Two Grasshopper Warblers in the patch this morning with birds on the golf course and in the  setaside. Good numbers of Reed & Sedge Warblers as well as Whitethroat and Chiffchaff.

Willow Warbler - 6

Yellow Wagtail - 1 (DB)

Swift - 3

Sand Martin - 8

Greenshank - 1 heard

Sandering - 2

Curlew - 3

Ringed Plover - 2

Kestrel - 5

Sparrowhawk  - 3

Buzzard - 2

Grey Heron - 3

Little Egret - 2

Grasshopper Warbler Golf Course

Another pre work visit with the highlight being a Grasshopper Warbler in the setaside.

Peregrine - 1

Kestrel -1

Buzzard - 2

Curlew - 5

Little Egret - 5

Med Gull - c70

Sandwich Tern - 5E

Willow Warbler - 1

Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Bunting - 3

Sand Martin - 22E

A pre work visit to the patch found my first Willow Warbler of the autumn around the paddock, also 2 Lesser Whitethroat and 3 Reed Bunting. On the tide line 70 Med Gull, 3 Sandwich Tern,2 Redshank, 2 Whimbrel, 3 Oystercatcher and 6 Turnstone.

Records for Monday 25th July - Walked the Arun from Arundel to Littlehampton at high and falling tide this afternoon. Few passerines in the wind. Totals shown with Ford to LA only in brackets. (MD)

Common Sandpiper - 28 (7)
Whimbrel - 4 (1)
Curlew - 1 (1)
Oystercatcher - 4 (1)
Redshank - 1 (0)
Lapwing - 2 (0)
Med Gull - 163 (148)
Common Gull - 2 (1)
LBB Gull - 6 (6)
GBB Gull - 1 (1)
Little Egret - 12 (11)

Kestrel - 3 (1)

 An amazing spectacle this morning with hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of Swifts moving west through the gap mid morning accompanied by c.75 Sand Martin and small number of Swallow, feeding over the pea fields east of Bailiffscourt, and all moved through in about 45 minutes. Little else of note with 3 Curlew, 1 Whimbrel and 2 Oystercatcher all moving west offshore and no more than 60 Med Gull seen today.

 Hundreds of Med Gull on the sea and in the fields around Climping this morning with at least 400+ in the area.

Lapwing - 1

Turnstone - 7w

Sanderling - 14w

Dunlin - 1

Whimbrel - 1

Curlew - 1w

Redshank - 2

Little Egret - 3

Sedge Warbler - 2

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Swift - 9

Swallow - 6

Grey Heron

Med Gull

Redshank

Sedge Warbler

Quiet morning with 2 Little Tern east then west at Climping Beach, 25 Med Gull in the area also 2 Curlew and 2 Oystercatcher.

Yesterday mixed parties of Hirundine moving east with at least 20 Sand Martin, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, 2 Reed Bunting and 3 Yellowhammer the only highlights.

Quiet this morning with 7 Sand Martin moving through east, 30 Med Gull, a Lesser Whitethroat  and a Whimbrel heard.

A quiet morning with a unexpected Redstart in the horse paddock, and 70+ Swift moving east. Offshore with 5 Little Egret, 30 Sandwich and a single Common Tern moving mainly west with 3 Med Gull and 2 Curlew.