The overnight snow did not produce the anticapted activity offshore this morning, with little movement and nothing of note. Combined totals below.

  

Red-throated Diver - 8W 1 os

Great-crested Grebe - 19 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 4W 2E 8 os

Brent Geese - 4W

Teal - 1E

Guillemot  1W 1 os

Med Gull - 30

Common Scoter - 2E

Oystercatcher - 3E 1W

Sanderling - 25

Turnstone - 40

Ringed Plover - 2

Golden Plover - 3 Elmer Beach

Stock Dove - c30

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 1

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 1

Song Thrush - 12+

Yellowhammer - 5

Reed Bunting - 7

Stonechat - 4

Skylark - 40+

Meadow Pipit - 20

Linnet - 15

Goldfinch - 6

 

Sanderling Climping Beach

A Black-throated Diver offshore from the car park was the highlight of a cold bright morning, with bvery little moving offshore. (BA, RG)

Red-throated Diver - 1 os

Diver sp - 1E

Razorbill - 1 os

Auk sp - 2W

Brent Geese - c100

Great-crested Grebe - 2E 9 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 10E 4 os

Gannet 1W 1E

Med Gull - 20

Oystercatcher - 5E 2W

Turnstone - 27W

Ringed Plover - 2W

Sanderling - 1W

Grey Partridge - 1

Yellowhammer - 6+

Reed Bunting - 12+

Skylark - 30+

Linnet - 7

Meadow Pipit - 20

Grey Wagtail - 1

Chiffchaff - 1

Yellowhammer

Reed Bunting

 

Several reports from today resulting in good coverage in grey cold overcast conditions.

Redshank - 2

Common Sandpiper - 1

Grey Plover - 17W

Golden Plover - heard

Turnstone - 11

Red-breasted Merganser - 7 os

Great-crested Grebe - 4

Little Egret - 2

Stonechat - 5

Reed Bunting - 5

Yellowhammer - 3

Grey Wagtail - 1

Linnet - 8

Meadow Pipit - c50+

Skylark - 30

Goldcrest - 2

Pied Wagtail - 15

Song Thrush - 3

Bullfinch - heard

Siskin - heard

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Redshank river

Common Sandpiper river

The highlight of this morning seawatch was 3 Velvet Scoter off Climping Beach. (RP)

Razorbill - 2

Great-crested Grebe - 8

Red-breasted Merganser - 6

Common Scoter - 1

Velvet Scoter - 3

Sanderling - 3

Turnstone - 13

Med Gull - 6

Stonechat - 2

Meadow Pipit - 30

Kingfisher - 1

Set-a-side, 6 Yellowhammer, 1 Reed Bunting, 1 Corn Bunting, 1 pair Stonechat, 2 Skylark.

Long Wood 1 Jay

Beach, 17 Grey Plover, 12 Pied Wagtail, 2 Med Gull

Offshore, 4 Red-breasted Merganser, 1 Great-crested Grebe

Bailiffscourt  A few Great & Blue Tits, 6 Blackbird 1 Goldcrest (CJ)

Quite offshore this morning, with just the usual Great-crested Grebe and Red-breasted Merganser offshore. A Golden Plover calling over longwood west, Peregrine and good numbers of Reed Bunting present in the setaside by the campsite. 

Highlight for (OM) this morning was 3 Firecrest in the wood west of Poole Place.

Firecrest (OM)

The cold front found plenty of interest on the sea this morning, with a  Whooper Swan west at 08:50 and 3 Goldeneye not seen locally for a while, 5 Gadwall and a Slavonion Grebe drifting offshore from the car park.

Whooper Swan - 1

Slavonian Grebe - 1

Goldeneye - 3 

Gadwall - 5

Shelduck - 11 8 os 3W

Teal - 10 os

Wigeon - 7 os

Common Scoter - 27E

Red-breasted Merganser - 19 os

Great-crested Grebe - 20 os

Brent Geese - 29W 8E

Guillemot - 1

Oysercatcher - 2W 1E

Grey Plover - 8 on beach

Lapwing - 1E

Turnstone - 25W

Little Egret - 2

Kestrel - 3

Starling - 55N

Pied Wagtail - 11

Skylark - 17

Stonechat - 3

From the river at Tortingington found 2 Marsh Harrier, 17 Mute Swan, Black Swan, 3 Buzzard, 2 Little Egret, 1 Snipe and c100 Linnet.

Grey overcast morning with good numbers of Skylark & Meadow Pipit present with very little movement offshore.

Yellowhammer - 3

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 12

Reed Bunting - 7

Stonechat - 3

Skylark - c60

Meadow Pipit - c70

Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard

Red-breasted Merganser - 15 os

Great-crested Grebe - 7 os

Auk sp 2W

Diver sp - 1W

Gannet - 4E

Med Gull - 1 os

Oystercatcher - 1W

Ringed Plover - 16W

Turnstone - 15W

Little Egret - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

An unexpected suprise with two Long-tailed Duck flying east at Climping Beach at 08:00 this morning, a Great-northern Diver west and a Red Kite late morning east over Bailiffscourt.

Long-tailed Duck - 2E

Great-northern Diver - 1W

Red-throated Diver - 1E

Diver sp - 1 os

Great-crested Grebe - 15

Red-breasted Merganser - 3 os

Brent Geese - 3E 2W

Wigeon - c100 W

Gannet - 2W

Turnstone - 3W

Grey Plover - 16W

Mute Swan - 7E

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Red Kite - 1

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 2

Reed Bunting - 3

Skylark - 24

Meadow Pipit - 25

Stonechat - 4

Pied Wagtail - 7

Goldcrest - 3

Jay - 2

Great-spotted Woodecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Stock Dove - 5

More Yellowhammers seen this morning with flocks of six seen twice around the old camp site and then again around the paddock. A short -eared Owl seen north of the camp site pursed by corvids. RP & ES

Buzzard - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Short-eared Owl - 1

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 1

Brent Geese - 4W

Red-breasted Merganser - 1

Common Scoter - 4

Great-crested Grebe - 8

Skylark - c30+

Meadow Pipit - 20

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 10

Green Woodpecker - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Stonechat - 2

Song Thrush - 3

Reed Bunting - 4

Yellowhammer - 6+

Good variety this morning in grey cloudy windless conditions with a Black-throated Diver offshore at Climping and two Swallow west late morning.

Black-throated Diver - 1 os

Red-throated Diver - 1W

Shag - 1 os

Razorbill - 2W 

Auk sp - 6W 2E

Common Scoter - 12E

Red-breasted Merganser - 2E 3W 3 os

Great-crested Grebe - 7W 2E

Gannet - 47W

Med Gull - 1W

Brent Geese - 2W 1E 16 os

Grey Plover - 21W

Ringed Plover - 19W

Osytercatcher 1W 1E

Curlew - 1W

Turnstone - 13W 

Swallow - 2W

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 18

Meadow Pipit - 25

Linnet - 5

Skylark - 18

Goldfinch - 14

Siskin - heard

Song Thrush - 1

Stonechat - 5

Cetti's Warbler - heard

Stock Dove - 9

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 1

Grey Partridge - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker

Quiet offshore this morning in the rain, but a Little Gull west was some consolation.

Little Gull - 1W

Med Gull - 2W

Gannet - 2E

Common Scoter - 3W

Wigeon - 45S

Auk sp - 1W

Red-breasted Merganser - 2 os

Great-crested Grebe - 2W 3 os

Grey Plover - 5

Turnstone - 33

Oystercatcher - 1E 

Rock Pipit - 1

Pied Wagtail - 5

Yellowhammer - 1

Skylark - 11

Buzzard - 2

Marsh Farm this morning, with nothing of note.

Buzzard - 6

Mute Swan - 2

Black Swan - 1

Gadwall - 43

Wigeon - 2

Teal - 1

Tufted Duck - 2

Chiffchaff - 5

Goldcrest - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 3 heard

Redwing - 6

Song Thrush - 17

Fieldfare - 3

Reed Bunting - 5

Grey Wagtail - 3

Pied Wagtail - 10

Siskin - 1

Bullfinch - 2

Linnet - 5

Meadow Pipit - 9

Skylark - 3

Jay - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

 

A short-eared Owl west over the sea at West Beach being mobbed by Gulls was the highlight this morning, closely followed by the number of Buntings in the area.

Short-eared Owl - 1w

Redshank - 2 river

Common Sandpiper - 1

Grey Plover - 1

Turnstone - 27

Sanderling - 3

Curlew -3 

Common Sandpiper - 1 river

Oystercatcher - 1

Snipe - 1

Mute Swan - 9

Little Egret - 4

Grey Heron - 1

Red-breasted Mereganser - 4 os

Yellowhammer - 4

Reed Bunting - 10

Stonechat - 4

Redwing - 2

Song Thrush - 5

Chiffchaff - 2

Goldcrest - 2

Bullfinch - 2

Linnet - 5

Meadow Pipit - 22

Skylark - 9

Pied Wagtail - 20

Starling c100

Jay - 3

Green Woodpecker - 1

Peregrine - 2

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Not as cold this morning and very slow offshore, so it was a tramp around the bushes that also didn't inspire a prolonged visit.

Curlew - 18

Grey Plovers - 1

Turnstone - 30

Sanderling - 10

Red-throated Diver 3 os

Great-crested Grebe - 7

Red-breasted Merganser - 5W

Auk sp - 2W

Shelduck - 3W

Common Scoter - 5E

Brent Geese - 19W 2E

Gannet - 1E

Med Gull - 10

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 3

Siskin - heard 

Redpoll - heard

Reed Bunting - 1

Stonechat - 3

Linnet - 7

Pied Wagtail - 11

Meadow Pipit - 17

Chiffchaff - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Skylark - 5

Jay - 1

Green Woodpecker - 5

Stock Dove - 3

Peregrine - 1

Kestrel - 2

Sparrowhawk - 2

Buzzard - 1

Seal - 1

Good numbers of Brent moving through west this morning, an Artic Skua late morning and 2 Black Redstart reported on Elmer beach west of Poole Place was the best of the rest. 

Artic Skua 1w dak phase

Brent Geese - 378W 4E

Mallard - 1E

Tufted Duck - 2W

Teal - 7W 5 os

Red-throated Diver - 2 os

Great-crested Grebe - 15 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 11W

Shelduck - 8W

Common Scoter - 18W

Turnstone- 33W

Dunlin - 7W

Sanderling - 2

Curlew - 2

Razorbill - 1 os

Lapwing - 2W

Gannet - 1W

Med Gull - 10

Grey Heon - 1

Brambling - heard

Siskin - heard - 

Redpoll - heard

Chiffchaff - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Stonechat - 1

Pied Wagtail - 8

Grey Wagtail - 2

Meadow Pipit - 25

Linnet - 15

Skylark - 7

Song Thrush - 1

Seal - 2

A Gooseander flying east close inshore was the highlight of a cold morning. Combined totals below.

Gooseander - 1E

Red-breasted Merganser - 3 os 3w 2e

Great-crested Grebe - 11 os

Brent Geese - 143w

Shelduck - 3w

Wigeon - 3w

Teal - 1w

Guillemot - 1 os

Razorbill - 2os

Auk sp - 1w

Med Gull - 

Oystercatcher - 2w

Dunlin - 7w

Turnstone - 11w

Ringed Plover - 7w

Peregrine - 2

Kestrel - 2

Fieldfare - c100+

Song Thrush - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 1

Skylark - 7

Stonechat - 3

Chiffchaff - 4

Goldcrest - 3

Siskin - 9

Skylark - 7

Pied Wagtail - 7

Meadow Pipit - 10

Grey Heron - 2

Seal - 1

Peregrine fields north of golf course

A cream capped Marsh Harrier flying west over Atherington late morning and a late Whitethroat north of the golf course were the only highlights this morning. Combined totals below.

Marsh Harrier - 1

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 2

Buzzard - 5

Kestrel - 1 

Brambling - heard

Siskin - 5

Chiffchaff - 3

Goldcrest - 1

Reed Bunting - 7

Stonechat - 6

Skylark - 15

Meadow Pipit - 25

Linnet - 17

Pied Wagtail - 24

Jay - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Mute Swan - 9

Wood Pigeon - c.500+ west

Stock Dove - 12

Med Gull - 45

Red-breasted Merganser - 36 os

Great-crested Grebe - 18 os

Tufted Duck - 2w

Ringed Plover - 23

Sanderling - 1

Walk totals (with Ship+Anchor to Littlehampton section alone in brackets).  Records for Tuesday 2/1121 (MD)

Common Sandpiper - 7 (5) 

Curlew - 3 (3) 

Redshank - 1 (1) 

Lapwing - 154 (0) 

Oystercatcher - 10 (10) 

Turnstone - 15 (15) 

Med Gull - 5 (5) 

Common Gull - 3 (3) 

BH Gull - 441 (440) 

Herring Gull - 508 (490) 

Peregrine - 2 (0) Buzzard - 4 (1) 

Meadow Pipit - 12 (8) 

Blackcap - 1 (0) 

Kingfisher - 2 (1) 

Teal - 1 (0) 

Little Egret - 6 (3) 

Grey Heron - 4 (2)

Glorious morning with a good variety seen, without anything of note.

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1 or 2

Kestrel - 1

Brambling - heard

Linnet - 10

Pied Wagtail - 7

Yellowhammer - 3

Reed Bunting - 7

Stonechat - 3

Blackcap - 2

Chiffchaff - 3

Goldcrest - 4 

Rock Pipit - 1

Meadow Pipit - 20

Redwing - 1

Song Thrush - 3

Great-crested Grebe - 1E 1os

Med Gull - 30