Combined totals today include include a Pied Fly along the atherington hedge with a male Redstart and another male Redstart at the old camp site. Also 7 Willow Warbler, 1 Sedge Warbler, 2 Wheatear, 4 Whinchat, and a Whimbrel over heading south west.

Records for Saturday the 30/08/2025 (RG)

Two Redstat in the area today with a female behind the west beach cafe, and a male at the camp site.12 Whitethroat, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Sedge Warbler, 6 Wheatear, 3 Whinchat, 1 Spotted Fly, 1 Grey Wagtail, 7+ Wagtail, and a Kingfisher.

Totals for this morning from RG.

Redstart - 2 camp site

Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Garden Warbler - 2

Whitethroat - 14

Willow Warbler - 8

Sedge Warbler - 1

Wheatear - 6

Kingfisher - 1

Peregrine - 1

Gannet - 40+ offshore

Records for Yesterday 27/08/2025 (RG)

Whitethroat - 3

Blackcap - 8

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Spot Fly - 1

Kingfisher - 1

Sparrowhawk - 2

 Out mid morning, so not expecting too much but eventually made by way down to Bailiffscourt. Very quiet in the bushes and smaller numbers of hirundine still in the area, and c200 Starling.

Thoughts welcome

Whinchat Horse Paddock

Sparrowhawk

Corn Bunting - 1

Whinchat - 2

Garden Warbler - 1

Willow Warbler - 2

Chiffchaff - 3

Blackcap - 2

Whitethroat - 2

Goldcrest - 2

Common Sandpiper - 1 Marina

Little Egret - 4

Buzzard - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Coal Tit - 1 (OM & BF)

Grey Wagtail (OM & BF)

Still good numbers of hirundine over the fields this morning, but very slow going this morning. Two probable Grasshopper Warbler today with one back of the camp site and another in rife back of the golf course being the highlight, combined totals below.

Redstart - 1

Whinchat - 1

Spotted Fly - 6+

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 12

Blackcap - 7

Chiffchaff - 6

Willow Warbler - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Warbler - 1

Yellowhammer - 4

Reed Bunting - 7

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Jay - 1

Curlew - 2

Little Egret - 4

With the wind swinging round to a south east and a bright sunny day not the hoped for returns, this morning. Combined totals below.

Dartford Warbler - 1 (RG)

Nuthatch - 1(RG)

Treecreeper - 1

Coal Tit - 1

Redstart - 3

Pied Fly - 1

Spotted Fly - 4

Whinchat - 1

Wheatear - 2

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 18+

Willow Warbler - 6

Chiffchaff - 5

Blackcap - 10

Yellowhammer - 2

Reed Bunting - 

Yellow Wagtail - 10

Pied Wagtail - 2

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 1

Curlew - 1

Swallow - c450

Sand Martin - 60

House Martin - 15

Skylark - 40

Spot Fly

Sand Martin

Migrant Hawker

Lots of Hirundine moving through the patch this morning, and at least 2 Pied Fly in the area, combined details below. (RG & OM)

Swallow - c750

Sand Martin - 75

House Martin - 25

Swift - 5

Pied Fly - 2

Redstart - 2

Corn Bunting - 1

Lesser Whitethroat - 4

Whitethroat - 25

Willow Warbler - 13

Whinchat - 1

Yellow Wagtail - c10

Wheatear - 10

Egyptian Goose - 2

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 

Combined records today from around the patch today.

Grey Heron - 1
Sandwich Tern - 2
House Martin - 25+
Buzzard - 3
Swallow - 50

Sand Martin - 20+
Swift - 1
Green Woodpecker - 3
Yellow Wagtail - 1+ heard
Wheatear - 17+
Whinchat - 1
Skylark - 12
Pied Flycatcher - 1+
Redstart - 5

Lesser Whitethroat - 2
Whitethroat - 25+
Blackcap - 2
Willow Warbler - 20+
Chiffchaff - 3 (all briefly singing)

Slow going this morning, but good close views obtained of a Grasshopper Warbler and 3 Whinchat. Also juv Peregrine, 2 Sparrowhawk, 2 Raven, 3 Lesser Whitethroat, 14 Whitethroat, 5 Willow Warbler, 4 Wheatear, and 5+ Yellow Wagtail. (RG)

 Good variety this morning with highlights being 3 immature Spoonbill flying east over the golf course 07:25 & a Nightingale by the 15 tee, both records by (RG). 

Redstart - 1 male back of pub

Garden Warbler - 2 camp site

Wheatear - 10+

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 16

Willow Warbler - 3

Chiffchaff - 5

Yellow Wagtail - c30

Pied Wagtail - 1

Reed Warbler - 5

Blackcap - 8

Reed Bunting - 3

Yellowhammer - 3

Swallow - c100

House Martin - c30

Sand Martin - 18

Linnet - c100

Song Thrush - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Kestrel - 3

Sparrowhawk - 2

Stock Dove - X

Med Gull - 3

Common Gull - 1

Sandwich Tern - 2w

Little Egret - 8

Garden Warbler

House Martin

Yellow Wagtail

Quieter than the last few days although a few areas held a little interest. The bird of the morning was a Nuthatch, a rarity along this part of the coast, high in the trees around Atherington cottages, and brief views of a probable Grasshopper Warbler flushed from fields north east of the campsite. Good numbers of House Sparrow present with over 70 at the back of the Mill.

Redstart - 1 fem camp site

Spotted Flycatcher - 2 camp site & bailiffs

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Wheatear - up to 10

Yellow Wagtail - 5

Whitethroat - 4

Willow Warbler - 4

Chiffchaff - 

Goldcrest - 1 hrd

Peregrine - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 2

Swift - 10

Sand Martin - c30

Swallow - c100

House Martin - 5

Common Gull - 1

Oystercatcher - 1e

Sandwich Tern - 5e

Wheatear

Good coverage yet again, with a few observers around the patch, combined totals below.

 Mute Swan - 9

 Feral Pigeon - X

 Stock Dove - X

Wood Pigeon - X

Collared Dove - 2

Common Swift - 2

Eurasian Oystercatcher - 2

Common Sandpiper - 1

Black-headed Gull - X

European Herring Gull - X

Sandwich Tern - 5

Great Cormorant - 8

Little Egret - 8

Grey Heron - 1

Eurasian Sparrowhawk - 2

Common Buzzard - 4

Common Kingfisher - 3

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 4

Green Woodpecker - 2

Common Kestrel - 2

Peregrine Falcon - 1

Common Magpie - X

Eurasian Jackdaw - X

Rook - X

Carrion Crow - X

Eurasian Blue Tit - X

Great Tit - 10

Eurasian Skylark - 24

Sand Martin - 10

Barn Swallow c35

Willow Warbler - 9

Common Chiffchaff - 5

Eurasian Blackcap - 15

Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Common Whitethroat - 20

Eurasian Wren - 8

Common Starling - X

Eurasian Blackbird - 9

European Robin - X

Northern Wheatear - 15

Dunnock - X

Western Yellow Wagtail - 23

Pied Wagtail - 1

European Greenfinch - X

Common Linnet - X

European Goldfinch - X

Common Reed Bunting - 3

Yellowhammer - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Sedge Warbler - 2

Reed Warbler - 2

Redstart - 1

Garden Warbler - 1

Redstart North of 1st wood

Sparrowhawk setaside

Sedge Warbler

Good coverage with a few pairs of eyes covering different parts of the patch, chilly north easterly resulting in a slow morning. Combined totals below. 

Redstart - 2 on beach near mill & north of golf course.

Spotted Fly - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 8

Wheatear - 9

Willow Warbler - 10

Blackcap - 4

Whitethroat - 9

Chiffchaff - 4

Reed Warbler - 4

Yellowhammer - 5

Reed Bunting - 3

Little Egret - 4

Kingfisher - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 1 river

Swift - 2

Sand Martin - 8

House Martin - 20

Swallow - 45

Red Kite - 1

Buzzard - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 4

Lesser BB Gull - 1

Common Gull - 3

Spot Fly North 1st Wood

Swallow West Beach

Red Kite

A sprinkling of variety in the form of a Pied, Spotted Fly and a Tree Pipit  around Bailiffscourt, 3 Whinchat, 2 Wheatear and a Garden Warbler. (OM)

Totals today from RP

 X Feral Pigeon
X Stock Dove
X Common Woodpigeon
2 Collared Dove
1 Common Sandpiper
X Black-headed Gull
X European Herring Gull
1 Great Cormorant
2 Little Egret
1 Grey Heron
4 Great Spotted Woodpecker
3 Eurasian Green Woodpecker
22 Common Magpie
X Eurasian Jackdaw
X Rook
X Carrion Crow
X Eurasian Blue Tit
X Great Tit
12 Eurasian Skylark
2 Common Reed Warbler
14 Barn Swallow
1 Western House Martin
6 Willow Warbler
3 Common Chiffchaff
6 Eurasian Blackcap
8 Common Whitethroat
2 Eurasian Wren
X Common Starling
10 Eurasian Blackbird
6 European Robin
1 Common Redstart
1 Northern Wheatear
4 Dunnock
X House Sparrow
1 Pied Wagtail
X European Greenfinch
X Common Linnet
X European Goldfinch

Birds seen today around the patch. (RP)

7 Mute Swan

5 Mallard

X Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

14 Stock Dove

X Common Wood-Pigeon

1 Eurasian Moorhen

2 Eurasian Oystercatcher

1 Common Sandpiper

X Black-headed Gull

X European Herring Gull

2 Sandwich Tern

4 Little Egret

2 Gray Heron

1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk

1 Common Buzzard

1 Common Kingfisher

3 Great Spotted Woodpecker 

2 Eurasian Green Woodpecker 

1 Eurasian Kestrel

20 Eurasian Magpie

12 Eurasian Jackdaw

20 Rook

X Carrion Crow

5 Eurasian Blue Tit

4 Great Tit

4 Eurasian Skylark

2 Sedge Warbler

3 Common Reed Warbler

6 Barn Swallow

4 Willow Warbler

4 Common Chiffchaff

14 Greater Whitethroat

1 Dartford Warbler

3 Eurasian Wren

X European Starling

4 Eurasian Blackbird

3 European Robin

4 Dunnock

X House Sparrow

8 European Greenfinch

50 Eurasian Linnet

X European Goldfinch

8 Yellowhammer

2 Reed Bunting

Climping - Atherington: I did a couple of hours this morning, before conditions got too warm and concentrating mainly on the Atherington area. (OM)

Little Egret - 6 (including flock of four high NE)

Heron - 1 over E

Red Kite - 1 over Bailiffscourt woods (drifted off W)

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Green Woodpecker - 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker -1

Skylark - 10

Whitethroat - 12

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Blackcap - 1

Willow Warbler - 15

Chiffchaff - 1

Long-tailed Tit - 15

Greenfinch - 8

Goldfinch - 15

 Fairly quiet from the golf course, along the beach upto and around Bailiffscourt,  covering the campsite and longwood.

Wheatear - 6

Lesser Whitethroat - 7

Willow Warbler - 10

Chiffchaff - 8

Whitethroat - 25

Blackcap - 7

Sedge Warbler - 3

Reed Warbler - 7

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Yellowhammer - 2

Reed Bunting - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Meadow Pipit - 1

Swift - 1

Swallow - 15

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 2

Jay - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Little Egret - 4

Grey Heron - 1

Gannet - 1w

Med Gull - 1

Sandwich Tern - 2

Cormorant - 7w

Dunlin - 1w

Skylark - nc

Greenfinch - nc

House Sparrow - nc

Records for the Tuesday 5th covering Climping & Atherington by (OM)

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 2

Swallow - 10

Skylark - 5

Green Woodpecker - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Wheatear - 2

Whitethroat - 20

Willow Warbler 45+

Chiffchaff - 1

Long-tailed Tit - 10

Linnet - 10

Greenfinch - 4

Goldfinch 20

Linnet - 8

Yellowhammer - 1

Very quiet this morning with fewer numbers than the previous few days, with the exception being a Redstart in front of the old horse paddock and 3 Wheatear in the seta-side Climping Beach.

Nothing of note this morning, but the commoner Warblers still present in good numbers.

Willow Warbler - 26

Lesser Whitethroat - 7

Whitethroat - 24

Garden Warbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 5

Reed Warbler - 14 

Sedge Warbler - 7

Cetti's Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 3

Kingfisher - 1

Little Egret - 7

Swallow - c50

Sand Martin - 2

Swift - 11

Lesser Whiethroat

Cetti's Warbler

Sedge Warbler

Little Egret

 Quiet morning with fewer totals than yesterday, with the highlight being a Cuckoo flying west from the end of Long wood.

 Good numbers and variety in the patch this morning, starting from the golf course and venturing onto Bailiffscourt and Climping Beach. 

Whinchat - 1

Wheatear - 1

Willow Warbler - 13

Reed Warbler - 16

Sedge Warbler - 7

Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd

Lesser Whitethroat - 1

Whitethroat - 11

Blackcap - 6

Chiffchaff - 7

Reed Bunting - 3

Yellowhammer - 5

Goldcrest - 1 

Linnet - c125

Greenfinch - nc

Skylark - nc

Goldfinch - nc

Sand Martin - 15

Swallow - 23

Swift - 9

Green Woodpecker - 5

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Grey Heron - 3

Little Egret - 12

Med Gull - c175

Sandwich Tern - 2

Commic Tern - 1s

Buzzard - 4

Kestrel - 2

Stock Dove - 3

Oystercatcher - 1

Whinchat red ring left leg looks like S6

Lesser Whitethroat camp site

Willow Warbler Golf Course

Wheatear Golf Course

Disturbing finding the a great habitat in the patch in this condition, not sure if this was intentionally or not. Hopefully not and will have a chance to grow back and flourish.

Monday, 28th July: Sunshine and cloud, but remaining dry in a pleasantly bright sort of day with a light to moderate W/NW breeze.

Climping Gap: I did a circuit taking in the Atherington - Bailiffscourt - old campsite areas, which produced a bit of variety, including a few Willow Warblers and a Yellow Wagtail - although none of the scarcer migrants I was trying for! My log below:- (OM)

Little Egret - 8

Grey Heron - 2

Curlew - 3W

Oystercatcher - 6

Mediterranean Gull - fewer today; c50 perhaps (no count)

Buzzard - 2

Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 4

Skylark - 12

Swallow - 30+

Sand Martin - 20+

Yellow Wagtail - 1

Sedge Warbler - 1

Reed Warbler - 6

Blackcap - 2

Whitethroat - 12

Willow Warbler - 7 (one in full song several times)

Chiffchaff - 1

Greenfinch - 9

Linnet - 20

Yellowhammer - 2

Still c300+ Med Gull along the beach this morning with another 5 Rings read. A Lapwing on beach amongst the Meds was a surprise, also on the wader front,  3 Curlew, 5 Dunlin 30 Turnstone and 3 Oystercatcher all going west. Quiet amongst the bushes with a Lesser Whitethroat still around the paddock with a couple of Common Whitethroat, 3 Sand Martin west with small numbers of Swift and Swallow. 

Lapwing amongst the Meds at Climping Beach

Reed Warbler Camp site

Details back from the French Yellow ringed color scheme of the bird seen yesterday A9AH as you can see from the list I had previously reported this bird on 25.08.2021 but now has a new ring, the old ring being green ANCR.

16.08.2015	Strouanne, Cap Blanc Nez, Pas-de- Calais	France	50° 54' 1'' N 1° 40' 33'' E	616	414	p     Jürgen Steudtner
17.08.2015	Strouanne, Cap Blanc Nez, Pas-de- Calais	France	50° 54' 1'' N 1° 40' 33'' E	616	415	p     Jürgen Steudtner
20.03.2016	Foz do Douro, Vila Nova de Gaia, Douro Litoral	Portugal	41° 8' 49'' N 8° 40' 29'' W	1944	631	p     Armando Molina & Francisco Gutierrez
03.03.2018	Dafundo beach, Alges, Lisboa	Portugal	38° 41' 52'' N 9° 14' 19'' W	2192	1344	v     António Heitor
18.04.2018	Pionierinsel Lühe, Steinkirchen, Stade, Niedersachsen	Germany	53° 34' 59'' N 9° 36' 10'' E	0	1390	v     Andreas Zours	Partner unringed
29.05.2021	Pionierinsel Lühe, Steinkirchen, Stade, Niedersachsen	Germany	53° 34' 59'' N 9° 36' 10'' E	0	2527	p     Jürgen Steudtner
12.06.2021	Pionierinsel Lühe, Steinkirchen, Stade, Niedersachsen	Germany	53° 34' 59'' N 9° 36' 10'' E	0	2541	p     Jürgen Steudtner
25.08.2021	Climping beach, Littlehampton, West Sussex	England	50° 47' 51'' N 0° 34' 25'' W	759	2615	v     Renaud Flamant
25.08.2021	Climping beach, Littlehampton, West Sussex	England	50° 47' 51'' N 0° 34' 25'' W	759	2615	v     Bola Akinola

05.08.2022	West Itchenor, Chichester, West Sussex	England	50° 48' 16'' N 0° 51' 41'' W	777	2960	v	Renaud Flamant
15.10.2022	Bembridge Harbour, Bembridge, Isle of Wight	England	50° 41' 39'' N 1° 5' 46'' W	797	3031	p	Mark Buckley	damaged ring
08.04.2023	NSG Sehlendorfer Binnensee, Blekendorf, Schleswig-Holstein	Germany	54° 18' 30'' N 10° 40' 35'' E	107	3206	v	Peter Michel	Partner unringed
25.09.2023	Bembridge Harbour, Bembridge, Isle of Wight	England	50° 41' 39'' N 1° 5' 46'' W	797	3376	v	Mark Buckley
22.10.2023	Bembridge Harbour, Bembridge, Isle of Wight	England	50° 41' 39'' N 1° 5' 46'' W	797	3403	p	Mark Buckley
14.05.2024	Fiege Logistics, Flat Roof, Colony, Moorfleet, Hamburg	Germany	53° 30' 16'' N 10° 5' 11'' E	33	3608	n	Volker Dierschke	new colour-ring yellow A9AH, equipped with gps data logger on back (harness)
02.07.2024	Vosseslag, Klemskerke, West- Vlaanderen	Belgium	51° 16' 9'' N 3° 0' 22'' E	516	3657	p	Bart Put
28.03.2025	Foz do Rio Onda, Lavra, Porto	Portugal	41° 16' 14'' N 8° 43' 39'' W	1936	3926	v	Francisco Pires	antenna well visible
25.07.2025	Climping beach, Littlehampton, West Sussex	England	50° 47' 51'' N 0° 34' 25'' W	759	4045	v	Bola Akinola