5 Little Tern a single Whimbrel and 3 Sandwich Tern west of Climping Beach at 17:45

A few first for the year with a Hobby tracking east over the golf course and a Green Sandpiper on the flooded field Ferry Road being the high lights.

Hobby - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 3

Buzzard - 4

Green Sandpiper - 1 Ferry Rd

Bar-tailed Godwit - c110e 

Whimbrel - 9e

Oystercatcher - 25w

Ringed Plover - 9e

Gannet - 9w 5e

Med Gull - 2w

Sandwich Tern - 11e 20w

Great-crested Grebe - 1 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 1w

Reed Warbler - 2

Sedge Warbler - 2

Willow Warbler - 5

Chiffchaff - 9

Blackcap - 10

Whitethroat - 13

Wheatear - 1

Yellowhammer - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Song Thrush - 2

Jay - 5

Green Woodpecker - 2

Sand Martin - 2

House Martin - 2

Swallow - 15

Grey Heron - 4

Little Egret - 2

 

Barwits setaside

Chiffchaff Bailiffs

Elmer Rocks – Poole Place: I sea-watched for a couple of hours (from 08:10hrs) and the first hour or so proved to be interesting, with some passage at last and my first Bonxie and Yellow Wagtail of the year, before it slowed right down as the cloud lifted. A search for passerines produced 3 Wheatears near Poole Place but not too much else. (OM)

Great Crested Grebe – 2 o/s
Gannet – 2E
R/b Merganser – 1W
Whimbrel – 12E
Bar-tailed Godwit – 135E
Grey Plover – 3E
Great Skua – 1 o/s mugging gulls, settled on sea
Sandwich Tern – 5 o/s
Common Tern – 2E
Swallow – 6N
Yellow Wagtail – 1N
Wheatear – 3
Whitethroat – 2
Blackcap - 1
At high tide, waders roosting on the rock islands were Oystercatcher - 17, Turnstone – 45 and Sanderling – 25.                  

Elmer Rocks/Poole Place (1615-1730hrs): An afternoon visit to the local patch – to see if anything was still moving – produced a few bits and pieces as follows:- Gannet – 1W, Whimbrel – 21E, Bar-tailed Godwit – 1E, Commic Tern – 2E, Sandwich Tern – 4E and Wheatear – 1 on rocks. (OM)

Another rather uneventful morning with the highlight being two Avocet and a single Canada Goose flying west.

Avocet - 2w

Bar-tailed Godwit -1e

Shelduck - 8w

Sandwich Tern - 9w 6e

Common Tern - 10e

Med Gull - 55e 13w 

Gannet - 4w

Brent Geese - 5e

Canada Goose - 1w

Great-crested Grebe - 4w 4 o/s

Red-breasted Merganser - 4e

Ringed Plover - 1

Turnstone - c100w

Sanderling - 2

Wheatear - 1

Willow Warbler - 4

Whitethroat - 8

Blackcap - 5

Chiffchaff - 9

Song Thrush - 3

Jay - 2

Kestrel - 3

Buzzard - 3

Swallow - 5

Green Wood - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Willow Warbler longwood

Kestrel Mill

Whitethroat Atherington

Very little happening offshore again this morning with Dolphins moving west off Climping Beach.

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1e

Whimbrel - 4e

Gannet - 6e 3w

Turnstone - 120w

Sanderling - 30w

Oystercatcher - 8w 3e

Ringed Plover - 1

Common Scoter - 2e

Sandwich Tern - 7e 1w

Great-crested Grebe - 4

Little Egret - 1

Swallow - 7

Sand Martin - 1

Buzzard - 4

Kestrel - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Wheatear - 1

Willow Warbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 10

Yellowhammer - 2

Green Wood Bailiffscourt

Great Skua - 1e at 16:45 Friday 14/04 Climping Beach

Elmer, Monday 10/4:- I waited until the rain had subsided before making an early afternoon visit, but it was hard going in the windy conditions with plenty of glare off the sea. Highlights were a Velvet Scoter heading east (also seen at both the Bill and Worthing) and my first Common Tern of the year on the local patch……..(OM)

Gannet – 1W, 5 o/s
Velvet Scoter – 1E (15:00hrs)
Oystercatcher – 32 on beach
Common Tern – 1E close in
Sandwich Tern – 3E, 2W

Sea watch from Climping 07:30-08:30 (RG)

Common Scoter - 3e 10w

Brent Geese - 8e

Sandwich Tern 25e

 
Poole Place, Tuesday 11/4:- Another quiet one. I did the fields around the back of the Elmer set-aside and Poole Place. Hard work with little reward.(OM)
Gannet – 1E
Diver sp – 1E well out settled on sea
Common Tern – 2W
Sandwich Tern – 2W
Med Gull – 8
Wheatear – 3 (together on rocks)
Swallow – 1N
Blackcap – 2
Chiffchaff – 3
Linnet - 10

 Good coverage again this morning with several first for the year recorded, the highlight being a Little-ringed Plover in the setaside found by RG.

Little-ringed Plover - 1

Ringed Plover - 2

Bar-tailed Godwit - 2

Sandwich Tern - 10 offshore

Fulmar - 1e

Med Gull - 5e

Lesser-black backed Gull - 1

Brent Geese - 38e

Shelduck - 3w

Common Scoter - 32e

Swallow - 13

Sand Martin - 3e

Whitethroat - 1

Willow Warbler - 1

Wheatear - 2

Blackcap - 3

Cetti's Warbler - 3 heard

Chiffchaff - 6

Reed Bunting - 3

Song Thrush - 3

Jay - 1

Buzzard - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

LRP

Blackcap

Yellowhammer

Yesterday afternoon seawatch produced very little offshore birdwise other than 5 Wheatear Climping Beach, but a pod of Dolphins moving east and a Seal close inshore broke the boredom.

Dolphins

Seal

White Wagtail on the  flooded field off Ferry Road on the 6th 

My  first Swallows of the year late morning with a pair of Eider in close inshore being the only highlights this morning.

 Eider - 2w

Common Scoter - 5e

Diver sp. 3e

Red-breasted Merganser - 2 os

Great-crested Grebe- 1w 1 os

Gannet - 13w 11e

Sandwich Tern - 5e 13w

Curlew - 1w

Sanderling - 5w

Ringed Plover - 1

Swallow - 5n

Blackcap - 1

Willow Warbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 5

Linnet - c60

Reed Bunting - 1

Greenfinch - 7

Yellowhammer - 1

White Wagtail - 1 Ferry Rd 

 Good coverage with little reward this morning, hopefully persistence pays off.

Wheatear - 3 Poole Place (OM)

Firecrest - 1 Longwood (RP)

Willow Warbler - 3

Blackcap - 3

Chiffchaff - 10

Yellowhammer - 1

Linnet - c60

Pied Wagtail - 3

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

Brent Geese - 32e

Mute Swan - 8w

Red-breasted Merganser - 2w

Med Gull - 9e

Sandwich Tern - 4e 3w

Sanderling - 8w

Grey Heron - 3

Little Egret - 3