Good variety around the patch this morning with good numbers of Meadow Pipit and House Martin moving through.

Redstart - 2

Firecrest - 1

Stonechat - 6

Siskin - 20

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Blackcap - 15

Chiffchaff - 28

Willow Warbler - 1

Wheatear - 1

Treecreeper - 1

Reed Warbler - 1

Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Bunting - 2

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 2

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Jay - 2

Magpie - 27 single flock moving west at the camp site

Pied Wagtail - 5

Oystercatcher - 57w

Golden Plover - 1 hrd

Curlew - 4

Little Egret - 2

Redstart camp site

Sedge Warbler Horse paddock

Sparrowhawk camp site

A Sooty Shearwater west from climping car park at 10:10 this morning also five other unidentified Shearwater west  with 3@09:10 and 2@ 09@16. Also several Gannets west, 1 dp Artic Skua, 1 Brent Goose, 3 Sandwich Tern and 9 Dunlin. 

Good numbers of Swallow, House Martin and Meadow Pipits moving through the patch again, although numbers down on yesterday.

Grasshopper Warbler - 1

Whinchat - 1

Stonechat - 4

Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Chiffchaff - 70

Blackcap - 23

Whitethroat - 1

Siskin - 17

Yellowhammer - 1

Grey Wagtail - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Pied Wagtail - 4

Reed Bunting - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Goldcrest - 1

Sand Martin - 6

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 2

Sparrowhawk - 2

Jay - 3

Little Egret - 7

Golden Plover - 1 hrd

Whinchat setaside

Grasshopper Warbler

Dartford Warbler - 1 in hedge 100yd west of Poole Place(OM)

Hundreds of Blackcap, Chiffchaff and Meadow Pipit in the area this morning so slow going checking the bushes, the highlight being a Osprey flying south over Atherington. 

Osprey - 1

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Blackcap - c200+

Chiffchaff - 150+

Willow Warbler - 2

Spotted Flycatcher - 4

Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Whitethroat - 8

Goldcrest - 4

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Reed Warbler - 1

Wheatear - 3

Stonechat - 1

Siskin - 23

Jay - 3

Little Egret - 4

Golden Plover - 1 hrd

Redshank - 1e

Spot Fly Kents

Stonechat west beach

Lesser Whitethroat  Mill Road

Chiffchaff

Blackcap

Elmer Rocks: Although the sea was dead, there were lots of passerines about on the land, especially around the hotspot set-aside and the Poole Place areas. It felt like a day which should produce something good and although it didn’t reach those dizzy heights, it was certainly lively with common migrants, with hotspot corner living up to its name and Blackcaps and Chiffs everywhere. My minimum totals were:- (OM)

Chiffchaff – 60,     Blackcap – 40,     Whitethroat – 6

Willow Warbler – 1,      Reed Warbler – 1,     Meadow Pipit – 50,

Yellow Wagtail – 2+,     Pied Wagtail – 1,     Goldfinch – 30, 

Bullfinch – 2,    Siskin – flock 18 low overhead, plus Swallows and a few House Martins

Buzzard – family party of 3, young constantly begging/calling

Sparrowhawk, 4 Green Woodpeckers and 2 Great Spots.

 A trudge around the patch kicked a Short-eared Owl out of the dunes at west beach and a Grasshopper Warbler out of the setaside those being the only highlights, with good numbers of House Martin and Swallow moving through the area.

Chiffchaff - 25

Willow Warbler - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 7

Wheatear - 11

Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Blackcap - 11

Grey Wagtail - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Reed Bunting - 3

Siskin - 11

Grey Partridge - 2

Kingfisher - 1

Little Egret - 3

Buzzard - 3

Sparrowhawk - 2

Jay - 3

Sand Martin - 3

Grey Wagtail

Wheatear

Reed Bunting

Sea watch from Climping beach from 10:00-12:00 produced 5w Manx Shearwater 2w dark phase Artic Skua, 2w Sandwich Tern, c40 Med Gull and 37w Gannet.

Two each of Hobby and Peregrine in fields north of the golf course this morning, unfortunately that was the highlight.

Hobby - 2

Peregrine - 2

Buzzard - 4

Sparrowhawk -1

Kestrel - 2

Wheatear - 5

Whitethroat - 7

Blackcap - 10

Chiffchaff - 23

Goldcrest - 1

Grey Wagtail - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 15

Pied Wagtail - 3

Swallow - c275 east

Sand Martin - 1

Siskin - 4

Reed Bunting - 1

Cetti's Warbler - heard

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 1

Knot - 1w

Dunlin - 1w

Oystercatcher - 60w

Lapwing - 1e

Peregrine

Hobby 

Another disappointing morning  with similar numbers to yesterday, with the  highlight being a Short-eared Owl flying west offshore being mobbed by several Gulls.  

Reed Warbler End of mill path

The Coal Tit still present at Poole Place and three Whinchat present in the second setaside, hopefully something of note will drop in soon.

Whinchat - 3

Wheatear - 5

Yellow Wagtail - 36

Grey Wagtail - 6

Chiffchaff - 21

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 5

Blackcap - 13

Coal Tit - 1

Goldcrest - 1

Siskin - 2

Golden Plover - 1w

Dunlin - 1 beach

Redshank - 1w

Little Egret - 7

Curlew - 4

Wigeon - 1w

Peregrine - 1

Kestrel - 3

Buzzard - 4

Sandwich Tern - 9e 3w

Med Gull - c100

Yellow Wagtail 

Lesser Whitethroat Bread Lane

Wheatear Climping Beach

Slow morning with a bit of variety, although low totals with very little moving overhead. More House Martin than Swallow this morning.

Spotted Flycatcher - 2

Garden Warbler - 1

Whinchat - 1

Stonechat - 1

Wheatear - 3

Grey Wagtail - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Reed Warbler - 2

Chiffchaff - 16

Willow Warbler - 3

Whitethroat - 11

Blackcap - 9

Siskin - 2

Meadow Pipit - 22

Skylark - 8

Jay - 1

House Martin - 85

Swallow - 35

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kingfisher - 1

Little Egret - 6

Grey Heron - 1

Sandwich Tern - 9e

Med Gull - 75

Common Gull - 7

Stonechat Golf course

Spot Fly Kents

Garden Warbler Golf course

Blackcap Kents

Chiffchaff Camp site

 Elmer Rocks: A flat calm sea again, with 4 Sandwich Terns W being the only birds of note, apart from a gathering of several hundred hirundines offshore (Swallows and House Martins) buzzing about back and forth – though I didn’t attempt a count! On the rocks, 35 Ringed Plovers, 15 Turnstones, a single Sanderling and 8 Oystercatchers were all roosting.

Along the beach were a single Wheatear, a Pied Wagtail and a couple of Yellow Wagtails.
Chiffchaffs were very obvious this morning, with 15 in the gardens and hedgerows behind the beach. At Poole Place the Coal Tit was again in the fir trees, often calling but remaining stubbornly elusive at times and proving difficult to photo! (OM)

15 Ringed Plovers were along the shoreline. Most of the interest this morning was in the Elmer hotspot wood, where 3 Spotted Flycatchers were in the trees by the rife. Also logged were 3 Blackcaps, 6 Chiffchaffs and a single Willow Warbler. Further back, in the corner of the woods, a flock of 20 Long-tailed Tits was active with up to 5 Chiffchaffs amongst them.

Nearby, at Poole Place, a Coal Tit (scarce here) was singing repeatedly and showing occasionally in the fir trees, whilst 2 Chiffchaff and 30 Goldfinches were also present there.(OM)

Walked from Bread Lane through to the golf course and back (0730 – 0930hrs) – highlights as below: (PB)

Spotted Flycatcher 2 (old horses field)

Yellow Wagtail 5

Common Swift 3

Swallows c200

House Martin c150

Sand Martin c20

Buzzard 1

Northern Wheatear 1 (looked very tall as it stood  on the shingle - ? Greenland type)

Gull flock c2000 on the field east of the set-aside:

7 Common Gull

100+ med Gull

C30 Herring Gull

Rest were B/H Gulls

Another fine bright morning with good variety. Just a few Swallow moving east, the Osprey seen twice over the setaside at 06:41 and 08:30 flying east at west beach.

Osprey - 1

Grasshopper Warbler - 1 end of mill path

Redstart - 2 Mill path & Kents

Firecrest - 1 Kents

Goldcrest - 1

Whinchat - 6 2nd setaside field

Wheatear - 5

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Grey Wagtail - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 7

Siskin - 2

Willow Warbler - 7

Chiffchaff - 11

Blackcap - 13

Whitethroat - 9

Treecreeper - 1

Reed Warbler - 1

Black-tailed Godwit - 1 ne

Oystercatcher - 19e

Ringed Plover - 2

Redshank - 1 hrd

Little Egret - 13

Common Gull - 7

Med Gull - c75

Sandwich Tern - 19e 5w

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 2

Osprey West Beach

Treecreeper Atherington

 Again good variety with good numbers of hirundine constantly moving east and certainly more House Martin than the last few days. The Osprey seen again from the golf course at 07:05 (RP) and a Little Gull flew from the field west of the Mill flew and landed on Climping Beach. 

Osprey - 1

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Little Gull - 1

Common Gull - 8

Gannet - 1w

Sandwich Tern - 13e 5w

Teal - 5w

Little Egret - 13

Grey Heron - 2

Oystercatcher - 16e

Curlew - 1w

Dunlin - 5w

Ringed Plover - 4

Redshank - 1

Whinchat - 6

Wheatear - 17+

Spotted Flycatcher - 2

Grey Wagtail - 4

Yellow Wagtail - 25

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Blackcap - 6

Reed Warbler - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Whitethroat - c40

Chiffchaff - 6

Willow Warbler - 2

Little Gull

Wheatear

Common Gull

Very quiet in the patch this morning with very little activity in the bushes,  good numbers of hirundine continuing moving eastwards.

Whinchat - 1

Spot Fly - 2

Grey Wagtail - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 21

Wheatear - 6

Whitethroat - 7

Blackcap - 2

Willow Warbler - 3

Chiffchaff - 2

Reed Bunting - 1

Meadow Pipit - 2

Swift - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

Sandwich Tern - 3w

Med Gull - c100

Common Gull - 4

Bar-tailed Godwit - 3e (DB)

An Osprey for its third day patrolling the sea at West Beach, a single flock of 32 Little Egret flew east and good numbers of hirundine moving east throughout the morning.

Osprey - 1 

Firecrest - 1 Kents cottages (RP)

Spotted Fly - 3 

Yellow Wagtail - 7

Wheatear - 6

Whinchat - 1 Setaside

Whitethroat - 11

Willow Warbler - 7

Chiffchaff - 5

Blackcap - 6

Little Egret - 43

Grey Heron - 2

Dunlin - 5

Curlew - 2

Peregrine - 1

Kestrel - 1

Osprey flying east West Beach this morning

Osprey with meal flying north towards the river this afternoon

Spot Fly track down to the camp site

Bird of the day was the Osprey, probably two birds lingering for almost two hours around west beach area. One certainly flew up the Arun the other presumably headed towards Pagham. (RP)

 
OSPREY 2
Peregrine up to 3
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Buzzard 2
Great crested grebe 3
Med Gull 20+
SandwichTtern 4
Whimbrel 1
Little Egret 7
Grey Heron 2
Sand Martin 25
Swallow 20
Wheatear 2
Whinchat 1
Garden Warbler 2
Blackcap 16
Whitethroat 25
Chiffchaff 4
Willow warbler 2
Cetti’s Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 3
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker
Linnet two groups  45 and 60 birds