The Black Guillemot off Climping Beach this afternoon, viewed initially from Poole Place , then flew east and picked up again 200 yards west of the car park. Too wet for the camera, so attempted phone scoping. 

A dull grey morning but with a good selection of birds around. Combined totals from (RP & DB)

Black Guillemot - 1 off Poole Place
Grasshopper Warbler - 1
Redstart - 1
Whinchat - 1
Whitethroat - 15
Willow Warbler - 14
Chiffchaff - 6
Blackcap - 8
Reed Warbler - 10
Sedge Warbler - 1
Cetti's warbler - 1
Wheatear - 4
Skylark - 6
Mistle Thrush - 1
Song Thrush - 4
Little Egret - 1
Grey Heron - 3
Short-eared Owl - 1
Buzzard - 1
Gannet - 25+
Great-crested Grebe - 6
Bar-tailed Godwit - 30e
Commic Tern - 10
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Green Woodpecker - 1

Generally very quiet on a grim grey day, although the highlight was the Black Guillemot again off Climping Beach. (RP)

Black Guillemot - 1

Artic Skua - 1

Commic Tern - 20+

Gannet - 20

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1

Turnstone - 12

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Grey Heron - 3

Grey Partridge - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 1

Swallow - 32

House Martin - 2

Meadow Pipit - 8

Skylark - 4

Wheatear - 8

Whitethroat - 10

Willow Warbler - 5

Blackcap - 6

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Reed Warbler - 3

 

An hours sea watch from east beach Littlehampton from 09-30 this morning produced the following.(RP)

Gannet- 42e 7w
|Common Scoter - 112e
Fulmar - 1w
Great Skua - 2e
Little Tern - 5e
Sandwich Tern - 4
Commic Tern - 5
Diver - sp 1e
Great-crested Grebe - 4
Swallow - 1
Turnstone - 8

A Pied Fly at the start of the footpath from the back of the golf course was the highlight of the morning.

Pied Flycatcher - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 4
Whitethroat - 10
Willow Warbler - 3
Chiffchaff - 4
Blackcap - 12
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Sedge Warbler - 1
Reed Warbler - 4
Swallow - 7
Song Thrush - 2
Grey Heron - 2
Little Egret - 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2
Green Woodpecker - 1
Grey Partridge - 4
Sparrowhawk - 2
Med Gull - 2

Whitethroat west beach

A summer plumage Black Guillemot still lurking around Climping Beach and up to Poole Place this morning, seen in flight and wing clapping maybe 200 yards offshore. A Whinchat in the horse paddock with at least 6 Wheatear.

Black Guillemot - 1
Great Skua - 1
Diver sp - 1w
Mediterranean Gull - 25e 6w
Common Tern - 2w
Sandwich Tern - 8w
Gannet - 45w 9e
Common Scoter - 6e
Whimbrel - 17w
Shelduck - 1w
Great-crested Grebe - 3
Grey Partridge - 2
Whinchat - 1
Wheatear - 12
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 9
Willow Warbler - 2
Chiffchaff - 7
Blackcap - 4
Reed Warbler - 2
Jay - 1
Green Woodpecker - 2
Swallow - 12
Sand Martin - 1
Buzzard - 3

Whinchat Horse Paddock

Wheatear Climping Beach

Whimbrel Poole Place

Distinctly cooler than the last couple of days, with good numbers of Wheatear present. (RP)

Sparrowhawk - 1
Grey Heron - 1
Sanderling - 14
Common Sandpiper - 1
Grey Partridge - 3
Shelduck - 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Green Woodpecker - 2
Swallow - 8
Song Thrush - 4
Wheatear - 18
Whitethroat - 6
Reed Warbler - 3
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Chiffchaff - 10
Blackcap - 10

The Water Pipit still present in the horse paddock early morning and a White Wagtail present there.

Peregrine - 1
Little Egret - 7
Grey Heron - 1
Gannet - 1
Fulmar - 1
Sandwich Tern - 8
Comic Tern - 10
Little Tern - 8
Ringed Plover - 2
Oystercatcher - 4
Grey Partridge - 3
Whimbrel - 4e
Wheatear - 4
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2
Green Woodpecker - 1
Little Owl - 1
Swallow - 8
Skylark - 6
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Reed Warbler - 3
Sedge Warbler - 2
Whitethroat - 15
Blackcap - 10
Reed Bunting - 1
White Wgatail - 1
Water Pipit - 1

Water Pipit

A nice surprise in the form of a summer plumaged Water Pipit showing well in the horse paddock off bread lane. Showed well for the usual suspects to connect but not seen after. Also a reeling Grasshopper Warbler from the back of the golf course and a Artic Skua east offshore. Combined totals below.

Water Pipit - 1
Grasshopper Warbler - 1
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 11
Willow Warbler - 1
Chiffchaff - 9
Sedge Warbler - 2
Reed Warbler - 2
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Blackcap - 10
Wheatear - 5
Skylark - 10
Linnets - 40
Swallow - 3
Song Thrush - 1
Mistle Thrush - 1
Grey Heron - 2
Grey Partridge - 5
Sparrowhawk - 2
Fulmar - 1e
Artic Skua - 1e
Sandwich Tern - 6w 10e
Great-crested Grebe - 3
Gannet - 3e
Mediterranean Gull - 10e
Sanderling - 5e
Turnstone - c.50

Water Pipit

At last good numbers of common migrants around the patch, my first Wheatears of the year with at least 12 along West Beach, a Whinchat along the rife north of the golf course, and a Yellow Wagtail over head there.

Wheatear - 12
Whinchat - 1 
Yellow Wagtail - 1
Sedge Warbler - 1
Reed Warbler - 3
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Whitethroat - 14
Lesser Whitethroat - 1 end mill path
Blackcap - 15
Chiffchaff - 7
Coal Tit - 2
Reed Bunting - 2
Skylark - 10
Linnet - c.40
Green Woodpecker - 2
Swallow - 8
Grey Heron - 2
Little Egret - 1
Grey Partridge - 4
Red Kite - 2
Kestrel - 2
Buzzard - 2
Med Gull - 8
Common Scoter - 6e
Great-crested Grebe - 3
Turnstones - c.50w

Still no Wheatears, but a few more common migrants trickling in.

Sedge Warbler - 2
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Whitethroat - 5
Chiffchaff - 6
Blackcap - 8
Bullfinch - 3
Coat Tit - 1
Skylark - 10
Swallow - 1
Mistle Thrush - 2
Song Thrush - 2
Jay - 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Green Woodpecker - 1
Sparrowhawk - 1
Grey Heron - 2
Ringed Plover - 2
Sanderling - 25
Greylag Geese - 2
Med Gull - 5

First visit to the patch for a while and still relatively very quite although other sites suggest good movements offshore, combined efforts below.

Swallow - 2
Whiethroat - 1
Balckcap - 5
Chiffchaff - 8
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Skylark - 13
Linnet - 10
Buzzard - 3
Kestrel - 1
Jay - 1
Little Egret - 1
Red-legged Partridge - 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2
Green Woodpecker - 1
Brent Geese - 8w
Common Scoter - 2e
Sandwich Tern 4e 1w
Gannet - 1w 1e
Great-crested Grebe - 1

Still very quiet in the patch today with the highlight being a Red Kite north of the golf course with at least 7 Buzzard and a Peregrine and 4 Firecrest around the bushes. Quiet offshore with 12 Mediterranean Gull, 20 Red-breasted Merganser and 13 Great-crested Grebe on the sea, 4 Sandwich Tern west and small numbers of Gannet lingering.