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

Female plumaged Merlin, Dartford Warbler & 10 Yellowhammer at Climping this morning south of the campsite. (RG)

 Made a fairly short visit this morning, starting with a short sea-watch which was a waste of time….just a couple of Gannets, 4 distant Kittiwakes west and a dozen or so Med Gulls back and forth. It wasn’t long before the very high tide and strong wind made it almost impossible to carry on, with waves and spray continually breaking over the beach and shore.

A Grey Wagtail was in the flooded car-park and there were 6 Pied Wagtails dotted about the area, plus 15 Meadow Pipits, 5 Skylarks, 2 Reed Buntings,  a Chiffchaff, 30 Linnets and 50 Goldfinches. Two Buzzards and a Kestrel were also seen. The small highlight was along Bread Lane, in the set-aside where the wooden footpath cross-roads post is….two Stonechats with a Dartford Warbler flicking about beneath them in the kale/weeds. (OM)

Horrible conditions this morning with a Great-northern Diver and Artic Skua close inshore moving west, being the highlights from Poole Place.

 

Great-northern Diver - 1w

Red-throated Diver - 3w

Artic Skua - 1w

Common Scoter - 1w 3e

Brent Geese - 39w

Red-breasted Merganser - 1w

Great-crested Grebe - 4w

Kittiwake - 4w

Med Gull - 15

Gannet - 7w

Oystercatcher - 9

Grey Plover - 12w

Dunlin - 5w

Sanderling - 20

Turnstone - 30

Rock Pipit - 2

Skylark - 8

Pied Wagtail - 10

A bit of variety offshore this morning from Pool Place, with of note a Purple Sandpiper west close inshore and a Goosander also west.

Great-northern Diver - 1e landed on the sea off Poole Place

Goosander - 1w

Brent Geese - 193w

Pintail - 5w

Teal 1w

Wigeon - 8w

Shelduck - 23w

Great-crested Grebe - 2os 2e 1w

Purple Sandpiper - 1w

Dunlin - 22w

Ringed Plover - 53

Grey Plover - 10w

Oystercatcher - 9

Lesser BB Gull - 1

Med Gull - 20w 15e

Kittiwake - 2w 

Gannet - 4w

Med Gull

Brent Geese

Ringed Plover

1500+ Wood Pigeon on the move north west in a bright chilly morning, probably many more, combined totals below.

Dartford Warbler - 2

Firecrest - 1

Chiffchaff - 16

Blackcap - 2

Stonechat - 16

Goldcrest - 8

Siskin - 6

Yellowhammer - 5

Reed Bunting - 6

Grey Wagtail - 1

Pied Wagtail - 8

Skylark - 15

Meadow Pipit - 10

Goldfinch - 120

Linnet - 35

Greenfinch - 2

Mistle Thrush - 4

Song Thrush - 14

Great-spotted Wood - 2

Golden Plover - 2 heard

Redshank - 1w

Ringed Plover - 30w

Dunlin - 1w

Oystercatcher - 7

Great-crested Grebe - 1 os

Brent Geese - 127w

Med Gull - 50 

Egyptian Goose - 1n