No sign of the LRP today but a female Black Redstart at the of the Mill Path found by (DB). 4 Wheatear around the setaside, 4 Swallow and a Swift moving east, and notably more singing Willow Warbler and Blackcap.  Very quiet offshore.

Wheatear

The Little-ringed Plover still present for its second day in the setaside, please view only from the shingle bank and do not enter the field. Three dolphins offshore from the car park late morning and a Grey Seal.

Little Egret - 7

Great-crested Grebe - 3

Med Gull - 3e

Sandwich Tern - 4e 2w

Whimbrel - 2e

Oystercatcher - 2w

Turnstone - 27 along beach

Gadwall - 2w

Shoveler - 4w

Shelduck - 2e

Mute Swan - 3s

Cettis Warbler - 3-4 heard

Blackcap - 9

Chiffchaff - 15

Yellowhammer - 4

Linnet - 9

Swallow - 1

Song Thrush - 7

Stock Dove 10

Green Woodpecker - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Kestrel - 3

Buzzard - 1

LRP Setaside

Gadwall Climping Beach

A Little-ringed Plover in the patch being the highlight for (RP) this morning.

Little-ringed Plover - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1

Ringed Plover - 1

Oystercatcher - 2

Turnstone - 30

Med Gull - 7

Gannet - 2

Little Egret - 4

Grey Heron - 2

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Sedge Wrbler - 1

Chiffchaff - 10

Cetti's Warbler - 3

Blackcap - 10

Song Thrush - 4

Linnet -  60 

Yellowhammer - 6

Reed Bunting - 5

Swallow - 4

Sightings today from (RP), with good numbers of Chiffs again.

Greylag Goose - 1w

Mute Swan - 2

Mallard - 6

Stock Dove - 12

Oystercatcher - 2

Jack Snipe - 1

Common Sandpiper - 1

Med Gull - 12

Great-crested Grebe - 3

Buzzard - 1

Green Woodpecker - 3

Kerstrel - 3

Jay - 5

Swallow - 4

Willow Warbler - 4

Chiffchaff - 36

Cetti's Warblert - 5

Blackcap - 9

Whitethroat - 1

Song Thrush - 5

White Wagtail - 1

Reed Bunting - 6

The first Sedge Warbler of the year around the golf course this morning, with good numbers of Phylloscopus around. (RP)

 

Sedge Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 8

Willow Warbler - 12

Chiffchaff - 50

Cetti's Warbler - 4 hrd

Reed Bunting - 4

Med Gull - 8

Little Owl - 1

Jay - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 2

Swallow - 8

Sand Martin - 2

Quiet yet again offshore in a brisk NNE breeze, with a Great-northern Diver the best of the rest. 2 or 3 Redstart seen, at Atherington Pools,  Mill house road, and the south side of Longwood. An early Whitethroat on the golf course was found by RP, and 4 Red Kite drifted over. Combined totals below.

Redstart - 2-3

Whitethroat - 1

Chiffchaff - 27

Willow Warbler - 2 

Blackcap - 5

Swallow - 2

Red-legged Partridge - 2

Red Kite - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Great Northern Diver - 1e

Diver sp - 1e

Sandwich Tern - 19e 2w

Gannet - 3e 7w

Med Gull - 2

Common Scoter - 2e

Great-crested Grebe - 2os

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Red-breasted Merganser - 2os

Redstart

Red Kite

Grey Seal

Good coverage this morning with several pairs of eyes around. An Avocet first seen at Elmer beach by (OM) at 08:30 alerted locals further east and all were able to connect. A White Wagtail in setaside late morning.

Avocet - 1e

Sandwich Tern - 13e 1w

Med Gull - 25

Gannet - 2e

Shelduck - 2w 1e

Brent Geese - 7e

Common Scoter - 2w

Whimbrel - 1e

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1w

Curlew - 2w

Sanderling - 5e 3w

Ringed Plover - 5

Turnstone - 37 beach

Great-crested Grebe - 6os

Red-breasted Merganser - 2os 2w 1e

Little Egret - 5

Swallow - 3

Sand Martin - 1

White Wagtail - 1

Yellowhammer - 6

Reed Bunting - 7

Cetti's Warbler - 4 hrd

Chiffchaff - nc

Linnet - 40

Skylark - p

Meadow Pipit - p

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 1

Jack Snipe - 1 (DB)

 

Glorious morning around the golf course, without any real highlights.

Swallow - 3

Wheatear - 1

Blackcap - 5

Willow Warbler - 4

Chiffchaff - 10

Cetti's Warbler - 2-3 hrd

Reed Bunting - 6

Linnets - c50

Skylarks - p

Snipe - 1

Song Thrush - 6

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Little Egret - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 2

Med Gull - 12

An afternoon visit to Medmerry for the Least Sandpiper.

A glorious sunny morning with a brisk north east wind keeping movement to a minimum, the undoubted highlight being a male Redstart in the hedgerow west of bread lane from the old camp site.

Yet another quiet morning around the patch after checking several spots, a Marsh Harrier west of Tesco's being the highlight.

Sandwich Tern - 12e 7w

Gannet - 1e

Med Gull - 1w

Red-breasted Merganser - 15os 2e

Great-crested Grebe -5 os

Brent Geese - 16e

Sanderling - 26w

Turnstone - 27w

Common Sandpiper - 1 marina

Oystercatcher - 2

Wheatear - 1

Willow Warbler - 2

Chiffchaff - 6

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Yellowhammer - 1

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 2

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 1

Wheatear Setaside

Common Sandpiper Marina

Grey Seal

 

 The Black Redstart still around Atherington this morning, also a couple of first's for my year with 2 Blackcap around Bailiffscourt and a Willow Warbler in the area. Generally very quiet again so took myself upto Black Ditch and found a single Little-ringed Plover in the only field holding some water, west of Rustington golf course.

Black Redstart

LRP

Male Bluethroat perfoming well at Brooklands park late morning.

Very grey this morning with a female Black Redstart on the roof at Atherington cottage, 7 Redwing in Longwood, 2 Yellowhammer and a Stonechat around the setaside and a few Chiffs.Misty again offshore and very slow with  3e Sandwich Tern, 6e Brent Geese, and small numbers of Wigeon, Teal, Red-breasted Merganser and Great-crested Grebe on the sea.

Not a lot of movement this morning in the mist, but a wander around the golf course and the beach produced some numbers.

Chiffchaff - 11

Cetti's Warbler - 2-3

Reed Bunting - 5

Linnet - 10

Meadow Pipit - 25

Skylark - 15

Sandwich Tern - 11w 3e

Diver sp - 3e

Great-crested Grebe - 4

Red-breasted Merganser - 7

Brent Geese - c150e

Teal - 4 golf course

Cormorant - 10e

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 1

Kestrel - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Stock Dove - 2

Ringed Plover - 1

Turnstone - 8w

Oystercatcher - 1w 3e

Jay - 1

 Glorious sunny conditions with a gentle breeze from the east, found hundreds of Brent on the move, a Shag offshore from poole place and 2 Red Kite drifting east over the setaside.

Brent Geese - c600 Brent Geese east

Common Scoter - 75e

Shelduck - 2e

Med Gull - 4e 2os

Sandwich Tern - 11e

Shag - 1os

Great-crested Grebe - 15 os

Red-breasted Merganser - 9os 1w

Mute Swan - 2w

Sanderling - 20w

Curlew - 1e

Oystercatcher - 22w

Turnstone - 15

Grey Plover - 1

Red Kite - 2e

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Chiffchaff - 9

Reed Bunting - 13

Skylark - 20

Meadow Pipit - 15

Pied Wagtail - 8

Linnet - 10

Song Thrush - 3

Grey Heron - 1

Little Egret - 1

Stock Dove - 3

Red Kite

Brent Geese 

Chiffchaff bread lane

My first Wheatear this morning moving east along west beach, and 1-2 Firecrest around atherington cottages being the highlights.

Chiffchaff - 4

Yellowhammer - 6

Meadow Pipit - 25

Linnet - 30

Reed Bunting - 5

Skylark - 23

Song Thrush - 3

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 2

Brent Geese - 35e

Red-breasted Merganser - 7 os

Great-crested Grebe - 4 os

Ringed Plover - 8

 

Firecrest

Meadow Pipit West Beach

Chiffchaff

A Little-ringed Plover on flooded fields off bread lane this morning. (CN) 

Black Redstart just west of Poole Place on elmer rocks, also 2 Sandwich Tern east. (OM) 

An early afternoon visit in the sunshine produced just a few bits and bobs, with 1-2 Jack Snipe, 18 Common Snipe, out of the first right field off Ferry Road, 3-4 Chiffchaff, in the area singles of  Rock Pipit, and Stonechat, as well as good numbers of Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, Linnet  and Skylark. Very little movement offshore with just a few Med and several Common & Herring Gull along the tideline.

 A quick mooch around Ferry Rd up to 10:40 this morning with a Single Jack Snipe, 3 Common Snipe, 4 Linnets, 12 Yellowhammer and a Little Egret. (TC)

4 Jack Snipe & 6 Snipe in the flooded fields off Ferry Rd. Monday 10th (OM) 

Odd looking Herring Gull on the cudlow field this morning

 Very quiet again offshore with c80 Sanderling moving along the shoreline, c60 Med Gull and just 2 Red-breasted Merganser on the sea. In the flooded fields north of Cudlow, 3 Lapwing, 3 Shelduck and 2 Red-legged Partridge.

Loss of all shrub along Climping beach

Red-legged Partridge

 A glorious morning starting from the back of the golf course, finding c60 Linnet north of the golf course, good numbers of Greenfinch, Goldfinch and a couple of Jay. Through longwood which was very quiet, then through the setaside at the bottom of Longwood finding 2 Stonechat, plenty of Reed Bunting, Meadow Pipit, Skylark, Pied Wagtail, Song Thrush and a Kestrel. Back along the west beach, with mixed flock of the commoner Gulls on the tideline with several Sanderling. 

Stonechat

Reed Bunting

Meadow Pipit

Onto Ferry road with 2 Jack Snipe and 4 Common Snipe.

Jack Snipe

Just one Rock Pipit in cudlow field this afternoon with 18 Oystercatcher and a few Skylark. Plenty of Med, Common and Black-headed Gulls on the sea, but very little movement offshore.

Rock Pipit

Common Gull

 Very grey and overcast, with a flat calm sea found very little movement offshore, with a Great-northern Diver moving west being the only highlight.

Brent Geese - 10w 2e

Red-breasted Merganser - 9e 17os

Great-crested Grebe - 1os

Med Gull - c50e 25os

Oystercatcher - 17

Rock Pipit - 3

Meadow Pipit - 19

Skylark - 52

Linnet - 30

Reed Bunting - 22

Stonechat - 2

Pied Wagtail - 5

Buzzard - 1

Little Egret - 1

Rock Pipits

Common Gull

 Good numbers of Gannet loafing offshore this morning before the heavy rain resulted in my withdrawal. A Great-northern Diver from the car park fairly close inshore, 12e 7os Red-throated Diver, several of both Great-crested Grebe and Red-breasted Merganser about, and a few distant Auks moving east.

Firecrest  Firstwood 20/1/25 (RP)

Another cold morning with again very little moving offshore.

Red-throated Diver - 9e 7os

Gannet - 30e

Red-breasted Merganser - 17os 2e

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Yellowhammer -20

Pied Wagtail - 34

Stonechat - 2

Reed Bunting - 5

Meadow Pipit - 1

Snipe - 1

Yellowhammer 

2-3 Marsh Harrier north of Lyminster this afternoon, also 2 Cattle Egret, 2 Egyptian Geese, 2 Stonechat, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard and 3 Grey Heron.

A cold grey morning found at least 20 Red-throated Diver offshore from the car park up to Elmer Rocks, also 17 Great-crested Grebe, 25 Red-breasted Merganser, 11E Gannet east, 12E Brent Geese, with several Med Gull drifting along the tide line. On the wader front 16 Grey Plover, 13 Ringed Plover, with several Sanderling Oystercatcher and Turnstone along the tide line. 

A single Slav Grebe offshore at elmer rocks this morning being the highlight, (OM) and a Black Redstart reported near the footbridge by the Arun View pub. (BS) 

 Out late morning, walking from Ferry Road rife to bottom of longwood, and up to the River mouth with not a lot around.

Large numbers of Gulls and Gannets offshore, although distant. 4 Red-throated Diver on the sea with 2 Red-breasted Merganser, 5 Brent Geese flew east, and 18 Oystercatcher along the river mouth. With 4 Chiffchaff, 2 Stonechat, 30 Meadow Pipit, c50 Skylark, 40 Pied Wagtail, 3 Little Egret, 2 Buzzard in the field and bushes.

Med Gull

Common Gull

Brent Goose

Large numbers of Gull's with Gannets distantly offshore this morning, met OM at Poole place

with the highlight being two distant Slav Grebe drifting west, so pleased to have my scope back.

Slavonian Grebe - 2

Red-throated Diver - 29w 5os

Diver - sp 2e 4w

Gannet - c100w

Med Gull - 40

Auk sp - 30w

Great-crested Grebe - 11os

Red-breasted Merganser - c30 offshore

Grey Plover - 13

Oystercatcher - 22

 

Med Gull Climping Beach

 A quick visit late morning produced two first's for the year, with a Firecrest at Kent's and a Green Sandpiper in the flooded field west of bread lane.

A cold bright sunny morning with a little movement offshore, good numbers in the fields, with a Raven flying west calling at Poole Place, and landed in the tree's at Elmer Wood.

Gannet - 150e 5w

Med Gull - 75

Red-throated Diver - 11e 4w

Diver sp - 5e 4w

Pintail - 8e

Wigeon - 35w

Common Scoter - 25e

Shelduck - 2w

Brent Geese - 16e 5w 

Great-crested Grebe - 3os 2e

Red-breasted Merganser - 30 offshore

Grey Plover - 5

Sanderling - 2

Ringed Plover - 10

Turnstone - c70

Common Sandpiper - 1 

Raven - 1 west poole place

Buzzard - 3

Chiffchaff - 2

Stonechat - 6

Yellowhammer - 12

Reed Bunting - 15

Linnet - c175

Skylark - c120

Meadow Pipit - 15

Pied Wagtail - 11

Song Thrush - 20

Jay - 2

Little Egret - 1

Grey Heron - 1

Common Sand river

Stonechat

Yellowhammer

Mouse

A Great White Egret at Black Ditch found by AH on Saturday the 11th, also yesterday a Black Redstart near the river footbridge reported by RP.