Good numbers of Skylark in song around the fields along the River east of Tortington this morning in early foggy conditions.

Marsh Harrier - 1

Peregrine - 1

Kestrel - 1

Reed Bunting - 7

Linnet - c.40

Meadow Pipit - 6

Stonechat - 1

Chiiffchaff - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard

Fieldfare - 7

Mute Swan - 71 

Cormorant - 3

Little Egret - 1

Coot - 1

Common Sandpiper - 2

Redshank - 3

Cormorant 

Meadow Pipit

Marsh Farm late morning with 4 Egyptian Geese on the bigger pool.

Egyptian Geese - 4

Cormorant - 3 

Water Rail - 1 heard

Grey Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 21

Meadow Pipit - 

Reed Bunting - 1

Yellowhammer - 2

Skylark - 7

Song Thrush - 5

Goldcrest - 1

Chiffchaff - 7

Buzzard - 5

Kestrel - 1

Egyptian Geese on the bigger Pool

Grey Wagtail

A few more Chiffchaff in the area

Buzzard

Quite this morning at Climping Beach with the highlight being a Slavonian Grebe moving west off Poole Place, several Med Gulls on the move east and at least two Chiffchaff around Atherington.

Red-throated Diver - 4E 5os 

Diver sp 3E

Shoveler - 2W (PD)

Shelduck - 1 N

Common Scoter - 3 os

Med Gull - 33E 7W

Red-breasted Merganser - c.45 os

Great-crested Grebe - 8 os

Brent Geese - 1E, 1 in field

Cormorant - 9E

Oystercatcher - 7 on beach

Turnstone - 13W

Chiffchaff - 2

Pied Wagtail - 2

Jay - 1

Green Woodpecker - 1

Elmer Rocks records for 26th Feb 2021 (OM)

There was nothing really moving, but the flat calm sea enabled good viewing conditions for picking out what was offshore. A Slavonian Grebe was the highlight – albeit a fair way out – but also present were 55 Red-breasted Mergansers, with birds displaying amongst several of the flocks, plus a couple of Great Crested Grebes. Three Mute Swans were also on the sea, before flying west, then east, then settling offshore again, whilst Pintail featured again, with a flock of 4 east. Nine Oystercatchers were on the beach and 24 Turnstones and a single Ringed Plover were roosting on the rocks and finally a Chiffchaff was in the tamarisk hedge adjoining the beach.

Sea watch from Elmer Rocks 08:40-11:00 (OM)

Red-throated Diver - 3E
Fulmar - 1W

Gannet - 3W

Brent Geese - 104E

Pintail - 30E

Red-breasted Merganser - 6 os

Razorbill - 2E

Auk sp - 5E

Egyptian Geese

Quite offshore this morning at Climping with the highlight being 4 Egyptian Geese picked up on the sea, onto the shoreline briefly before flying off east.

Egyptian Geese - 4E

Red-throated Diver - 7E 6os

Diver sp - 1E

Common Scoter - 7 os

Great-crested Grebe - 11 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 15 os

Med Gull - 16W 17E

Cormorant - 5W 1E

Brent Geese - 14E

Oystercatcher - 6 on beach 3E

Skylark - 4

Stock Dove - 3

Kestrel - 1

Egyptian Geese Climping Beach

 Marsh Farm this morning absent of all wildfowl, with several fisherman onsite.

Firecrest - 1

Goldcrest - 4

Chiffchaff - 5

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Coal Tit - 2

Treecreeper - 1

Grey Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 15

Stonechat - 2

Meadow Pipit - 33

Reed Bunting - 3

Yellowhammer - 5

Skylark - 5

Siskin - 5

Linnet - 6

Greenfinch - 5

Bullfinch - 2

Fieldfare - 12

Redwing - 9

Song Thrush - 11

Jay - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Buzzard - 3

Showy Firecrest

Chiffchaff

Pied Wagtail

Quite morning offshore with very little movement, with the highlight being a Great-northern Diver flying east and landed on the sea at Climping Beach.

Great-northern Diver - 1E os

Wigeon - 17W

Brent Geese - 46E 10 in fields 

Great-crested Grebe - 1 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 5W

Kittiwake - 2E

Med Gull - 23E 10W

Cormorant - 1W

Turnstone - 75W

Sanderling - 25W

Oystercatcher - 24E 5 on beach

Mistle Thrush - 2

Goldfinch - 2

Pied Wagtail - 2

Skylark - 7

Stock Dove - 1

A ringtail Hen Harrier reported  working both sides of the River from the Tortington junction at 09:15 (MD), but not seen from 10:30 when I arrived.

Peregrine - 2

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Snipe - 1

Linnet - 65

Skylark - 15

Meadow Pipit - 11

Reed Bunting - 7

Mute Swan - 53

Cormorant - 2

Redshank - 2

Common Sandpiper - 1

Wigeon - 40

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

 A check on the golf course, found just 2 Grey Partridge and a female Stonechat,  hundreds of Brent in the fields west of the Mill, constantly on the move because of the crow scarers, and  a Little Egret and 15 Lapwing north of long wood. Good numbers of Sanderling and Grey Plover on West Beach trying to avoid the dog walkers, 11 Song Thrush present around Kents, and hundreds of Gulls still present in the area.

Little Egret 

Marsh Farm

With a bitterly cold wind chill didn't fancy the beach again so opted for a late morning visit to Marsh Farm. Plenty of Song Thrush around, and all the ponds still partially frozen.

Gadwall - 16

Teal - 27

Wigeon - 1

Little Grebe - 1

Lapwing - 8

Snipe - 9

Grey Heron - 2

Mute Swan - 2

Cormorant - 3

Marsh Harrier - 1

Buzzard - 4

Kestrel - 2

Song Thrush - 32

Mistle Thrush - 2

Redwing - 7

Fieldfare - 23

Chiffchaff - 4

Grey Wagtail - 3

Pied Wagtail - 2

Skylark - 11

Meadow Pipit - 3

Yellowhammer - 4

Stonechat - 1

Jay - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Chiffchaff

Redwing

Fieldfare

Grey Wagtail

Marsh Harrier

Wigeon

Gadwall

Lapwing

Quieter than yesterday with fewer Gulls in the area, bitterly cold wind chill so didn't spend long looking at the sea.

 

Brent Geese - 50E c.175 in fields west of Mill

Red-throated Diver - 2E

Great-crested Grebe - 2E

Red-breasted Merganser - 4W 3E

Gannet - 3E

Curlew - 1E

Dunlin - 1E

Sanderling - 35E

Grey Plover - 8E 15 on beach

Lapwing - 40

Med Gull - 60 beach & fields

Common Gull - c.75

Great-BB Gull - 15

Lesser BB Gull - 1

Stonechat - 1

Pied Wagtail - 2

Mistle Thrush - 1

Song Thrush - 10

Buzzard - 2

Lapwing

Lesser BB Gull

Mistle Thrush

Assorted Gulls bottom of Long Wood

First visit to the patch for a few days found hundreds of both Med & Common Gull in the area. Green Sandpiper flushed from the bottom of Long Wood and Lapwing with at least one Golden Plover in the field south of Ferry Road.

Red-Throated Diver - 7E 4W 3 os

Great-crested Grebe - 3 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 9

Curlew - 2E

Brent Geese - c.200 in field south of long wood

Green Sandpiper - 1

Golden Plover - 1

Lapwing - 40

Grey Plover - 43

Dunlin - 9

Sanderling - 19

Stonechat - 1

Skylark - 8

Pied Wagtail - 3

Meadow Pipit - 5

Buzzard - 1

Common & Med Gull present in good numbers

Sanderling Climping Beach

Onto Marsh Farm which disappointedly was very quiet, with only 9 Teal, 2 Gadwall, Grey Heron, 9 Fieldfare and 6 Yellowhammer.

Fieldfare

Final stop, walking north along the River at Tortington scanning the fields east.

Marsh Harrier - 2

Buzzard - 1

Mute Swan - 38

Wigeon - 40

Teal - 8

Little Egret - 5

Lapwing c.150

Linnet - c.100

Chiffchaff - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Common Sandpiper - 1

Common Sandpiper 

Elmer Rocks 09:00 - 11:00  A good count of Auks on the move this morning with an estimated 4460 West in a two hour sea watch.(OM)

Red-throated Diver - 22E 2 os 

Great-crested Grebe - c.10 os 

Gannet - 80W Brent Goose - 120W 

Red-breasted Merganser 25 os 

Wigeon - 2E 9W 

Teal - 18E 74W 

Razorbill c.50 

Guillemot - 1 or 2 

Lapwing 26W 

Sanderling - 45 shoreline 

Dunlin - 1 

Turnstone - 10 

Ringed Plover - 15 

Common Gull - 35 

Med Gull - 20

Lyminster

A late morning start, but productive around the fields north & west of Lyminster Church.

Marsh Harrier - 2

Red Kite - 2

Buzzard - 5/6

Sparrowhawk - 3

Kestrel - 2

Little Egret - 6

Kingfisher - 1

Mute Swan - 30

Grey Heron - 1

Lapwing - 2

Wigeon - 7

Egyptian Goose - 2

Gadwall - 3

Mistle Thrush - 2

Song Thrush - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 3 heard

Chiffchaff - 1

Yellowhammer - 4

Reed Bunting - 7

Skylark - 19

Greenfinch - 5

Goldfinch - 7

Linnet - 45

Stonechat - 5

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 9

Stock Dove - 1

Marsh Harrier

Red Kite

Sparrowhawk

Egyptian Geese

Stonechat

Climping beach late afternoon found c.300 Brent Geese in Cudlow field, 7W Red-throated Diver,  with 2 on sea. Small numbers of Gannet, Red-breasted Merganser and Great-crested Grebe moving offshore, and 2 Guillemot on sea, with several unidentified Auks moving further out. A large flock of Sanderling c.100, flew east then west at 16:30.

 A walk around  Marsh Farm this morning because of the dense fog and found the following.

Firecrest - 1
Treecreeper - 1
Reed Bunting - 4
Cett's Warbler - 1 heard
Shoveler - 4
Teal - 4
Buzzard - 1
Mistle Thrush - 1
Song Thrush - 3
Redwing - c.60

Firecrest

 A Cattle Egret with 3 Little Egrets viewed from the river bank north of Tortington, best viewed from fields north of the Knucker hole Lyminster. Also 39 Mute Swan, c.50 Fieldfare, 2 Stonechat, 2 Shelduck, good numbers of  Meadow Pipit, Linnet, Skylark, Yellowhammer and singles of Buzzard and Kestrel.