Cold grey early morning, with bright sunshine later although the birding didn't really improve. Very quiet offshore, and little movement over head.

Jack Snipe - 1 setaside

Golden Plover - 1

Lapwing - 1

Grey Plover - 15

Oystercatcher - 43

Sanderling - 15

Mute Swan - 7e

Little Egret - 7

Shelduck - 1 os

Great-crested Grebe - 4

Brent Geese - 6w 2e

Med Gull - 12

Buzzard - 4

Jay - 2

Redwing - 2

Skylark - c75

Meadow Pipits - 13

Reed Bunting - 5

Goldcrest - 2

Chiffchaff - 3

Stonechat - 2

Pied Wagtail - 22

Chiffchaff Kents

Golden Plover Cudlow Field

 A Velvet Scoter west from Poole Place this morning and 25 Red-breasted Merganser offshore. (OM)

A Velvet Scoter west at 08:30 from Climping beach was the highlight, with one or two Firecrest still at the entrance to Kents and a Rock Pipit at Poole Place.

Velvet Scoter - 1w

Red-breasted Merganser - 17os 8w 1e

Great-crested Grebe - 7os

Brent Goose - 1e 1w

Auk sp -3e

Gannet - 5w

Med Gull - 25 beach

Sanderling - 40w

Oystercatcher - 35w

Turnstone - nc

Curlew - 1

Little Egret - 15

Redwing - 1

Song Thrush - 10

Rock Pipit - 1 Poole Place

Meadow Pipit - c45

Skylark - 20

Goldfinch - 30

Stonechat - 2

Firecrest - 1 

Goldcrest - 5

Chiffchaff - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Buzzard - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2 or 3

Great-crested Grebe

Common Gull

 Climping Gap:  Friday 15th

I made a visit to the West Beach (Local Nature reserve) by the cafe and the river mouth, and spent a very pleasant hour there (1120-1220hrs according to my car park ticket). My target was a Dartford Warbler that has been present for some days and fortunately I didn't have to wait too long for it to appear, and also present there were two Stonechats. I then spent half an hour sea-watching and was surprised to find two late Sandwich Terns going east, followed by four Red-breasted Mergansers, then two Brent Geese and a single Common Scoter went west. (OM)

Very grey early morning from Kents upto the river mouth and back, with the highlight being a Dartford Warbler again behind the cafe at the river mouth. A Grey Partridge flushed from the setaside was a surprise, as they are just about hanging on in the area.

Dartford Warbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 7

Stonechat - 3 

Reed Bunting - 10

Meadow Pipit - c60

Skylark - c30

Goldfinch - c75

Linnet - 25

Pied Wagtail - 20

Green Woodpecker - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Grey Partridge - 1

Little Egret - 16

Grey Heron - 1

Mute Swan - 3

Red-throated Diver - 1w

Red breasted Merganser - 9 os 1e

Brent Geese - 9e 1w

Great-crested Grebe - 1e 1 os

Grey Plover - 13

Dunlin - 2

Oystercatcher - 5

Dartford Warbler

Started at Climping carpark and ventured upto Poole Place, very quiet in glorious sunshine but with a cold NNE breeze.

Red-throated Diver - 2 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 5e 2 os

Wigeon - 2 os

Teal - 3 os

Brent Geese 16w

Redshank - 1e

Oystercatcher - 18

Sanderling - 8w

Turnstone - 25

Little Egret - 9

Gannet - 4e 1w

Med Gull - 31 os

Buzzard - 4

Kestrel - 1

Rock Pipit - 1

Meadow Pipit - 7

Skylark - c50

Pied Wagtail - 17

Siskin - 3

Chiffchaff - 5

Rock Pipit 

Kestrel 

Wigeon

Another quiet uneventful morning in the patch, although several more Song Thrush in evident and a late Sandwich Tern offshore.

Brent Geese - 39w 3e

Red-throated Diver - 1e,1 os

Great-crested Grebe - 15 os 6e

Red-breasted Merganser - 2

Sandwich Tern - 1w

Med Gull - 1

Oystercatcher - 26 beach 11e

Chiffchaff - 8

Goldcrest - 4

Song Thrush - 19

Redwing - 3

Mistle Thrush - 1

Little Egret - 5

Buzzard - 4

A cold grey morning with very little moving offshore.

Dartford Warbler - 1 behind west beach cafe

Chiffchaff - 9

Stonechat - 7

Meadow Pipit - c50

Skylark - 25

Siskin - 2

Linnet - c120

Goldfinch - c200

Yellowhammer - 4

Reed Bunting - 6

Pied Wagtail - 27

Starling - c250

Golden Plover - 1 heard

Song Thrush - 9

Redwing - 2

Fieldfare - c40

Peregrine - 1

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Shelduck - 3

Grey Heron - 3

Little Egret - 4

 

 Cool and misty morning. Not much of great interest. Good numbers of crows and jackdaws around the sunflower field. Finch numbers are still good with more Robins and Blackbirds around. (RP)

Buzzard 2

Sparrowhawk 1

Kingfisher 2

Little Egret 2

Redshank 1

Water Rail 1

Great crested Grebe 2

GWP 2

GSWP 1

Firecrest 1

Chiffchaff 3

Dartford Warbler 1

Cetti’s Warbler 1

Blackcap 1

Skylark 24

Meadow Pipit 18

Mistle Thrush 1

Song Thrush 3

Blackbird 15

Robin 10

Stonechat 3

Yellowhammer 3

Reed Bunting 1

Linnet 100+

Greenfinch 6

A Ring Ouzel at 11.00 today between Littlehampton golf course and footpath on northern side of course. (STH)

 Ferry Road, Kent’s farm and back via Long and First Wood were (RP)

Short eared owl 1

Buzzard 1

Kestrel 2

Raven 1 N

Water Rail 1

Snipe 5

Common sandpiper 1

Lapwing 16

Kingfisher 1

Stonechat 3

Grey wagtail 1

Chiffchaff 3

Firecrest 2

Goldcrest 2

Yellowhammer 6 Ferry Road

Reed Bunting 2

Song thrush 2

Redwing 2

Mistle thrush 1

Black Redstart - 1 Gas tower

Greylag's 

Firecrest - 2 Kents

Chiffchaff - 5

Siskin - 10

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Stonechat - 2

Redwing - 2

Goldfinch - c190

Skylark - 25

Meadow Pipit - 20

Pied Wagtail - 20

Jay - 2

Brent Geese - 10 beach 7w

Greylag Geese - 9e

Great-crested Grebe - 3

Common Scoter - 3e

Oystercatcher - 41

Sanderling - 17

Turnstone - 20

Little Egret - 16

Buzzard - 4

Kestrel - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

A little movement offshore this morning, but the highlight goes to a late Osprey initially flying in off then veered off west and flew over Atherington. Also an Avocet on the sea at climping beach.

Osprey - 1

Buzzard - 4

Kestrel - 2 

Raven - 2 Cudlow field

Avocet - 1 Climping Beach

Golden Plover - 1 Cudlow

Sanderling - 12w 15e

Turnstone - 15

Oystercatcher - 18 beach 22w

Ringed Plover 25e

Curlew - 1e

Brent Geese - 109w 15e

Great-crested Grebe - 7 os

Red-throated Diver - 1e

Diver sp - 1w

Auk sp - 9w 4e

Shag - 1 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 

Wigeon - 30 os 45w 12e

Shoveler - 2w

Teal - 9w

Little Egret - 31 fields either side of Poole Place

Common Scoter - 1e

Gannet - 2w

Chiffchaff - 2

Reed Bunting - 2

Redpoll - 1

Meadow Pipit - c40

Skylark - 27

Avocet Climping Beach

Golden Plover Cudlow Field

Little Egret (RP)

With lights breeze and low grey cloud it was very quiet around the golf course. Dartford Warblers featured strongly with one in the fort and one or two seen in gorse opposite the reedbed. 

Two Black Redstart seen at the gas tower from Harwood Road. (DB) 

Dartford Warbler -2 or 3

Chiffchaff - 8

Goldcrest - 5

Stonechat - 11

Cetti's Warbler - 2 heard

Siskin - 4

Yellowhammer - 5

Goldfinch - 130e

Linnet - 30

Skylark - 40

Meadow Pipit - 23

Song Thrush - 5

Jay - 2

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 2

Oystercatcher - 23

Sanderling - c60

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 1

Brent Geese - 40w

 

Good coverage again this morning with the 1st Short-eared Owl of the autumn flew into the horse paddock (DB) a record count of Little Egret in the patch (OM) and other highlights of Merlin and Jack Snipe.

Short-eared Owl - 1

Merlin - 1

Kestrel - 3

Buzzard - 2

Jack Snipe - 1

Egyptian Geese - 2 flew west over camp site

Little Egret - 32 cudlow

Oystercatcher - 18 cudlow

Firecrest - 1 kents

Chiffchaff - 18

Goldcrest - 11

Redpoll - 7

Siskin - 5

Bullfinch - 1

Yellowhammer - 2

Reed Bunting - 9

Skylark - 50+

Linnet - c120

Pied Wagtail - 25

Meadow Pipit - 20

Stonechat - 4

Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd

Short-eared Owl out of the horse paddock

Meadow Pipit

Long-tailed Tit

Linnet