30th November 2019

ADUR ESTUARY: GREAT WHITE EGRET between tollbridge and railway 10.10-10.15am then flew east. Also c100 Lapwings, three Dunlin, 10 Turnstones, a Little Grebe, a Kingfisher and good numbers of Redshanks and Great Black-backed Gulls (SOS).

LADYWELL: Birds processed during ringing included two new Firecrests, a Blackcap, eight Chiffchaffs, two Goldcrests and 14 Long-tailed Tits. Also a Buzzard, a Moorhen, two Green Woodpeckers, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, 20 Goldfinches and a Grey Wagtail (SW et al).

FERRING RIFE: Black Redstart at caravan site (GJ).

29th November 2019

ADUR ESTUARY [between tollbridge and cement works]: Two Little Grebes, four Little Egrets, a Cormorant, a Buzzard, three Moorhens, 13 Lapwings, eight Redshanks, 100 Common Gulls, a Kestrel, a Redwing and a Reed Bunting (SOS).

28th November 2019

ADUR ESTUARY: 66 Snipe, a Greenshank, 70 Redshanks, a Curlew, a 2cy Mediterranean Gull, a Kingfisher and a Rock Pipit on saltings (SOS). Also 32 Teal, three Grey Herons, 11 Lapwings and two Grey Wagtails (BirdTrack).

FINDON PARK FARM: Three Buzzards, two Kestrels, six Skylarks, a Mistle Thrush, a Pied Wagtail, three Meadow Pipits and five Yellowhammers (BirdTrack).

HIGH SALVINGTON: Blackcap (BirdTrack).

SHOREHAM: Two Grey Wagtails (SOS).

SHOREHAM HARBOUR: A Purple Sandpiper, two Turnstones and three Lesser Black-backed Gulls (BirdTrack).

WIDEWATER LAGOON: Three Mute Swans, eight Little Grebes, a Kingfisher, a Stonechat, a Grey Heron, three or more Little Egrets, two Redshanks and four Turnstones (SOS).

27th November 2019

BROOKLANDS PARK: Two Firecrests, five Goldcrests, a Chiffchaff, a Cetti's Warbler and a Pheasant (SOS).

CLAPHAM WOOD: Redwing (BirdTrack).

SHOREHAM HARBOUR: A Purple Sandpiper, six Turnstones and a Kingfisher (BirdTrack).

STEYNING: Treecreeper in garden on Hillside Terrace (SOS).

26th November 2019

ADUR ESTUARY: 35 Teal, a Grey Heron, a Little Egret, 35 Redshanks and a Kingfisher (BirdTrack).

SHOREHAM HARBOUR: Two Purple Sandpipers on wooden jetty at harbour mouth, Turnstone (SOS). Also Rock Pipit (Facebook).

WIDEWATER LAGOON: A Kingfisher and a Redshank (Facebook).

25th November 2019

ADUR ESTUARY: Four Lapwings, five Redshanks, a Kingfisher and six Meadow Pipits (BirdTrack).

WIDEWATER LAGOON: 25 Lapwings (BirdTrack).

24th November 2019

DURRINGTON: Kingfisher along stream at Northbrook College (SOS).

LADYWELL: A Firecrest, six Chiffchaffs, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and 11 Long-tailed Tits were among birds processed during the morning's ringing session. A Cetti's Warbler and five Goldcrests were also noted  (SW et al).

STEYNING: Male Blackcap in garden at Highland Croft (SOS).

WORTHING : Five Red-throated Divers offshore between Worthing Pier & Widewater, seems to be a regular wader roost  on beach opposite Brooklands with numbers building up currently minimum 30+ Ringed Plovers, 30+ Dunlin & 15 Turnstones. Also a Grey Wagtail on beach there and late Sandwich Tern
En route two Blackcaps in garden along Grand Avenue (NO)