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| Forest Shieldbug, Goring-by-Sea (GJ) |
9th August 2019
GORING-BY-SEA: A Forest Shieldbug was on my car windscreen outside the flat (GJ).
8th August 2019
BROOKLANDS: Three juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls on the main lake as well as two Common Sandpipers. Also present were 18 Mallard, seven Moorhens, two Grey Herons, a Cormorant and the adult Mute Swan with four juveniles. Along the stream to the sewage works were a Little Grebe with a chick and 30 Goldfinches and a Green Woodpecker around the bushes. (GJ/PJ).
CISSBURY RING: Birds caught included two Garden Warblers, eight Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, five Whitethroats and 38 Willow Warblers. Two Ravens flew over (VB).
FERRING RIFE: There had been a significant arrival of Willow Warblers along the rife, I counted 22 between Clover Lane and Ferring Country Centre. Also a Kingfisher, a Grey Heron, three Little Egrets and three Whitethroats as well as a Buzzard and several Swallows over the adjacent fields (CH).
LADYWELL: Birds caught for ringing included a site record total of 115 Willow Warblers, four Garden Warblers, two Cetti's Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, 20 Reed Warblers, two Whitethroats, 11 Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Green Woodpecker, a Song Thrush and two Treecreepers . Birds seen included two Grey Herons, a Sparrowhawk, a Swift, two Green Woodpeckers, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, an additional Cetti's Warbler, House Martin and an additional five Willow Warblers. (JN et al).
SHOREHAM HARBOUR: Three Wheatears and also a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull flying around the harbour mouth. Also a couple of Gannets feeding offshore (GJ/PJ).
CISSBURY RING: Birds caught included two Garden Warblers, eight Blackcaps, four Chiffchaffs, five Whitethroats and 38 Willow Warblers. Two Ravens flew over (VB).
FERRING RIFE: There had been a significant arrival of Willow Warblers along the rife, I counted 22 between Clover Lane and Ferring Country Centre. Also a Kingfisher, a Grey Heron, three Little Egrets and three Whitethroats as well as a Buzzard and several Swallows over the adjacent fields (CH).
LADYWELL: Birds caught for ringing included a site record total of 115 Willow Warblers, four Garden Warblers, two Cetti's Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, 20 Reed Warblers, two Whitethroats, 11 Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, a Green Woodpecker, a Song Thrush and two Treecreepers . Birds seen included two Grey Herons, a Sparrowhawk, a Swift, two Green Woodpeckers, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers, an additional Cetti's Warbler, House Martin and an additional five Willow Warblers. (JN et al).
SHOREHAM HARBOUR: Three Wheatears and also a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull flying around the harbour mouth. Also a couple of Gannets feeding offshore (GJ/PJ).
6th August 2019
CISSBURY RING: Highlights included a party of five Mistle Thrushes, two Stonechats, six Linnets, four Chiffchaffs, seven Whitethroats, two Kestrels, three Green Woodpeckers and two Yellowhammers. The south west facing slopes held c50 Chalkhill Blues as well as four Wall Browns, five Painted Ladies, two Small Heaths and plenty of Gatekeepers and Meadow Browns as well as a Red Admiral. A short walk afterwards up to the start of the Monarchs Way junction added a dozen more Yellowhammers and another 15-20 Linnets (CH).
5th August 2019
ADUR ESTUARY: A Common Sandpiper, three Little Egrets, an Oystercatcher, three Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a Skylark, a Pied Wagtail, 140 Starlings, nine Mute Swans and my first juvenile Great Black-backed Gulls of the year (two siblings begging at a parent) (DKC).
BROOKLANDS PLEASURE PARK: I made a point of visiting at midday and identified two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls among the reasonable gathering of large gulls, which also included my first two or three juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls of the year (an adult was present too), and a further juvenile Great Black-backed Gull. A Little Grebe was also on the lake, along with the complete family of Mute Swans still, and two Grey Herons. A Coal Tit was singing along the works entrance road (DKC).
GORING GAP: I started the day enthusiastically at Goring Gap but conditions weren't exactly inspiring and after logging a Kittiwake, 28 Gannets, 15 Sandwich Terns, an Oystercatcher, three Mediterranean Gulls and 16 Little Egrets, I moved on. As I drove off, however, I spotted a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull in a bin-raiding mob of Herring Gulls! Stopping the car, I had a brief suburban gull safari as I photographed the bird through the car window (DKC).
BROOKLANDS PLEASURE PARK: I made a point of visiting at midday and identified two juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls among the reasonable gathering of large gulls, which also included my first two or three juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gulls of the year (an adult was present too), and a further juvenile Great Black-backed Gull. A Little Grebe was also on the lake, along with the complete family of Mute Swans still, and two Grey Herons. A Coal Tit was singing along the works entrance road (DKC).
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Brooklands Pleasure Park (bird 1) (DKC) |
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Brooklands Pleasure Park (bird 2) (DKC) |
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| juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Brooklands Pleasure Park (DKC) |
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| juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Brooklands Pleasure Park (DKC) |
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Goring Gap (DKC) |
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Goring Gap (DKC)
WIDEWATER LAGOON: Two Little Egrets, three Mute Swans (two adults and a juvenile) and 13 Mallards (GJ).
SHOREHAM HARBOUR: A Little Egret, an adult Lesser Black-Backed Gull and two Great Black-backed Gulls (GJ).
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4th August 2019
BROOKLANDS: A juvenile Yellow-legged Gull, a pair of Little Grebes, a Mute Swan with four cygnets, a Green Woodpecker and a Grey Heron. Also 39 Chub in stream near the sluice. (GJ)
GORING GAP: A brief visit produced two Blackcaps, a pair of Kestrels hunting over the fields and a Willow Warbler. (GJ)
LADYWELL: Birds caught included a Nightingale, a Cetti's Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, two Garden Warblers, two Whitethroats, 13 Reed Warblers, 30 Willow Warblers, a Treecreeper, six Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, Sightings included singles of Buzzard, Grey Heron, Swift, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers and Kestrel, plus 60 Jackdaws (JN et al).
SALVINGTON: An Elder Pearl was found early morning in Salvington (NB).
GORING GAP: A brief visit produced two Blackcaps, a pair of Kestrels hunting over the fields and a Willow Warbler. (GJ)
LADYWELL: Birds caught included a Nightingale, a Cetti's Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, two Garden Warblers, two Whitethroats, 13 Reed Warblers, 30 Willow Warblers, a Treecreeper, six Blackcaps, three Chiffchaffs, Sightings included singles of Buzzard, Grey Heron, Swift, Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers and Kestrel, plus 60 Jackdaws (JN et al).
SALVINGTON: An Elder Pearl was found early morning in Salvington (NB).
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| Elder Pearl, Salvington (NB) |
3rd August 2019
CISSBURY RING: A Grasshopper Warbler was trapped and ringed this morning, along with a Reed Warbler, 24 Willow Warblers, a Garden Warbler, a Lesser Whitethroat, with 10 Blackcaps, two Bullfinches, three Chiffchaffs and three Whitethroats. Sightings included singles of Raven and Sparrowhawk (VB/PD).
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| Grasshopper Warbler (VB) |
1st August 2019
LADYWELL: A Sedge Warbler, 62 Willow Warblers, 14 Blackcaps, seven Chiffchaffs, a Reed Warbler and a Treecreeper were among the birds trapped this morning. A Cetti's Warbler, two Grey Herons, five House Martins, a Swift, two Green Woodpeckers and a Great Spotted Woodpecker were noted (Ladywell ringers).
WEST WORTHING: A Whimbrel was heard over Boundary Road at 10.13pm (DKC).
WEST WORTHING: A Whimbrel was heard over Boundary Road at 10.13pm (DKC).
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