Yet another mooch around the patch, this time the western edge, with the highlight being a Hobby north of the paddock. A Coal Tit and single Wheatear around Poole Place, also 2 Ringed Plover, and 2 Little Egret Climping Beach. Very quite offshore, with just 8 Great-crested Grebe, 6 Med Gull and a Sandwich Tern west.

Wheatear west of Poole Place

Med Gull Climping Beach

Still a lot of birds in song especially around the golf course, unfortunately nothing unexpected.

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 12

Blackcap - 16

Chiffchaff - 6

Reed Warber - 13

Sedge Warbler - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Bullfinch - 1

Jay - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Swift - 2

Swallow - 15

Stock Dove - 6

Green Woodpecker - 3

Kingfisher - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 1

Med Gull - 1

Lessser BB Gull - 2

Fulmar - 1W

Sandwich Tern - 1W

Great-crested Grebe - 1 os

Ringed Plover - 2

Lesser Whitethroat

Meadow Pipit

Song Thrush

Jay

Turtle Dove

A nice surprise in store for (OM) this morning, when a Turtle Dove alighted from the ground at Elmer and flew east over Poole Place

 21/5/21 - Elmer Rocks (0715-1015hrs): Sea-watching from a sheltered spot was the only option this morning. It wasn’t great, but a few birds of interest (OM)

Fulmar – 1W
Gannet – 2E, 20W
Manx Shearwater – 4W (1 & 3; the latter flock lingering a bit, giving reasonable scope views)
Grey Plover – 4W
Sandwich Tern – 1E, 1W
House Martin – 2N
Swallow – 1N
 

20/5/21: Elmer Rocks: I did a couple of hours sea-watching whilst also checking the beach, producing a close-in pale morph Arctic Skua, 18 Common Scoters and a late R/b Merganser east and 3 Fulmars west, plus about 20 Gannets and a Sandwich Tern offshore. My highlight though was finding a nesting Ringed Plover with 3 eggs – on the area where all the heavy machinery was stored during the sea-defence works last year – but also right in the middle of a dog-walking area so the odds must be against it surviving. Time will tell for these hardy little birds.

 A Spotted Flycatcher on the golf course was the highlight of the morning with the usual array of Warblers being present.

Peregrine fields north of golf course

A single Wheatear, 18 Oystercatcher east in a single flock, 3E Med Gull, 2 Shelduck west, 3 pairs of Whitethroat and a singing Reed Warbler.(NB)

Records for the 19th Marsh Farm

Little-ringed Plover - 2

Shelduck - 1

Yellowhammer - 1

Records of an Afternoon stroll along the river on the19th(MD)

Little Egret - 6

Grey Heron - 1

Oystercatcher - 1

Lapwing - 1

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 2

Great BB Gull -4

Lesser BB Gul - 2

Black -headed Gull - 57

Herring Gull - 275

Cormorant - 5

Whitethroat - 5

House Martin - 2

Swift - 8

Nothing of note around the golf course this morning although good numbers of Reed Warblers seen & heard.

Reed Warbler - 16

Cetti's Warbler - 3

Sedge Warbler - 3

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 8

Chiffchaff - 4

Blackcap - 7

Reed Bunting - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Swallow - 15

Grey Heron - 3

Ringed Plover - 5

Sanderling - 3  

Reed Warbler

Whitethroat

Linnet 

An hour an Climping late morning, found the patch very quiet 

Fulmar - 1W

Sandwich Tern - 8W

Gannet - 12E 4W

Oystercatcher - 6W

Great-crested Grebe - 5 os

Swallow - 7

Sand Martin - 1W

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Kestrel - 1

Kestrel Atherington

Marsh Farm early afternoon, didnt fair much better.

Little-ringed Plover - 2

Shelduck - 2

Lesser-BB Gull - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 2

Reed Warbler - 10

Sedge Warbler - 4

Yellowhammer - 4

Reed Bunting - 3

Whitethroat - 6

Blackcap - 8

Chiffchaff - 4

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Swift - 2

Swallow - 15

Stock Dove - 9

Lesser BB Gull 08/05/21

1st Dunlin on the scrape on the 8th

 Plenty Of Gannets & Sandwich Tern on the move this morning with a light phase Artic Skua close inshore being the highlight. (BA,ES)

Artic Skua - 1E

Great Skua - 1E 1W

Common Scoter - 6E

Brent Geese - 11E

Great-crested Grebe - 5 os 1E

Whimbrel - 3 golf course

Ringed Plover - 7

Sanderling - 15W

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 9

Blackcap - 11

Chiffchaff - 8

Willow Warbler - 1

Reed Warbler - 7

Sedge Warbler - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard

Reed Bunting - 2

Stock Dove - 8

For info, there was a cracking male Whinchat this morning (pic) at hotspot corner not too far west of Poole Place.

A Wheatear was around Poole Place, whilst another 4 Wheatears together were on the concrete road behind Poole Place (where Baird had put the logs and rocks on the field edges.

Didn’t really watch the sea.... 10 sandwich and 4 GCG’s offshore. Walked to Atherington/Bread lane – just a few Blackcaps, Chiffs and Whitethroats but nothing of any note, surprisingly. (OM)

River, Golf Course onto Atherington(ES)

Black Redstart - 1

Chifchaff - 6

Blackcap - 8

Whitethroat - 10

Reed warbler - 5

Sedge Warbler - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 2 heard

Willow Warbler - 1

Wheatear - 3

Sparrowawk - 2

Swift - 1

Sand Martin - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1 River

 Very quiet this morning, with nothing of note moving offshore. (BA,ES)

Hobby - 1

Buzzard - 2

Swift - 35 in off sea

Swallow - 14

House Martin - 1

Whimbrel - 7

Dunlin - 3W

Oystercatcher - 6W 5E

Common Sandpiper 2 river

Cormornat - 15W 4E

Shelduck - 1W

Gannet - nc

Sandwich Tern - 16W 9E

Great-crested Grebe - 7 os

Wheatear - 2

Willow Warbler - 2

Chifchaff - 4

Cetti's Warbler - 2 heard

Whitethroat - 12

Reed Warbler - 5

Sedge Warbler - 3

Reed Bunting - 3

Jay - 2

Little Egret - 1

Stock Dove - 1

Whimbrel golf course

Wheatear climping beach

Meadow Pipit west beach

Tortington to Ford along the River in windy conditions.(MD)

Corn Bunting - 6

Whimbrel - 2

Common Sandpiper - 2

Oystercatcher - 1

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Bunting - 3

Reed Warbler - 6

Sedge Warbler - 1

Whitethroat - 2

Pied Wagtail - 1

Buzzard - 3

Manx Shearwater

Blustery conditions at Climping this morning found several Manx Shearwater on the move, with some giving reasonable views.

Manx Shearwater - 14W 4E

Black-throated Diver - 1W 

Fulmar - 1E

Diver sp - 3W

Common Scoter - 27E

Sandwich Tern - 4W

Great-crested Grebe - 3W

Dunlin - 45W

Swift - 3N

House Martin - 2N

Swallow - 5

Wheatear - 2

Peregrine - 2

Marsh Farm this morning found a single Little-ringed Plover and 2 Shelduck on the scrape.

Very quiet around Climping this morning with very little moving offshore, except for a few Sandwich Terns and Gannets.

Med Gull - 15E 6W

Little Egret - 3

Sanderling - 16

Grey Heron - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 4

Swift - 2

Swallow - 10

Chiffchaff - 5

Blackcap - 9

Whitethroat - 10

Wheataer - 1

Bullfinch - 1

North along River Arun from Tortington

Red Kite - 1

Kestrel - 1

Cuckoo - 1

Corn Bunting - 1

Sedge Warbler - 4

Reed Warbler - 10

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Reed Bunting - 5

Whitethroat - 6

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Little Egret - 3

Lapwing - 5

Mute Swan - 13

Cuckoo 

Reports from Climping by (ES) for yesterday Saturday 1st May

Chiffchaff - 6

Blackcap - 10

Whitethroat - 16

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Coal Tit - 1 Marina

Reed Warbler - 5

Sedge Warbler - 4

Cetti's Warbler - 2 heard

Reed Bunting - 4

Whimbrel - 2

Swallow - 9

Sanderling - 2

Great-crested Grebe - 11

Kestrel - 1