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).
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Mongolian Ground-Jay - Mongolia 14th May 2023
08 April, 2020
Quick hour over the patch. Just golf course footpath, Mill, sea and back. Not as much as yesterday but some hints of spring;(RP)
Buzzard - 1
Kestrel - 1
Grey Heron - 2
Little Egret - 1
Whimbrel - 3 on beach and E
Redshank - 1
Med Gull - 3
Ringed Plover - 2
Song Thrush - 4
Skylark - 3
Swallow - 1
Cetti’s Warbler - 2
Chiffchaff - 3
Blackcap - 10
Elmer Rocks - Another early start but not too much reward. I did the beach with a short stop at Poole Place, the best being 7 Whimbrel east and 4 Swallows arriving. Also noted heading east were 2 Curlew, a single Brent Goose, a Little Egret, 3 R/b Mergansers and several Sandwich Terns and Gannets, whilst a single Willow Warbler was in the bushes.(OM)
A mid afternoon visit produced a Great Skua, 4 Med Gull several Sandwich Tern and 30 Sanderling all moving west, also 2 Grey Partridge, 3 Buzzard and a couple each of Chiffchaff and Blackcap.