Not very much offshore today in the blustery conditions, the clear highlights being 2 Avocets east at 0843hrs, and a Great Skua heading west, half way out and upsetting the local gulls. Other sightings were:- (OM)

Great Black-backed Gull  - 9 (6E, 1W, 2os)
Whimbrel – 1E
Oystercatcher – 6 on rock islands
Gannet – 2W
Gt Crested Grebe – 2 o/s
Sandwich Tern – 23 (4E and 19W)
Swift – 3N from sea
Whitethroat – 3 in bushes behind beach
Linnet – 4

Avocet east off Poole Place

Another fine sunny morning with less wind, found Wheatears into double figures along the beach. Frustratingly I did miss the seven Pomarine Skua reported earlier from Selsey, moving just too far out for Climping, but found some consolation in the form of a Great Skua tracking east from Poole Place.

Whimbrel - 23E

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1E

Dunlin - 3E

Sanderling - 20E

Oystercatcher - 13E

Common Scoter 8E

Shelduck 3E 1W

Red-breasted Merganser - 2W

Ringed Plover - 2

Little Egret - 7

Med Gull - 12

Sandwich Tern - 40E 30W

Gannet - 7E 4W

Swallow - c50+

Swift - 2E

Yellowhammer - 8

Cetti's Warbler - 4

Reed Warbler - 4

Sedge Warbler - 2

Willow Warbler - 3

Reed Bunting - 6

Whitethroat - nc

Blackcap - nc

Chiffchaff - nc

Mistle Thrush - 2

Green Woodpecker - 2

Wheatear 

Yellowhammer

 

Records from (DB) of a Little-ringed Plover calling and seen twice over the setaside this morning, and a Swift over the golf course. 

Sea watch Climping beach from 15:10

Little-ringed Plover - 1 setaside

Wheatear - 3

Great -crested Grebe - 3

Med Gull - 8

Gannet - 5E 2W

Sandwich Tern - 34E 5W

Commic Tern - 2E

Whimbrel - 37E

Common Scoter - 7E

Swallow - 15

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard -1

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Grey Seal - 1

LRP in the setaside 15:00