3 Hawfinch flew over the field north of camp site towards ferry road late morning, also 3 Firecrest and 30+ Goldcrest around Kents. (DB)
The Birds of Climping Gap & Lower Arun Valley
The Climping Gap remains one of the last undeveloped sites along the coast in West Sussex. This site is dedicated to Birds seen in and around the Climping Gap area by myself and a few die hard friends, that live in the area and have been birding the local patch for decades. (Please email your sighting's to lobas@btinternet.com or Tweet to @BirdsofClimping).
26 October, 2024
25 October, 2024
Late morning start, not expecting too much, and wasn't disappointed
Firecrest - 2 Kents
Goldcrest - 19
Chiffchaff - 5
Blackcap - 1
Skylark - 30+
Meadow Pipit - c75
Linnet - 50
Sparrowhawk - 1
Kestrel - 2
Gannet - 1e
Med Gull - c100
Oystercatcher - 18
Ringed Plover - 1
Sanderling - 1
Turnstone - 14e
Little Egret - 7
24 October, 2024
A bright sunny morning with good coverage but little reward, combined totals below.
Jack Snipe - 1
Firecrest - 2 Bailiffs
Blackcap - 1
Chiffchaff - 6
Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard
Goldcrest - 17
Stonechat - 10
Rock Pipit - 1
Meadow Pipit - c125
Linnet - c100
Skylark - 30
Reed Bunting - 6
Yellowhammer - 3
Goldfinch - c160
Linnet - 120
Swallow - 19
House Martin - 2
Kestrel - 2
Sparrowhawk - 1
Med Gull - 30
21 October, 2024
Today's bird count from (AH)
Loads of Chiffs about but nothing with them that I could find.
Lots of Blackbirds moving through, especially around Kents.
Water rail in rife in Paddock
Kingfisher in rife at first Set-aside
Black-headed Gull
C30 Blackbird
1Blackcap f/ near campsite
Blue Tit
1Buzzard
Carrion Crow
1 Cetti's Warbler
2 Chaffinch
c25 Chiffchaff
3 Common Gull
3 Curlew
Dunnock
1 Firecrest
1 Goldcrest (Longwood)
C40 Goldfinch
2 Great Spotted Woodpecker
Great Tit
1 Green Woodpecker
1 Greenfinch
Herring Gull
1 Jay
1 Kingfisher (rife first setaside)
c50Linnet
4 Little Egret
Magpie
Meadow Pipit
Mediterranean Gull
c10Pied/White Wagtail
5 Reed Bunting
Robin
Rook
Skylark
3 Song Thrush
2 Stock Dove
13 Stonechat
c20 Swallow
1 Water Rail ( rife near paddock)
Wren
19 October, 2024
Out after the rain, starting my walk from the back of the golf course, covering Kents & Firstwood and still no YBW in the area.
Dartford Warbler - 1
Chiffchaff - 9
Goldcrest - 6
Cetti's Warbler - 3
Rock Pipit - 2
Wheatear - 1
Yellowhammer - 1
Stonechat - 10
Reed Bunting - 11
Siskin - 2
Linnet - c175
Skylark - 35
Meadow Pipit - 40
Pied Wagtail - 25
Snipe - 1
Curlew - 1
Kestrel - 1
Sparrowhawk - 1
Buzzard - 1
Firecrest - 1 Kents (AH)
18 October, 2024
Strong bright sunshine after a brief period of mist from the east.
Firecrest - 2 Kents
Goldcrest - 7
Wheatear - 1
Coal Tit - 1 Kents
Chiffchaff - 17
Blackcap - 2
Stonechat - 8
Reed Bunting - 5
Skylark - 35
Meadow Pipit - c50
Pied Wagtail - 1
Song Thrush - 9
Kingfisher - 1
Snipe - 1
Wigeon - 1
Curlew - 1
Reed Bunting |
Still plenty of Chiffchaff in the area |
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