A couple of hours at Atheringtonn this morning, couldn't find anything decent: (OM)

Little Egret feeding in recently tilled arable field - 8

Chiffchaff notable fall of at least 60 in the Atherington/ Bailiffscourt area alone

Blackcap Atherington area - 6

Goldcrest at Bailiffscourt area - 4

Song Thrush  - Atherington area - 5

Stonechat - Atherington area - 5

Siskin east over Atherington area - 3

Also a few Meadow Pipits and Skylarks, plus the usual Jays, Buzzards, kestrel, Green Woods etc.

Hard going in grey cloudy conditions this morning starting around Kents, noticeably fewer birds in the area although hirundine continue moving east in fewer numbers. The highlight of the morning being a Grasshopper Warbler along the hedge that runs from the set-aside towards the camp site. 

Wheatear - 1

Whitethroat - 1

Spot Fly - 1

Stonechat - 11

Chiffchaff - 25+

Goldcrest - 6

Blackcap - 7

Cetti's Warbler - 1 heard

Yellowhammer - 9

Reed Bunting - 7

Grey Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 3

Meadow Pipit - c60

Skylark - c40

Goldfinch - 30

Linnet - 40

Jay - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Little Egret - 5

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Oystercatcher - 2

Curlew - 1e

Sandwich Tern 3w

Grasshopper Warbler

Spotted Flycatcher

A slower movement of hirundine moving east with the majority being Swallow, c50 Chiffchaff in the area, with good numbers around Bailiffscourt, but the highlight of the morning was 8 Crossbill calling flying west over the old camp site. A total of 14 Stonechat with 12 being in the setaside north east of the camp site, 8 Yellowhammer around and a Cettis Warbler north of the horse paddock.

Meadow Pipit setaside

Yellowhammer camp site

Stonechat Bread Lane

Grey Heron Golf course

Records for Friday 26th Feb 2025 by (OM)

Very slow at sea. with two sessions at Elmer Rocks today; there was no sign of the Little Stint in the high tide roost today and notably smaller numbers of waders.

The highlights of the two visits were as follows:

Great Crested Grebe - 1 o/s

Brent Goose - 1W

Shag - 2

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1

Grey Plover - 2

Ringed Plover - flock c.60E but few otherwise

Sanderling - 2

Oystercatcher - 60

Sandwich Tern - 5E

Chiffchaff - 10

Goldcrest - 1

Siskin - 26E

Meadow Pipit - 15

The Little Stint again on the 3rd rock island from the east, 150 metres offshore at Elmer. Seen twice briefly but is being harassed by Gulls. Also on the same island 50+ Oystercatcher, a Bar-tailed Godwit, 2 juv Shag and 2 Rock Pipit. (OM)

 Nothing of note to report this morning, in chilly still conditions. Hundreds of hirundine still moving east along the beach, Chiffchaff present in good numbers especially around Bailiffscourt, and several Stonechat in the northern set aside.

Chiffchaff - 60+

Goldcrest - 4

Siskin - 10

Chaffinch - 1

Grey Wagtail - 1

Stonechat - 13

Yellowhammer - 5

Blackcap - 11

Reed Bunting - 4

Linnet - c50

Meadow Pipit - 7

Skylark - 17

Goldfinch - c75

Jay - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3 or 4

Green Woodpecker - 3

Buzzard - 4

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Little Egret - 8

Curlew - 1

Dunlin - 1

Dunlin setaside

Chiffchaff present in good numbers

Stonechat

 A Little Stint amongst waders on the 3rd rock island from the east,  at Elmer Rocks this afternoon, also 2 Rock Pipit.

 A few bits from my shortish visits this morning/afternoon. (OM)

Atherington (1030 - 1230hrs):  Chiffchaffs were the main feature this morning, with small gatherings in the sunny and sheltered corners away from the brisk NE wind; I logged 30+ but there were doubtless more that I missed. Numbers of other warblers though were well down with just two Whitethroats and four Blackcaps noted. A nice Grey Wagtail was on the Atherington pools. Still lots of hirundines, several hundred passing through and some lingering, mostly Swallows, a good number of House Martins and fewer  Sand Martins. On the beach were just three Ringed Plovers, whilst offshore three Wigeon flying east, dropped onto the sea and there they stayed. Locals included two Jays, two Kestrels and three Buzzards.

Elmer Rocks - Poole Place (1430-1545hrs): On the rock islands there was a total of 62 Oystercatchers roosting at high tide. On the island nearest Poole Place the imm Shag was roosting  together with a single Redshank, the Shag eventually flying off east then landing on the sea opposite the old car park. Other waders included 40 Ringed Plovers, five sanderling, a Dunlin and 10 Turnstones.

Grey Wagtail

A bit of interest today though nothing special. (OM)

I started at Elmer Rocks (0745-1030hrs) and watched a a fair bit around the Poole Place area......my list was:
Gannet - 20 o/s
Common Scoter - 1W
Teal - 3W
Shag - 1 roosting on Elmer Rocks, later on sea off Poole P
Sandwich Tern - 4E
Dunlin - 2E - went over Pool P calling and seen
Redshank - 1 just east Poole P, later roosting on Elmer rocks
Oystercatcher - 10 on beach
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1 with Oyc's
Meadow Pipit - 35N
Grey Wagtail - 1E
Wheatear - 3
Stonechat - 2 Poole P
Goldfinch - 15N
Siskin - 10N
Swallow - no count, several 100's trickling east in steady flow
Atherington: (1115-1315hrs)
Blackcap - 8+
Whitethroat - 3
Chiffchaff - 24
Redstart - 1
Siskin - 3N
Buzzard - 4
Jay - 2
Green Wood - 3

Shag Elmer Rocks

Barwit with Ocyks

Wheatear Elmer

Chilly start in a brisk northern wind. A good day for Chiffchaffs. Good number of interesting birds along track to old railway carriages.(RP)

Mute Swan 9
Common sandpiper 2
Turnstone 2
Gray heron 2
Kestrel 1
Buzzard 3
Sparrowhawk 1
Jay 5
Swallow still lots
House Martin 40
Sand Martin 20
Chiffchaff 60+
Blackcap 20
Cetti’s warbler 2(h)
Whitethroat 1
Wheatear 2
Meadow pipit 40
Skylark 2
Whinchat 4
Stonechat 6
Linnet 120
Goldfinch 30
Yellowhammer 6
Reed bunting 2

An hour seawatch found it very quiet offshore, a steady movement of hirundine still moving east throughout the morning, and notably more Blackcap present in the area.

Gannet - 5e 15w

Med Gull - 40w

Sandwich Tern - 1w

Common Scoter - 2w

Ringed Plover 5e

Oystercatcher - 6w

Curlew - 1

Blackcap - c40

Whitethroat - 3

Chiffchaff - 17

Goldcrest - 6

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 2

Meadow Pipit - c60

Reed Bunting - 2

Yellowhammer - 3

Stonechat - 1

Siskin - 1 hrd

Sparrowhawk - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Jay - 1

Mistle Thrush - 1

Red-legged Partridge - 1

Little Egret - 19

Chiffchaff

Whitethroat 

Little Egret

 Today I watched at Atherington from 1100 to 13300hrs....I only managed to do Bailiffs and then the fields immediately surrounding, spending ages doing a good search for a Wryneck, without success. My list of sightings was as below:- (OM)

Whitethroat - 4

Blackcap - 5+

Chiffchaff - 8

Spotted Flycatcher - 2

Red-legged Partridge - 1 (rubbish photos not worth sending)

Jay - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Gt Spot Woodpecker - 1

Buzzard - 3

Kestrel - 1

Swallows and House martins - mixed flocks of 100's moving generally south, no count attempted.

Out early afternoon due to other commitments, in the glorious sunshine found a constant movement of hirundine moving east.

Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Chiffchaff - 14

Willow Warbler - 2

Blackcap - 5

Whitethroat - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Goldcrest - 1

Stonechat - 2

Reed Bunting - 5

Yellowhammer - 6

Meadow Pipit - c50

Skylark - c35

Little Egret - 2

Buzzard - 5

Kestrel - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Spot Fly Kent's

Chiffchaff

Lovely sunny morning lots of hirundines around but not a lot else.  Enclosing a couple of pictures from this morning of Migrant Hawker (RP)

8 Mute Swan

2 Mallard

X Feral Pigeon

2 Stock Dove

X Common Woodpigeon

4 Common Moorhen

2 Common Ringed Plover

2 Common Sandpiper

X Black-headed Gull

16 Mediterranean Gull

X European Herring Gull

X Great Black-backed Gull

5 Great Cormorant

10 Little Egret

1 Grey Heron

4 Common Buzzard

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

1 Eurasian Green Woodpecker

X Common Magpie

X Eurasian Jackdaw

8 Rook

X Carrion Crow

X Eurasian Blue Tit

2 Great Tit

4 Eurasian Skylark

1 Common Reed Warbler

X Sand Martin

X Barn Swallow

X Western House Martin

10 Common Chiffchaff

2 Cetti's Warbler

2 Long-tailed Tit

8 Eurasian Blackcap

1 Common Whitethroat

3 Eurasian Wren

X Common Starling

3 Eurasian Blackbird

X European Robin

2 Northern Wheatear

4 Dunnock

X House Sparrow

X Meadow Pipit

4 European Greenfinch

60 Common Linnet

X European Goldfinch

1 Common Reed Bunting

Migrant Hawker (RP)

Very quiet offshore this morning with just a light phase Artic Skua west , and a possible Juv Caspian Gull on the sea before flying off west. Good numbers of birds in the patch without anything  exciting.

Spotted Flycatcher - 2 or 3 behind the horse paddock

Whinchat - 5 North railway carriages 

Stonechat - 10 

Yellow Wagtail - 25 field east of pub

Grey Wagtail - 2

Pied Wagtail - 12

Chiffchaff - 15+

Goldcrest - 2

Willow Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 5

Yellowhammer - 9

Reed Bunting - 10

Meadow Pipit - 15

Linnet - c150

Swallow - c200

Sand Martin - 10

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Green Woodpecker - 5

Artic Skua - 1e

Gannet - 9w

Med Gull - 5w

Sandwich Tern - 1e 1w

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1s'

Oystercatcher - 2e 3w

Little Egret - 28

Peregrine - 1

Red-legged Partridge - 2

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

Spot Fly behind old horse paddock

Kestrel with dinner

Yellow Wagtail

Sea watch today in the blustery conditions from the car park.

Great Skua - 1w

Artic Skua - 1w

Gannet - c115+

Great-crested Grebe - 1

Sandwich Tern - 3w

Common Tern - 1e

Med Gull - 3w

Common Gull - 3w

Common Scoter - 23w

Bar-tailed Godwit - 2w

Knot - 1w

Dunlin - 3w

Ringed Plover - 1w

Sanderling - 1w

Oystercatcher - 3e 1w

Turnstone - 3w 3e

Little Egret - 29 Field's behind pub up to the A259

Grey Heron - 1e

Kingfisher - Atherington Pools

Spotted Flycatcher - 1

Wheatear - 3

Chiffchaff - 17

Sand Martin - 3

House Martin - 1

Swallow - c75

Buzzard - 1

Starling - c175

Report of 2 Balearic Shearwater heading west from Climping Beach at 11:20 this morning and the same observer reporting a Grasshopper Warbler from the old camp site, and 2 Tree Pipit over the same location. (MB)

Yet another slog around the patch,  without any rewards, rafts of large Gulls moving west distantly offshore, and the wind not helping around the bushes.  Two Red-legged Partridge in field west of the heliport in Bailiffscourt.

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Chiifchaff - 13

Willow Warbler - 1

Blackcap - 7

Whitethroat - 5

Meadow Pipit - 5

Reed Bunting - 1

Jay - 1

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 1

Red-legged Partridge - 2 

Gannet - 25w

Med Gull - c100

Sandwich Tern - 1

Red-legged Partridge adjacent Bailiffscourt 

A late morning visit starting at Kents and a couple of hours sea watching left me feeling slightly frustrated with a Petrel sp east at 14:23. 

Black Tern - 1w

Sandwich Tern - 40w

Gannet - 38w 

Pintail - 1w

Med Gull - 30

Common Gull - 5

Redstart - 2

Goldcrest - 2

Chiffchaff - 3

Whitethroat - 4

Blackcap - 5

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Meadow Pipit - 3

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kingfisher - 1

Mixed hirundine flock around the pond.

A South South wind with heavy showers found c200 Med Gull along the beach moving slowly west this morning along with 100+ Gannet offshore. A single Skua sp  probable Artic, west harrowing the gulls offshore, small numbers of Sandwich & Commic Tern, 8w Bar-tailed Godwit, 9 Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin,11 Sanderling, 3e Common Scoter and a Peregrine. Along the tideline small numbers of Oystercatcher & Turnstone, 2 Curlew, 2 Grey Heron & 7 Little Egret. A quick look around the sheltered spots found 9 Blackcap, 3 Whitethroat, 4 Chiffchaff, Buzzard, Kestrel.

Barwits moving west Climping Beach

Good coverage found good numbers of hirundine on the move, my first Firecrest of the autumn at Kents, also Garden Warbler. 

 Firecrest - 1

Garden Warbler - 1

Spotted Fly - 2

Wheatear - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 4

Grey Wagtail - 3

Whitethroat - 7

Blackcap - 30

Goldcrest - 2

Willow Warbler - 5

Chiffchaff - 11

Stonechat - 1

Yellowhammer - 2

Reed Bunting - 4

Skylark - c40

Meadow Pipit - 7

Linnet - 35

Buzzard - 3

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 3

Jay - 3

Redshank - 3

Oystercatcher - 34

Curlew - 4

Sanderling - 11w

Little Egret - 11

Grey Heron - 1

Med Gull - c100

Gannet - 20 offshore

Sandwich Tern - 50

Sandwich Tern & Med Gull Climping Beach

Spot Fly Camp Site

Sand Martin 

Today's record's from (RP)

8 Mallard

X Feral Pigeon

7 Stock Dove

X Common Woodpigeon

2 Collared Dove

1 Common Swift

1 Common Moorhen

1 Eurasian Oystercatcher

X Black-headed Gull

4 Mediterranean Gull

X European Herring Gull

1 Great Black-backed Gull

1 Sandwich Tern

1 Great Cormorant

8 Little Egret

3 Grey Heron

1 Eurasian Sparrowhawk

1 Common Buzzard

1 Common Kingfisher

2 Great Spotted Woodpecker

1 Eurasian Green Woodpecker

1 Common Kestrel

2 Eurasian Jay

X Common Magpie

X Eurasian Jackdaw

X Rook

X Carrion Crow

6 Eurasian Blue Tit

4 Great Tit

1 Common Reed Warbler

X Sand Martin

X Barn Swallow

4 Willow Warbler

2 Common Chiffchaff

2 Cetti's Warbler

8 Eurasian Blackcap

8 Common Whitethroat

X Eurasian Wren

X Common Starling

6 Eurasian Blackbird

X European Robin

1 Common Redstart

1 Northern Wheatear

1 Dunnock

6 House Sparrow

1 Grey Wagtail

6 European Greenfinch

X Common Linnet

X European Goldfinch

5 Yellowhammer

Record for 08/9/25 Yesterday from (RP)

 9 Mute Swan

X Rock Pigeon (Feral Pigeon)

1 Stock Dove

X Black-headed Gull

40 Mediterranean Gull

X European Herring Gull

1 Sandwich Tern

2 Great Cormorant

1 Common Kingfisher

1 Eurasian Green Woodpecker

1 Peregrine Falcon

X Eurasian Magpie

X Rook

X Carrion Crow

X Eurasian Blue Tit

2 Eurasian Skylark

2 Sedge Warbler

30 Bank Swallow

X Barn Swallow

40 Western House-Martin

3 Willow Warbler

4 Greater Whitethroat

X European Starling

6 Eurasian Blackbird

X European Robin

3 Northern Wheatear

10 Western Yellow Wagtail

6 Meadow Pipit

X Eurasian Linnet

X European Goldfinch

Climping - Atherington: I stayed around the Atherington area finding a variety of migrants in the bushes and trees, but there just wasn't time to cover more ground or even the beach in the restricted time of under two hours available to me today. My highlights were three Spotted Flycatchers, a Whinchat, a Lesser Whitethroat, six Whitethroats, at least 12 Blackcaps, eight Chiffchaffs and five Willow Warblers (including one singing in the sunshine)....and also a Hummingbird Hawkmoth! (OM)

A quick visit to the patch this afternoon produced the following; (RP)

9 Mute Swan

X Feral Pigeon

4 Stock Dove

X Common Woodpigeon

2 Common Moorhen

X Black-headed Gull

80 Mediterranean Gull

X European Herring Gull

1 Great Black-backed Gull

16 Little Egret

2 Common Buzzard

1 Great Spotted Woodpecker

2 Eurasian Green Woodpecker

2 Common Kestrel

1 Peregrine Falcon

X Common Magpie

X Eurasian Jackdaw

X Carrion Crow

6 Eurasian Blue Tit

40 Barn Swallow

2 Common Chiffchaff

5 Eurasian Blackbird

1 Common Redstart

10 Northern Wheatear

X House Sparrow

3 Western Yellow Wagtail

X Common Linnet

X European Goldfinch

Quiet again for me offshore, with a Shag on the rocks at Atherington the highlight, and the Pied Fly still insitu along the same hedge.

Pied Fly - 1

Spotted Fly - 2

Blackcap - 5

Whitethroat - 1

 Willow Warbler - 1

Wheatear - 4

Shag - 1

Gannet - 23w 3e

Med Gull - 1w

Common Tern - 7w

Sandwich Tern - 10w

Ringed Plover - 7w

Turnstone - 20

Sanderling - 1

Oystercatcher - 5

Little Egret - 4

Starling - c200

Sparrowhawk - 1

House Martin - 10

Swallow - 23

Grey Seal - 1

Shag Atherington Rocks

Spot Fly

With a strong wind from the south west and heavy showers sea watching was the order of the day, producing firstly a flock of five and a single Ruff seen by (RG) then later one flew south over the horse paddock. A few Common Sandpiper along the beach and several Gannet.

Ruff - 6w 1s

Whimbrel - 1w

Common Sandpiper - 3

Ringed Plover - 3w

Oystercatcher - 2e

Little Egret - 1

Fulmar - 2w

Gannet - c90w

Common Tern - 9w

Sandwich Tern - 2w

Med Gull - 2 os

Common Gull 1w

Wheatear - 2

Spotted Fly - 1

Whitethroat - 1

Blackcap - 3

Swallow - 20

Starling - c150

Very quiet offshore this morning with just  37 Gannet west & 5 east, 2 each of Med & Common Gull on the sea.  2  Wheatear along the beach, at  Redstart at the camp site and 3 Whinchat around the horse paddock.

Yesterday saw two visits 40+ Gannet west

Pied Fly - 1

Spotted Fly - 2+

Whinchat - 3

Willow Warbler - 5

Chiffchaff - 2

Whitethroat - 4

Goldcrest - 1

Blackcap - 7

Swallow - 25

Little Egret - 1

Whimbrel - 1

Oystercatcher - 25

Buzzard - 4

Pied Fly

Whinchat