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. 

A cold frosty morning, starting the new year looking for Jack Snipe, with 4 in Ferry Rd, with 2 Snipe. Also in other fields 12 Yellowhammer 20 Reed Bunting, c50 Skylark, 4 Chiffchaff, 5 Stonechat, also Linnet's Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails. New Year list up and running.

Jack Snipe

Stonechat

 I went looking for Jack Snipe today but drew a blank -  no Snipe either -  too frozen up, also tried Ferry Rd.

Not a bad morning though...total of 8 Stonechat, a Dartford Warbler, possibly two, in the big setaside behind Kents footpath to Longwood. Also c20 Reed Bunting, 40 Skylark there, 30 Pied Wagtail and a few Linnets. 

In the original seaside by the beach there was another c80 Skylark (so i reckon a total of 120 today) plus 5 Meadow Pipit, 3 Yellowhammer and another 5 Reed Bunting. On the way back at Kents a Bullfinch & a Chiffchaff. (OM)