Pale-bellied Brent amongst the c700 in Cudlow field

 

Brent Geese numbers on the increase with c800+ in the cudlow field. Two Jack Snipe and a Common Snipe in the set-aside and a Dartford Warbler at the bottom of Long wood.

Combined numbers today from around the area.

Jack Snipe - 2 Elmer set-aside (OM)

Golden Plover - 12 bottom long wood

Grey Plover - c40

Dunlin - 3

Ringed Plover - 25

Oystercatcher - 11

Rock Pipit - 1

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 13

Meadow Pipit - 17

Skylark - 33

Dartford Warbler - 2 (AH)

Stonechat - 3

Reed Bunting - 1 

Brent Geese - c500

Buzzard - 3

Med Gull - 25

Red-breasted Merganser - 3w 1e

Had a quick wonder out this morning before the rain, not very comprehensive, but a casual list of anything obvious, 12 Pintails in with the Brents was good and your Ringed Plover with leg rings.(AH)

Brents c 600/700 hundred in field West of Mill and on sea
Dunlin x 1 Setaside
Golden Plover x 18 in field West of Mill
Goldfinch x 28
Great Black Backed Gull 13– roosting in field West of Mill
Grey Heron x 1
Grey Plover x 27 mainly in the field West of Atherington / car park
Kestrel x 2
Lapwing x 28 in field West of Mill
Linnet c 45
Med Gulls x 13
Pied Wagtails 8
Pintails x 12 in with the Brent flock
Redshank x 1 in the field West of Atherington / car park
Ringed Plover x 17 including ringed Welsh / Spurn seen bird
Skylark x 1
Song Thrush x 2
Turnstone x 2

Brent Geese with Pintail

Dunlin

 A distant Red-necked Grebe drifting west off Elmer Rocks  late morning seen by OM.

Yet another bright sunny cold morning with the Marsh Harrier still present from the set-aside.

Marsh Harrier - 1

Buzzard - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Dartford Warbler - 4

Stonechat - 5

Goldcrest - 11

Skylark - 65

Linnet - c100

Meadow Pipit - 5

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 17

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Bunting - 9

Greenfinch - 5

Goldfinch - 20

Mistle Thrush - 3

Song Thrush - 17

Great- spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 2

Golden Plover - 42

Lapwing - 37

Grey Plover - 15

Sanderling - 7

Ringed Plover - 11

Turnstone - 25

Little Egret - 1

Snipe - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 10

Red-breasted Merganser - 15

Red-throated Diver - 2e 3 os

Auk sp - 15w

Gadwall - 2e

Teal - 5e 8os

Med Gull - 25

Brent Geese c500

A very cold bright morning from the car park up to West Beach and back produced the following.

Brent Geese - c500

Gadwall - 2w

Lapwing - 10

Golden Plover - 13

Grey Plover - 5

Ringed Plover - 2

Redshank - 1 hrd

Med Gull - 11

Skylark - c60

Linnet - c75

Greenfinch - 20

Reed Bunting - 4

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 6

Stonechat - 1

Song Thrush - 14

Stock Dove - 30

Marsh Harrier - 1

Peregrine - 2

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Little Egret - 2

Marsh Harrier around the Set-aside

Golden Plover

Brent Geese west of the Mill

Ringed Plover multiple colour rings

Walked the dog along Climping beach eastwards this morning – in the fields were the following: (PB) 

Brent Geese - 600

Golden Plover - c100

Lapwing - c30

Green Woodpecker - 2

Med Gull - c12

Common Gull - 3

Skylark - 30

Pied Wagtail - 4

Yet another bright cold day with again nothing moving offshore. At least 4 Dartford Warbler in the area, with 2 along rife up to Ferry road, and a pair at the start of the footpath south of the camp site. 20 Lapwing in the field north of long wood and a Sandwich Tern off Climping Beach.

Stonechat - 8

Skylark - c100

Meadow Pipit - 15

Mistle Thrush - 2

Song Thrush - 13

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 9

Greenfinch - 5

Reed Bunting - 7

Linnet - 22

Goldfinch - 27

Kestrel - 1

Razorbill - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 13

Red-breasted Merganser - 11

Med Gull - 25

 

Dartford Warbler 

Stonechat 

Another cold bright sunny morning with again very little moving offshore.

Red Kite - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Dartford Warbler - 1

Stonechat - 3

Skylark - 30

Pied Wagtail - 7

Grey Wagtail - 1

Reed Bunting - 4

Greenfinch - 3

Goldfinch - 25

Linnet - 20

Goldcrest - 3

Ringed Plover - c50

Grey Plover - 12

Oystercatcher - 15

Sanderling - 27

Turnstone - 30

Great-crested Grebe - 23

Red-breasted Merganser - c30

Razorbill - 1

Auk sp - 2

Cormorant - 17

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 5

Med Gull - 5

Common Sandpiper - 1 

Sanderling Climping Beach

Common Sandpiper Marina

A very cold grey morning with very little moving offshore.

Firecrest - 2 Bailiffs

Dartford Warbler - 2 Setaside

Chiffchaff - 2 lMill & long wood

Goldcrest - 6

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 6

Skylark - 28

Stonechat - 2

Reed Bunting - 2

Raven - 2

Buzzard - 1

Jay - 3

Song Thrush - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2 

Red-throated Diver - 1e

Brent Geese - c120

Canada Geese - 6e

Great-crested Grebe - 10

Red-breasted Merganser - 12 

Med Gull - 10

Gannet - 2w

Mute Swan - 2e

Razorbill - 1

Ringed Plover - 40

Oystercatcher - 10

Sanderling - 2

Turnstone - 22

Grey Heron - 1

Elmer Rocks 

The sea was fairly calm, but initially seemed to be devoid of any birds, until I found a diver behind the rock islands. It was constantly diving and immediately appeared very black-and white, but I didn’t want to jump to conclusions, so I spent quite some while before confirming it was a Black-throated Diver. It eventually drifted slowly east towards Poole Place but much further out, until I lost it. Later a diver sp flew west…possibly the same bird?? There wasn’t much else; Gannet – 8E, Great Crested Grebe – 2o/s, Brent Goose – 10 o/s, R/b Merganser – 1W, and Common Scoter – 1E.

Two Stonechats were in the hotspot set-aside, whilst in the distance over 100 Brent Geese were flighting into the Climping arable fields. (OM)

Very quiet offshore with the only bird of note being a Goldeneye on the sea from Climping Beach.

Brent Geese - 15 fields 7w

Red-breasted Merganser - 3 offshore

Med Gull - 11

Ringed Plover - 30

Grey Plover - 7

Oystercatcher - 15 7e

Turnstone - 17

Dartford Warbler - 1

Stonechat - 3

Rock Pipit - 2

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 9

Meadow Pipit - 5

Skylark - 32

Goldfinch - 45

Reed Bunting - 3

Song Thrush - 3

Goldcrest - 2

Starling - 75

Sparrowhawk - 2

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Mute Swan - 5

Sparrowhawk 

Rock Pipit

A grey cold gloomy morning produced a few surprises with a Woodcock in the hotel grounds, Jack Snipe in the seta-side and a Water Rail heard from the rife near the camp site. The run of Little Gulls continued with an adult and 1st winter in fields at Climping Beach.(BA, RP)

Woodcock - 1

Jack Snipe - 1

Water Rail - 1 hrd

Kingfisher - 1

Little Gull - 2

Kittiwake - 2

Med Gull - 15

Brent Geese - 71

Dartford Warbler - 3

Reed Bunting - 3

Yellowhammer - 5

Stonechat - 2

Goldcrest - 5

Mistle Thrush - 1

Song Thrush - 6

Skylark - 21

Meadow Pipit - 7

Linnet - 30

Rock Pipit - 1

Grey Wagtail - 1

Goldfinch - 10

Greenfinch - 3

Long-tailed Tit - 18

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2

Stock Dove - 15

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 2

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 1

Ringed Plover - 37

Sanderling - 31

Grey Plover - 16

Dunlin - 2

Oystercatcher - 9

Turnstone - 20

Little Gulls 

Kittwake Climping Beach

Dartord Warbler

 From Littlehampton river mouth late morning with two Little Gull adult & 1st winter, and 2 Kittiwake.

Adult Little Gull

1st winter Kittiwake

Elmer Rocks sea watch (OM)

There were at least 65 Kittiwakes west this morning – the majority were very close along shoreline with a few more distant.  Also among them and other gulls a total of 3 Little Gulls went through, a 1st w and 2 adults. 

At 1030 a Great Northern Diver went west very close almost over the rock islands, which is just when my camera battery died!

Not much else; 20 Sanderlings, a dozen Turnstones and c. 10 Rb Mergansers offshore. 

 

Kittiwakes (OM)

 Two Little Gulls at the river mouth this morning. (RP)

Out after the rain at 08:40, this time another seawatch again from Climping Beach produced very little 2 Red-throated Diver west, single Teal and 21 Brent Geese in the field west of the Mill.

Took a slow stroll along West Beach and found good numbers of Gull's around the river mouth with at least 6 Little Gull and a Kittiwake that flew down the river. Combined totals today.

Little Gull - 14+

Red-throated Diver - 2w

Kittiwake - 2w

Red-breasted Merganser - 

Teal - 1w

Brent Geese - 21 field west of Mill

Black Redstart - 2

Grey Plover - 21

Ringed Plover - 45

Sanderling - c50

Black Redstart

Red-throated Diver 

Seawatch off Poole Place Climping this morning produced a Puffin west at 09:30 1/4 mile out low over the sea, also 5 Little Gull, with a 1st winter west close inshore.

Red-throated Diver 1w 1os

Kittiwake - 4w

Gannet - 3w

Med Gull - 25

Common Scoter 1w

Brent Geese - 4w 29 field west of Mill

Red-breasted Merganser - c30 offshore

Great-crested Grebe - 2e 4w

Ringed Plover - 80 

Grey Plover - 3

Oystercatcher - 10

Turnstone - 12

Dartford Warbler - 1

Yellowhammer - 6

Reed Bunting - 3

Stonechat - 5

Skylark - 13

Meadow Pipit - 5

Pied Wagtail - 15

Goldcrest - 1

Song Thrush - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kingfisher - 1

Stonechat

Ringed Plover field north Climping Beach

Grey Plover

Highlights this morning being 6 Avocet flying west at Climping Beach, 2 Raven east over Bailiffscourt Court and 2-4 Dartford Warbler still in the area. Combined totals below.

Avocet - 6w

Brent Geese - 29w 19 in field east of Poole Place

Diver sp - 1e 1w

Red-breasted Merganser - c40 os

Great-crested Grebe - 2 os

Med Gull - 19w 16 os

Common Scooter - 6w

Gannet - 7w

Snipe - 1

Oystercatcher - 12

Dunlin - 2

Ringed Plover - 19

Grey Plover - 6

Turnstone - 13

Sanderling - 1w

Grey Heron - 3

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 2

Raven - 2

Dartford Warbler - 2-4

Stonechat - 4

Skylark - 27

Rock Pipit - 2

Meadow Pipit - 10

Pied Wagtail - 12

Grey Wagtail - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 1

Out after the rain from 13:00 with a Little Gull west from the car park, 200 Brent Geese in the area with 50 west and the remainder in the field east of the setaside,

Not the variety of yesterday or the coverage, but with a grey misty start this morning not a total surprise.

Dartford Warbler - 1

Rock Pipit - 1

Chiffchaff - 1

Goldcrest - 7

Stonechat - 3

Goldfinch - c200+

Linnet - 55

Siskin - 5

Bullfinch - 1

Reed Bunting - 4

Skylark - 28

Mistle Thrush - 2

Song Thrush - 3

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 2

Golden Plover - 1

Grey Heron - 2

 

Glorious sunshine this morning, with good coverage and variety provided by BA & RG.

Jack Snipe - 1 Setaside

Dartford Warbler - 3 or 4

Black Redstart - 1

Brambling - 1

Redpoll - 2

Siskin - 16

Goldfinch - c200

Linnet - c75

Chiffchaff - 1

Goldcrest - 11

Yellowhammer - 14

Reed Bunting - 11

Stonechat - 1

Skylark - 25

Meadow Pipit - 7

Greenfinch - 3

Song Thrush - 4

Pied Wagtail - 13

Jay - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Curlew - 2

Ringed Plover - 24

Oystercatcher - 18

Sanderling - 15

Stock Dove - 42

Little Egret - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 2 os

Med Gull - 15

3-4 Setaside

and a single on the golf course

Black Redstart Atherington Lodge

Yellowhammer Camp site

Grey Partridge