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Lesser Crested Tern - Oman 28th Feb 2024

27 May, 2021

 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






26 May, 2021

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


22 May, 2021

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 May, 2021

 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.




20 May, 2021

 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

13 May, 2021

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 

11 May, 2021

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





10 May, 2021

 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

07 May, 2021

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


05 May, 2021

 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



04 May, 2021

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.


02 May, 2021

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