Very quiet in the patch this morning with c50 Swifts around Kents, good numbers of Med Gull still in the area, several Sandwich Tern, 2 Common Tern and a Common Gull on the beach. Offshore very quiet with 2 Gannet and 4 Curlew west, with the highlight of the morning being an adult Hobby near the old camp site attacking the Linnet flock. (BA, CN, OM)

Common Tern

A large number of Med Gull in the fields mid afternoon, estimated number of c500 with the majority in field north of the old horse paddock. An Artic Skua flew west at 14:45 close inshore, good numbers of both Gannet and Sandwich Tern, with a single Common Tern west and 4 Oystercatcher.

Med Gull

  Report back of first sighting  since bird was initially rung.                                   

Summary of rings for individual:              48865

Colour    Code of ring   Leg         Ringing Metal ring Age of bird     Ringing     Ringing location Ringer

White     3X3E            R             Arnhem 3784759  >3CY            16/05/2025  Zwarts eiland, Ventjagersplaten (Haringvliet), Den Bommel; Goeree-  Goris, Guido

                                                      Overflakkee; Zuid-Holland; ; NETHERLANDS 51,43N 4,21E

Sightings for individual:                          48865

White       3X3E      v          08/07/2025 Climping beach; West Sussex; England; United Kingdom  50,48N 00,34W      Akinola, Bola

      Total number of sightings :                           1

  End of report

At least 350 Med Gull along Climping Beach up to Poole Place this morning in fine warm conditions, small numbers of Sandwich Tern moving also, as well as a Redshank and a Greenshank heard, with 8 distant Scoter east. Hundreds of Swift north of the old horse paddock, along with 50 Sand Martin, 15 House Martin and c70 Swallow.

Swift

Kestrel

Getting details back from the Med Gull ringing team from recent sighting.

Summary of rings for individual: 48947

Colour Code of ring Leg Ringing Metal ring Age of bird Ringing Ringing location Ringer

White 3JAH R Bruxelles E954344 >3CY 21/05/2025 Putten West, Kieldrecht; Beveren; Oost-Vlaanderen; Flanders; van der Vliet, Rinse

BELGIUM 51,16N 4,12E

Sightings for individual: 48947

White 3JAH p 07/07/2025 beach, Atherington; Climping (Arun); West Sussex; England; United Kingdom Akinola, Bola

50,48N 0,35W

Total number of sightings : 1

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Summary of rings for individual: 111594

Colour Code of ring Leg Ringing Metal ring Age of bird Ringing Ringing location Ringer

Green R8VL L Paris FS105825 pullus 25/06/2022 Polder de Sebastopol; Barbâtre; Vendée; Pays de la Loire; France

46,56N 2,09W

ringed by team Franck Salmon

Sightings for individual: 111594

Green R8VL p 24/07/2022 plage des trois Moutons; Lampaul-Ploudalmézeau; Finistère; Bretagne; France Arzel, Solange

48,34N 4,39W

Green R8VL p 09/08/2022 plage des trois Moutons; Lampaul-Ploudalmézeau; Finistère; Bretagne; France Arzel, Solange

48,34N 4,39W

Green R8VL p 26/10/2022 Broadsands Beach; Paignton; Devon; England; United Kingdom 50,24N 3,33W Hopper, Steve

Green R8VL v 02/07/2023 Noordervroon, Westkapelle; Veere; Zeeland; ; NETHERLANDS 51,32N 3,27E Wolf, Pim A.

Green R8VL v 26/04/2024 Polder de Sebastopol; Barbâtre; Vendée; Pays de la Loire; France 46,56N 2,09W Robard, Dominique

Green R8VL v 08/04/2025 les Monteaux; Vivy; Maine-et-Loire; Pays de la Loire; France 47,2N 0,06W Rayer, Fabrice

Green R8VL v 11/04/2025 les Monteaux; Vivy; Maine-et-Loire; Pays de la Loire; France 47,2N 0,06W 3 or 4 CY black on RP Rayer, Fabrice

Green R8VL v 07/07/2025 beach, Atherington; Climping (Arun); West Sussex; England; United Kingdom Akinola, Bola

50,48N 0,35W

Total number of sightings : 8

A productive morning with over 100 Sandwich Tern moving west and about the same number of Med Gull Gull along the beach.17 Gannet offshore feeding with thousand of large Gulls further out. A Black-tailed Godwit east was a nice surprise, continuing on the wader front with 2 Redshank and a single Curlew west, and 2 Ringed Plover.

Good numbers of Swift present this morning appearing before a rain cloud and moving off east with c125 total this morning, also 11 House Martin and 5 Sand Martin, with just a couple of Swallow.

Med & Black-headed Gull Climping Beach

This Gull stood out amongst the usual array of Herring this morning,  thoughts welcome

Proposed YLG 

With a change in the weather and fewer people on the beach resulting c150 Med Gull still on the beach on my mid morning arrival, with 3 color rings read. Also 5+ Common Tern, 15 Sandwich Tern, 6 Little Egret, 2 Grey Heron, 5 House Martin and a Sand Martin over the setaside, and  several Swift still in the area.

Med Gull

Common Tern

Cormorant