Little Terns a Yellow Wagtail in off and good number of Common Scoter NB/MP/JN

GEORGE V AVENUE: Seawatch highlights 18:20-20:15 included a Pomarine Skua, the 2CY Iceland Gull, four Arctic Skuas, a Whimbrel, three Great Crested Grebes, a Shelduck, a Black-headed Gull and a Kittiwake. DKC/GJ/MP

WEST WORTHING: Three Swifts and a Swallow were over Boundary Road. DKC

6th May 2018

FERRING : 0615-0830:

Gannet 20 E 6 offshore, GC Grebe 3 on sea, Fulmar one E, Greylag Goose 4 E along the shoreline!, Common Scoter 2 W, Bonxie one on the sea, Whimbrel 24 E,  Bar-tailed Godwit 5 E, Commic Tern 16 E, Sandwich Tern 34 E, Turnstone 6 E, Sanderling one E, Swallow one N.


In and around the Rife /fields were 2 Wheatears, 2 Reed Warblers, 6 Whitethroats, a Chiffchaff, 12 Skylarks and Red Kite over CH

4th May 2018

GORING GAP : - Coverage of the gap produced several hirundines on the move with Swallow, House and Sand Martins all seen slowly making their way north, although passage halted slightly by mid-morning. A Sedge Warbler was found in the gardens of the house that backs onto the fields on th western side of the gap. At least 2 Whitethroats were around too, a single Wheatear and a late Redwing added to the variety around. Blackcap and Chiffchaffs were in song at various points around the gap NB/GJ

2nd May 2018

GEORGE V AVENUE: Trektellen log here. The sea was watched for 4 hours this morning. Despite the conditions being challenging and the visibility being very poor from a couple of hours in, I stuck at it and was rewarded with a distant reappearance from the 2CY Iceland Gull, my first patch Tufted Duck, seven Manx Shearwaters, nine Arctic Skuas, 13 Bonxies, three Whimbrel, three Shelducks, five Kittiwakes and a trickle of Sandwich and Common(+'Commic') Terns. Some 20 Fulmars, 293 Gannets, 40 Common Scoters and 29 auks (five of which were within identifiable range and revealed themselves to be Guillemots). A couple of Lesser Black-backed Gulls were on the sea. DKC

1st May 2018

GORING GAP: A singing Sedge Warbler was in the northwest corner and other highlights were a Whimbrel, two Wheatears and two Willow Warblers. A Swallow, nine Oystercatchers, three Turnstones, three Gannets, two Sandwich Terns, a Moorhen four Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs and a Mallard were noted. DKC/GJ

FERRING RIFE: Two Swallows. GJ

ICELAND GULL - GORING GAP 2018

Time to reflect on one of our popular sightings at Goring this winter! NB