ADUR ESTUARY: Four Oystercatchers. BirdTrack
CHURCH HILL, FINDON: Two Yellowhammers, two Swallows and two Buzzards. BirdTrack
THE DOWNS (above Sompting): Pair of Stonechats and four Corn Buntings. SOS
LONG FURLONG (downs to north): Eight singing Corn Buntings, five singing Meadow Pipits, 16 Linnets, a Lesser Whitethroat, three Yellowhammers, a Red Kite, a Sparrowhawk, two Kestrels and three Buzzards. SOS
5th June 2020
BROOKLANDS PARK: We had the Mute Swan family, a Cetti's Warbler, a Grey Wagtail, two Reed Warblers and two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, while young Mallards were mostly full-grown and hanging around in gangs and drakes were entering alternate plumage. One of the cygnets stood out as it was left behind when the rest of the family ventured off the main island to feed; as it caught up it swan slightly unsteadily and looked subtly smaller but soon began feeding well so will hopefully be okay. The only Coot brood - of five - was still going strong. As we left, a procession of at least 48 Swifts arrived off the sea. David Campbell
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4th June 2020
ADUR ESTUARY: A Cuckoo, six Mute Swans, c100 Swifts, an Oystercatcher, eight Little Egrets, seven Swallows, two Cetti's Warblers, three Sedge Warblers, three Reed Warblers and three Reed Buntings - Bt.
FERRING RIFE:Two Canada Geese flew west, two Reed Warblers singing (one a migrant in a seafront garden), a singing Reed Bunting, five Gannets offshore. Also a pod of at least six Bottlenose Dolphins following a dragnet east mid-morning - David Campbell.
GORING GAP: SPOONBILL flew east over land at 7.31am, Cuckoo landed at land, Mediterranean Gull flew west, 10 Swifts north and a Lesser Black-backed Gull - David Campbell.
RIVER ADUR (tollbridge to cement works): Two Cetti's Warblers and two Grey Herons - SOS
SHOREHAM: 30+ Swifts flew north at 7pm - SOS
STEEP DOWN: Male QUAIL two thirds of the way along the footpath on the west side briefly c2.30pm; also many Corn Buntings and Skylarks and a few Meadow Pipits - SOS.
WORTHING: White Stork flew east over Lyndhurst Road at 6am - SOS
FERRING RIFE:Two Canada Geese flew west, two Reed Warblers singing (one a migrant in a seafront garden), a singing Reed Bunting, five Gannets offshore. Also a pod of at least six Bottlenose Dolphins following a dragnet east mid-morning - David Campbell.
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| Bottlenose Dolphins off Ferring (photos: David Campbell) |
GORING GAP: SPOONBILL flew east over land at 7.31am, Cuckoo landed at land, Mediterranean Gull flew west, 10 Swifts north and a Lesser Black-backed Gull - David Campbell.
RIVER ADUR (tollbridge to cement works): Two Cetti's Warblers and two Grey Herons - SOS
SHOREHAM: 30+ Swifts flew north at 7pm - SOS
STEEP DOWN: Male QUAIL two thirds of the way along the footpath on the west side briefly c2.30pm; also many Corn Buntings and Skylarks and a few Meadow Pipits - SOS.
WORTHING: White Stork flew east over Lyndhurst Road at 6am - SOS
3rd June 2020
ADUR ESTUARY: Two Little Egrets, an Oystercatcher, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, three Black-headed Gulls and a Mallard.
CISSBURY RING: Singing Reed Warbler.
LANCING: Wheatear and 10+ Swifts.
SHOREHAM: 30+ Swifts.
SOS
CISSBURY RING: Singing Reed Warbler.
LANCING: Wheatear and 10+ Swifts.
SHOREHAM: 30+ Swifts.
SOS
2nd June 2020
ADUR ESTUARY TO CEMENT WORKS: Five Mute Swans, an Oysterctcher, two Grey Herons, two Little Egrets, two Swallows, 10 House Martins, a Cetti's Warbler, a Sedge Warbler, a Reed Warbler and a Reed Bunting.
BEEDING HILL: A singing Stonechat and a flyover Grey Heron.
LYCHPOLE FARM AREA: 10 Shelducks (including young) still on lagoon.
MILL HILL: A Little Owl, a Tawny Owl and a Sedge Warbler (below the hill).
SHOREHAM: Red Kite flew north at c11.50am.
STEEP DOWN: Six or more singing Corn Buntings, Meadow Pipit singing, male Stonechat and a Kestrel.
David Campbell, Gareth James, SOS
BEEDING HILL: A singing Stonechat and a flyover Grey Heron.
LYCHPOLE FARM AREA: 10 Shelducks (including young) still on lagoon.
MILL HILL: A Little Owl, a Tawny Owl and a Sedge Warbler (below the hill).
SHOREHAM: Red Kite flew north at c11.50am.
STEEP DOWN: Six or more singing Corn Buntings, Meadow Pipit singing, male Stonechat and a Kestrel.
David Campbell, Gareth James, SOS
1st June 2020
ADUR ESTUARY: Five Ringed Plovers, a Redshank, an Oystercatcher, three Little Egrets, six Mute Swans, a Cetti's Warbler, a Reed Warbler and 43 Black-headed Gulls.
STEEP DOWN: Meadow Pipit, Corn Bunting and Stonechat
UPPER BEEDING: Two House Martins.
WORTHING: Two Peregrines high over.
STEEP DOWN: Meadow Pipit, Corn Bunting and Stonechat
UPPER BEEDING: Two House Martins.
WORTHING: Two Peregrines high over.
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