A very cold cloudy morning found it very quiet around the bushes in the north east wind.

Garden Warbler - 1 (DB)

Whitethroat - 17

Willow Warbler - 3

Chiffchaff - 10

Blackcap - 25

Reed Warbler - 5

Sedge Warbler - 4

Cetti's Warbler - 3

Wheatear - 1

Reed Bunting - 10

Yellowhammer - 4

Stonechat - 2

Swallow - 11

Sand Martin - 1

Peregrine - 2

Buzzard - 4

Little Egret - 6

Great-crested Grebe - 3

Shoveler - 5E

Whimbrel - 3E

Med Gull - 8

Whitethroat Mill Road

Sedge Warbler Ferry Rd Rife

Out again sea watching from 14:30 at Climping Beach in a brisk chilly easterly wind.

Bar-tailed Godwit - 33E

Whimbrel - 4E

Sanderling - 11E

Sandwich Tern - c30E

Gannet - 7W 4E

Swallow - 4

Sandwich Tern Climping Beach

 

Records for the 20th from OM. Still quiet offshore but a few bits of interest this morning, mainly around the usual area near Poole Place.

2 Great Crested Grebe (Podiceps cristatus) offshore all morning

2 Oystercatcher (Haematopus ostralegus) on beach

4 Whimbrel (Numenius phaeopus) flew east offshore

1 Bar-tailed Godwit (Limosa lapponica) flew east offshore

13 Sandwich Tern (Thalasseus sandvicensis) 3 flew east offshore and 10 flew west

6 Mediterranean Gull (Ichthyaetus melanocephalus) flew west, fairly high

1 Great Black-backed Gull (Larus marinus) on beach

5 Gannet (Morus bassanus) heading west offshore, with a couple of them stopping to fish for a while before moving on.

1 Little Egret (Egretta garzetta) feeding around rock islands

1 Grey Heron (Ardea cinerea) flew east offshore at some distance

2 Swallow (Hirundo rustica) flew north from the sea

3 Blackcap (Sylvia atricapilla) in bushes and set-aside corner at back of the beach

1 Lesser Whitethroat (Curruca curruca) one early morning had clearly just arrived in bushes at the back of the beach - seen and heard singing for a while at close range to observer

4 Whitethroat (Curruca communis) along hedges and set-aside corner and at Poole Place..singing and showing, some newly arrived

1 Wheatear (Oenanthe oenanthe) newly arrived bird dropped in on beach - vegetated shingle

6 Linnet (Linaria cannabina) visiting vegetated shingle along bea

 Had a look around Atherington/ Bailiffs this morning, trying for Pied Fly and R. Ouzel but as you can guess I failed! Cheers OM

 Herewith my list….

Wheatear - 1

Blackcap – 8

Song Thrush – 3

Willow warbler – 2

Chiffchaff - 5

Whitethroat – 8

Cetti’s warbler – 3

Reed warbler – 1

Gt Spot Woodpecker – 3 (1 drumming)

Greenfinch – 6

Little Egret – 2  (one Atherington pool)

Med Gull – 2W

Kestrel – 1

Skylark – 8

Moorhen – pair Atherington pool

Buzzard - 1

Little Egret

Very quiet offshore this morning with 24W Sandwich Tern, 1W Gannet, 2W 1E Whimbrel ,1W Curlew, 6E Common Scoter, 1E Diver sp, a couple of Swallow in off the sea and 1 Wheatear.