Just a quick visit around the patch this morning with 5 Whimbrel, 2 Bar-tailed Godwit east, and 5 Sandwich Tern offshore from the river mouth. A Red Kite flew east north of the golf course mid morning with 2 Cetti's Warbler heard and several each of  Blackcap, Whitethroat, Yellowhammer, Reed Bunting, Reed Warbler around the old railway carriages site. Small umbers of Swallow and Swift, 2 Little Egret a Grey Heron and 2 Common Buzzard made for a surprisingly productive morning.

Two Spotted Flycatcher the highlight of  a quiet stroll around the patch this morning and 3 singing Lesser Whitethroat being the best of the rest. A group of 10-12 House Martin flew east over the hotel, with a steady trickle of Swallow constantly movingThe land small numbers of Swift. Large group of Gulls again distantly offshore following the trawlers with 23 Oystercatcher west and just a few Sandwich Tern moving.

Spot Fly present today at Bailiffscourt and behind Mill

 Very quiet offshore this morning with just small numbers of Gannet & Sandwich Tern amongst the large number of Gulls distantly offshore.  Late Brent Geese and 2 Diver moving east, 2 Lesser Whitethroat, and 5 Yellowhammer.

Yellowhammer

Yesterday 12/05  4 Artic Skua moving east at 08:34, a Great Skua on the sea, 2e Med Gull, c50 Common Scoter east, 5 Whimbrel, 22w Oystercatcher, 5 Dunlin, 11 Sanderling and 4 Ringed Plover along the low tide early morning, 5 Great-crested Grebe o/s.

Ringed Plover

Turnstone

Sunday 11/05 2 Little Gull amongst the gull flock at 18:07

Song Thrush

Very quiet in the patch this morning with small numbers of Gannet & Sandwich Tern moving offshore, 6 Great-crested Grebe and 10 Whimbrel. 

Whimbrel moving east

Skylark

 Circa 30 Swift in this morning also about c45 Swallow and 2 House martin. Very quiet around the bushes with 2 Lesser Whitethroat again. Offshore very quite with 6 Great-crested Grebe on the sea,  2 Sandwich Tern & 2 Whimbrel moving east, small numbers of Gannet and 7 Ringed Plover along the beach.

Swift

Buzzard

Cormorant

Combined totals today in a cold NNE wind. (BA & RP)

Red Kite - 1 or 2

Peregrine - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Reed Warbler - c20

Sedge Warbler - 5

Lesser Whitethroat - 2

Whitethroat - 16

Chiffchaff - 8

Blackcap - 12

Yellowhammer - 4

Reed Bunting - 4

Cetti's Warbler - 3 hrd

Goldcrest - 1

Swallow - 17

Stock Dove - 4

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2

Whimbrel - 1

Ringed Plover - 4

Oystercatcher - 1w

Gannet - 12e 5w

Great-crested Grebe - 3

Little Egret - 2

Grey Heron - 2

Red Kite

Blackcap

Whitethroat

Yesterday Sunday 04th there was 3 Red Kite north east, 1 Whimbrel south and early evening my first Great Skua flew east.

With a hazy sea this morning combined efforts at Climping this morning was Great Skua offshore, 3 Great-crested Grebe and 8 Sandwich Terns. 4 Sanderling around the beach and  evidence of breeding Plovers in the area so observers are asked to be careful were they tread. 2 Lesser Whitethroat and good numbers of both Blackcap & Whitethroat in the area.

Sanderling (OM)

 A little variety this morning with a Dartford Warbler, not usually seen in the patch this time of year, which could indicate a nesting bird. A Corn Bunting and Whinchat around the set-aside with 2 each of Ringed and 2 Little Ringed Plover. 3 Lesser Whitethroat in the area good numbers of Whitethroat, Reed and Sedge Warbler, at least 4 Cetti's Warbler heard and singles of Wheatear and Yellowhammer.

Dartford Warbler

LRP

Reed Warbler

Wheatear

Whimbrel

Sedge Warbler

Corn Bunting

Two Pomarine Skua went east from Climping car park this morning although distant, but passage was very slow with just 19w 21e Sandwich Tern, 8w 7e Gannet, 1w 2e Whimbrel, 8w Oystercatcher, 2n Med Gull 1e Ringed Plover, 1 Swallow and 1e 3os Great-crested Grebe.

Please view only from the bank and do not enter the set-aside.

A Hobby over  the set-aside this morning was the first report of the year, as was a Whinchat in the field south of the old camp site. (DB) The Little-ringed Plover still present this morning as well as the Lesser Whitethroat in the old horse paddock. 2 Wheatear present, a Mistle Thrush in Bailiffscourt, and a Common Sandpiper around the rocks at Poole Place. Quiet offshore with just small numbers of Gannet and Sandwich Tern, with 6 Great-crested Grebe on the sea.

Wheatear

Whitethroat

Another Little-ringed Plover in the setaside this morning, good numbers of Barwits moving and several Swallow in off the sea.

Bar-tailed Godwit - 94e

Whimbrel - 11e

Knot - 1e

Ringed Plover - 4

Oystercatcher - 3e 21w

Fulmar - 1w

Kittiwake - 1e

Gannet - 24e 5w

Common Scoter - 4e

Shelduck - 2w

Great-crested Grebe - 4os 1e

Little Egret - 3

Grey Heron - 2

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 horse paddock

Whitethroat - 11

Reed Warbler - 10

Sedge Warbler - 2

Yellowhammer - 4

Reed Bunting - 5

Blackcap - 8

Willow Warbler - 5

Chiffchaff - 7

Goldcrest - 1

Swallow - 34

Song Thrush - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 1

LRP

The highlight this morning being a Nightingale in the middle of the golf, which then flew into dense cover near the footpath. (RP)

Oystercatcher - 2

Whimbrel - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Little Egret - 1

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Jay - 1

Sedge Warbler - 6

Reed Warbler - 8

Cetti's Warbler - 3 

Swallow - 2

Chiffchaff - 6

Blackcap - 7

Whitethroat - 6

Song Thrush - 6

Reed Bunting - 2

A Woodlark seen and heard this morning just west of Poole Place by OM, and a Little-ringed Plover briefly on the set-aside before departing north, being the highlights of this morning by (RG)

Whimbrel - 19

Fulmar - 1e

Shelduck - 4w

Lesser Whitethroat - 1 singing

Wheatear - 1

Willow Warbler - 3

Swallow - 5

Quiet offshore again this morning with 3 Little Tern east and a small numbers of wader seen. 2 or 3 Raven seen flying through the patch. Combined totals below.

Whimbrel 15e 6w

Brent Geese 5e

Med Gull - 8w

Sandwich Tern - 25e 19w

Gannet - 2w 1e

Turnstone - 17w

Sanderling - 14

Oystercatcher - 12e 3w

Great-crested Grebe - 6

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 4

Swallow - 1

Wheatear - 3

Records for Friday 18th with a cold southerly wind, found it very quiet in the area. 

Kittiwake - 5w

Fulmar - 1e

Sandwich Tern - 15e 30w

Gannet - 7e

Med Gull - 2w 4e

Sanderling - 37w 20e

Little Egret - 6

Great-crested Grebe - 2os

Records for today by (RP)

Little Tern - 1 feeding along beach

Stock Dove - 6

Whimbrel - 4e

Oystercatcher - 2

Great-crested Grebe - 2 os

Sedge Warbler - 8

Reed Warbler - 1

Willow Warbler - 11

Chiffchaff - 10

Cetti's warbler - 4 hrd

Blackcap - 9

Yellowhammer - 4

Swallow - 2

No reports of any Hoopoe sighting today, but the first two Little Tern of the year went east this morning, as well 4 Whimbrel, Fulmar, Brent Geese & Common Scoter moving through east.

A report of a Corn Bunting, a scarce bird for the patch seen today, and good numbers of the usual array Warblers in and around the golf course.(AH & RP)

A Hoopoe gave some visitors the run around this morning, firstly seen in Elmer by (OM) then flying west, then the same bird or another seen from Climping Beach in Cudlow field south of Bailiffscourt. Also this morning a Marsh Harrier reported by (DB) seen flying over the set-aside, and good numbers of Whitethroat around the site.

Brent Geese - 2e

Whimbrel - 1w

Sandwich Tern - 7w

Gannet - 1w

Med Gull - 12

Great-crested Grebe - 4 os

Dunlin - 1w

Turnstone - c40w

Swallow - 1

A Whitethroat around the golf course this morning, and my first Reed Warbler of the year.

Reed Warbler  - 1

Sedge Warbler - 2

Whitethroat - up to 7

Willow Warbler - 8

Chiffchaff - 20

Blackcap - 14

Wheatear - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 3-4

Reed Bunting - 6

Yellowhammer - 2

Goldcrest - 1

Swallow - 5

Linnet - c50

Jay - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 2

Stock Dove - 6

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 4

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 1

Ringed Plover - 1

Great-crested Grebe - 5 os

Med Gull - 6

 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.