Very grey morning in a south west breeze.

Whinchat - 1

Stonechat - 2

Wheatear - 4

Whitethroat - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 2 heard

Chiffchaff - 17

Blackcap - 13

Grey Wagtail - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 9

Pied Wagtail - 1

Meadow Pipit - c.175

Linnet c.50

Skylark - 22

Reed Bunting - 2

Song Thrush - 2

Green Woodpecker - 5

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Jay - 1

Kestrel - 4

Sparrowhawk - 2

Med Gull - 7

Sandwich Tern - 33

Turnstone - 6

Curlew - 7

Grey Heron - 3

Little Egret - 4

Quieter still this morning, with very grey skies and light drizzle.

Chiffchaff - 24

Goldcrest - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 4

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 1

White Wagtail - 1

Blackcap - 21

Whitethroat - 4

Cetti's Warber - 1 heard

Reed Warbler - 1

Stonechat - 2

Wheatear - 3

Meadow Pipit - c.60

Reed Bunting - 2

Kestrel - 2

Sparrowhawk - 2

Buzzard - 1

Peregrine - 1

Jay - 1

Stock Dove - 5

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2

Song Thrush - 3

Grey Heron - 3

Little Egret - 3

Oystercatcher - 29W

Turnstone - 3

Snipe - 1

Curlew - 17

Great-crested Grebe - 2

Seal - 1

Yellow Wagtail Climping Beach

Plenty of birds on the move overhead in a bright west south west breeze.

Garden Warbler - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 6

Chiffchaff - 29

Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard

Willow Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 12

Grey Wagtail - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 17

White Wagtail - 2

Wheatear - 1

Stonechat - 7

Reed Bunting - 3

Song Thrush - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Jay - 3

Skylark - 16

Meadow Pipit - c.120+

Curlew - 13

Ringed Plover - 3

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 5

Buzzard - 1

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 2

Sand Martin - 2

Swallow - 55

House Martin - c.100

Had a stroll around this yesterday morning, but not that much to get excited. One thing is that the Setaside has attracted some really good numbers of Chats. Be good to see how the pool at the bottom of Long Wood works this year once some rain falls!

Walk from bread lane to Atherington carpark. Then East to the Mill along the shingle. (AH) 

Still some good waves of Swallows and House Martins overhead at all times. Lots of Meadow Pipits in the fields either side of the path heading to the sea.

Paddock 

1 Stonechat 

7 Goldfinch

15 House Sparrow 

3 Chiffchaff 

1 Whitethroat

1 Green woodpecker 

Setaside Really good numbers of Chats this morning. 

 7 Stonechats -possibly more 

2 Whinchat 

2 Wheatear 

Linnets c40 not counted

Sparrowhawk landed in the scrub and sat there for some time 

9 Yellow Wags dropped in for a bit 

Carpark 

4 Stonechat on fencing 

Whitethroat on log plie 

Whinchat on fencing 

1 Wheatear 

Beach 

Grey Heron 

7 Curlew 

2 Little Egrets 

3 Common Gull 

Wheatear on concrete blocks 

2 Med Gulls 

Beach to Mill Whitethroat f/ Black Cap, both feeding on the Blackberries. 2 Kestrel – flying together overhead.

Fewer birds than earlier in the week, no surprise given the weather conditions. (RP) 

Buzzard - 1 

Sparrowhawk - 1 

Kestrel - 1 

Peregrine - 1 

Little Egret - 1 

Grey Heron - 1 

Curlew - 11 

TurnStone - 4 

Med Gull - 2 

Redshank - 1 

Swallow - 100E 

Cetti’s Warbler - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 

Chiffchaff - 1 

Blackcap - 1 

Whitethroat - 2 

Garden Warbler 1 

Stonechat - 2 

Reed Bunting - 1 

Linnet - 20 

Goldfinch - 10 

Records for Wednesday 22nd (MD)

Did the walk down the river mid-morning to early afternoon on rising tide. Game of two halves with passerines and gulls good from Arundel to Ford, water birds better from Ford to LA. Lowest number and variety of gulls I think I've ever had on the Ford-LA stretch. Walk totals below with the Ford-LA stretch alone in (). 

Cormorant 4 (0) 

Mute Swan 23 (11) 

Mallard 24 (2) 

Little Egret 10 (10) 

Grey Heron 2 (1) 

Common Sandpiper 8 (5) 

Greenshank 1 (1) 

Curlew 1 (1) 

Turnstone 2 (2) 

Buzzard 4 (3) 

Kestrel 3 (1) 

Sparrowhawk 2 (0) 

BH Gull 847 (82) 

Herring Gull 166 (54) 

Med Gull 6 (0) 

GBB Gull 3 (3) 

Firecrest 1 (0) 

Wheatear 1 (0) 

Stonechat 2 (0) 

Jay 1 (1) 

Linnet 160 (0) 

Reed Bunting 7 (1) 

Lesser Whitethroat 2 (0) 

Willow Warbler 1 (0) 

Chiffchaff 8+ (2+) 

Reed Warbler 4 (1) 

Sedge Warbler 1 (0)

Swallow 28 (4)

 A longer walk to Long Wood and back but with fewer birds.(RP) 

Grey Heron - 1 
Little Egret - 3 
Kestrel - 2
Sparrowhawk -1 

Curlew - 8

Wood Pigeon - 250 

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Jackdaw - 2 

Stock Dove - 2 

Swallow; later movement than yesterday and far fewer 100+ 

Wheatear - 4 

Yellow Wagtail -1 

Meadow Pipit - 50 S

Stonechat - 5 

Chiffchaff - 25 

Cetti’s Warbler -1 

Whitethroat - 5 

Blackcap - 8 

Sedge Warbler -1 

Skylark -1 

Reed Bunting -1 

Linnet -10

 

A circuit from Elmer rocks to Climping setaside and back this morning. There was actually very little I could find on the setaside itself, but herewith my birds of interest....(OM)

Along the beach just east of Poole Place there were 42 Oystercatchers (these later moving to Elmer rocks to roost on the high tide). There were hundreds of Swallows moving through, mainly eastwards (no count attempted) and also plenty of Meadow Pipits amongst them.

However, on the back fields behind Poole Place, there were at least 300 (and probably many more) Meadow Pipits – which all took to the air when disturbed by a low-flying helicopter.

Two Buzzards and a kestrel also. Two Wheatears were on the coast path approaching Atherington. In the horse paddocks were a Whinchat, a Stonechat and 2 Whitethroats, plus around 10 Chiffchaffs in the hedgerows, whilst 6 Sandwich Terns were on the groynes by the car park. 

Not much else except 5 med Gulls and a couple of Little Egrets. Between Poole Place and Elmer hotspot/Kiosk there were at least 6 Clouded yellow butterflies. 

Sandwich Terns (OM)

Clouded Yellow (OM)

My first back of the golf course and dunes walk for over a year was very good. Some very nice birds and good to be out. Rather stiff and sore as a consequence but at least I made it. (RP)

Kestrel - 2 

Grey Heron - 2 

Med Gull - 40 

Moorhen - 2 

Green Woopecker - 1 

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1 

Swallow - 250+ 

House Martin - 25

Yellow Wagtail - 2 

Spotted Flycatcher -1 

Wheatear - 4 

Stonechat - 8 

Whinchat - 3 

Skylark - 1 

Blackcap - 6

Chiffchaff - 45 

Cetti’s Warbler - 1 

Whitethroat - 4 

Meadow Pipit - 45

Goldfinch - 15

Greenfinch - 10 

Linnet - 50family: arial;">

Records for Monday 20th Sept, generally pretty quiet with an afternoon walk from Kents down to the sea.(RP)

Buzzard - 2 

Kestrel - 2 

Dunlin - 2 

Swallow - 40 

Meadow Pipit - 6 

Wheatear - 2 

Stonechat - 1 

Whinchat - 1 

Whitethroat - 1

Lesser whitethroat - 1

Chiffchaff - 8

Nothing of note this morning, with less birds present than the last two days. No sign of the Short-toed Lark again this morning. Combined totals below.

Chiffchaff - 12

Willow Warbler - 1

Whitethroat - 3

Wheatear - 5

Reed Warbler - 1

Sedge Warbler - 1

Meadow Pipit - 40

Skylark - 6

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Grey Wagtail - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 1

Kingfisher - 1

Oystercatcher - 1W

Brent Geese - 3W

Eider - 4E 

Sandwich Tern - 10

Gannet - 37W

Med Gull - c.50 offshore

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 1

Eider past elmer rocks (OM)

Short-toed Lark

 

With a bright sunny morning and the anticipation that a clear out had occured over night, it was a suprise to find several Meadow Pipit in the area, with good numbers of hirundine on the move. The undoudted highlight was a Short-toed Lark in the setaside field north of Climping Beach. 

Whinchat - 1

Stonechat - 1

Wheatear - 5

Willow Warbler - 3

Chiffchaff - 20

Yellow Wagtail - 9

Grey Wagtail - 3

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 2

Reed Bunting - 3

Reed Warbler - 2

Meadow Pipit - c.30

Jay - 3

Song Thrush - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Dunlin - 1

Common Gull - 7

Sandwich Tern - 9

Quieter than yesterday in a brisk a south west wind and showers. 

Whinchat - 3

Stonechat - 1

Wheatear -5

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 2 heard

Chiffchaff - 6

Reed Warbler - 2

Yellowhammer - 1

Blackcap - 15

Whitethroat - 8

Reed Bunting - 2

Peregrine - 2

Buzzard - 1

Grey Heron - 4

Little Egret - 5

Curlew - 7

Turnstone - 4

A very grey cloudy morning with a hint of rain and a southerly breeze found the golf course fairly quiet, although variety and numbers said otherwise.

Whinchat - 2

Stonechat - 1

Garden Warbler - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 15

Sedge Warbler - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard

Blackcap - 25

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Wheatear - 5

Yellowhammer - 1

Song Thrush - 1

Linnet - c.100+

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Jay - 1

Swallow - c.50E

Peregrine - 2

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 3

Grey Heron - 5

Whimbrel - 1W

Greenshank - 1W

Oystercatcher - 33W

Ringed Plover - 1

Med Gull - 17

Marsh Farm this evening with a single Greenshank, 2 Yellow Wagtail and 9 Pied Wagtail on the scrape, and a Hobby, Kingfisher, and 2 Gadwall around the big pool.

Very quiet this morning, with a  steady trickle of mixed hirundine moving east into a brisk easterly wind. 

Spotted Fly - 2

Whinchat - 1

Stonechat - 1

Wheatear - 5

Yellow Wagtail - 3

Blackcap - 2

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 3

Chiffchaff - 2

Willow Warbler - 1

Grey Heron - 3

Little Egret - 1

Oystercatcher - 33W

Med Gull - c.60

Wheatear Climping Beach

Spot Fly Bailiffscourt

The Wryneck showed well this morning on top of the bushes by the 13th Tee from the footpath. Combined totals below.

Wryneck - 1

Swift - 1

Swallow - nc

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 2

Sedge Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 10

Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Whitethroat - 10

Redstart - 1

Whinchat - 8

Stonechat - 1

Spot Fly - 2

Wheatear - 17

Yellow Wagtail - 25

Bullfinch - 1

Linnet - c.40

Little Egret - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Oystercatcher - 12W

Turnstone - 2

Med Gull - c.70

Black-headed Gull - c.150

Wryneck (MB)

Constant movement of mixed flock hirundine east along the beach this morning, also good numbers Grey Wagtail, combined totals belows.

Grey Wagtail - 22+

Yellow Wagtail - 15

Redstart - 1

Spotted Fly - 2

Whinchat - 10

Wheatear - 3

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 8

Garden Warbler - 2

Blackcap - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard

Willow Warbler - 5

Chiffchaff - 3

Bullfinch - 1

Sparrowhawk - 3

Kestrel - 2

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 5

Snipe - 2

Greenshank - 1 heard

Teal - 1W

Turnstone - 

Sandwich Tern - 8E

Med Gull - c.50

Sparrowhawk West Beach

Whinchat bottom of longwood

Wheatear 

 The Wryneck still present along the footpath at the back of the golf course by the 13th tee late morning, but flighty and elusive. Also Pied Fly at the entrance to 1st Wood, 2 female Redstart in the paddock, 40+ Yellow Wagtail, 2 Spot Flys and a Little-ringed Plover over.(RG)

A good variety of birds seen today with a Wryneck found by (RG) at the back of the golf course by the 13th Tee being the highlight. Although very flighty with regular disturbance on the footpath and golf course. 

Wryneck - 1

Redstart - 1

Whinchat - 7

Wheatear - 16

Spotted Fly - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 27

Grey Wagtail - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 16

Bullfinch - 1

Blackcap - 8

Linnet - c.300+

Goldfinch - 60+

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Grey Heron - 4

Little Egret - 1

Sand Martin - 13

Swallow - 10

Black-tailed Godwit - 5

Greenshank - 1 heard

Dunlin - 3

Turnstone - 5

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 3

Sparrowhawk - 3

Kestrel - 2

Med Gull - c.100+

Spot Fly Kents

Whinchat West Beach

Wheatear

Peregrine

Mid-morning walk around Marsh Farm, produced a Grasshopper Warbler and Redstart, around the bushes, Kingfisher along the rife, and 2 Greenshank and a single Snipe on the scrape.