Hundreds of Meadow Pipit along the beach this morning, with good numbers taking up residence in cudlow field. A little variety again without anything unusual.

Coal Tit - 1

Wheatear - 8

Stonechat - 13

Yellowhammer - 2

Reed Bunting - 2

Chiffchaff - 14

Blackcap - 11

Linnet - 45

Skylark - 35

Pied Wagtail - 4

Swallow - c100

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 4

Song Thrush - 4

Jay - 3

Stock Dove - 4

Hobby - 1

Red Kite - 1

Raven - 1

Buzzard - 1

Kestrel - 4

Wigeon - 19w

Sandwich Tern 8e

Gannet - 3e

Med Gull - 5

Curlew - 4

Ringed Plover - 1e

Turnstone - 5w

Grey Heron - 1e

Little Egret - 7

Wheatear

Meadow Pipit in good numbers

Curlew

Grey Heron

 A few hours in the field today without much reward, visible numbers of Skylark on the move along the coast, a couple of Whinchat in the field behind the setaside with Stonechat, but again quiet offshore.

Whinchat - 2
Stonechat - 12
Wheatear - 7
Blackcap - 15
Chiffchaff - 27
Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd
Yellowhammer - 25
Reed Bunting - 10
Linnet - c50

Skylark - c40
Meadow Pipit - 15
Yellow Wagtail - 2
Pied Wagtail - 9

Raven - 1
Kestrel - 4
Buzzard - 2
Sparrowhawk - 1
Jay - 3
Green Woodpecker - 4
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2
Swallow - c55
Golden Plover - 1 hrd
Little Egret - 5
Grey Heron - 1
Gannet - 3e
Med Gull - 10

Whinchat north of setaside

Wheatear Seataside

Sparrowhawk horse paddock

 A White-tailed Eagle reported heading west over long wood this morning. (DB)

Another fine bright morning with a noticeable increase in numbers of Long-tailed Tits in the area and again Clouded Yellow butterflies well into double figures.

Hobby - 1

Red Kite - 1

Sparrowhawk -1

Kestrel - 4

Buzzard - 4

Swallow - c200

House Martin - 30

Wheatear - 1

Grey Wagtail - 1

Reed Warbler - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Stonechat - 6

Reed Bunting - 3

Yellowhammer - 5

Meadow Pipit - 25

Blackcap - 27

Chiffchaff - 25

Grey Heron - 2

Little Egret - 1

Med Gull - c75

Grey Wagtail Ath Pools

Red Kite west over Mill

Hobby

Records for Tuesday 2209 with nothing of note except 9 Teal in the Mill Pond.

Chiffchaff - 17

Blackcap - 27

Yellow Wagtail - 1

Stonechat - 13

Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd

Wheatear - 2

Whitethroat - 1

Reed Bunting - 6

Yellowhammer - 6

Skylark - 25

Meadow Pipit - 40

Linnet - 31

Green Woodpecker - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Swallow - c140

Jay - 1

Buzzard - 7

Kestrel - 3

Oystercatcher - 20

Sandwich Tern - 2e

Grey Heron - 1

Very quiet offshore this morning with low numbers of both Gannet & Sandwich Tern moving mostly west. Good numbers of Blackcap & Chiffchaff this morning, especially in the Tamerisk along the beach.

Chiffchaff - 27

Blackcap - 38

Whitethroat - 3

Reed Warbler - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Wheatear - 3

Stonechat - 10

Reed Bunting - 4

Grey Wagtail - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 4

Pied Wagtail - 3

Skylark - 25

Linnet - 20

Sparrowhawk - 2

Buzzard - 5

Kestrel - 3

Grey Heron - 14w single flock

Little Egret - 3

Bar-tailed Godwit - 1w

Turnstone - 15

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 4

Blackcap

Chiffchaff

Grey Heron

An afternoon visit on Sunday 20th produced good numbers and a little variety, with the highlight being a Hobby over fields west of the Mill.

Goldrest - 2
Coal Tit - 1 overflow c/p Bailiffs
Meadow Pipit - c70
Yellow Wagtail - 10

Grey Wagtail - 2

Stonechat - 3
Chiffchaff - 28
Willow Warbler - 1
Blackcap - 8
Swallow - c50
Buzzard - 4
Kestrel - 4
Little Egret 3
Gannet - 3w 1e
Sandwich Tern - 2w
Sanderling - 3w
Oystercatcher -1

Hobby

Yellow Wagtail

Records for Wednesday 16/09/2026 (OM)

A couple of hours this morning as I recover from my chest infection and it was great to be out.

Nothing exceptional, but a Little Tern was offshore and on the beach around the Poole Place area, with 6+ Sandwich terns and 100 Med Gulls. Also:

Teal - 1W
L Egret - 1E
Gt Bb Gull - 4
Wheatear - 1
Spot Fly - 1 in set aside corner
Chiffchaff - 4+
Willow Warb - 2
Swallow - c50 W
House Martin -10 

Other duties meant a late start from Kents which was very quiet. Two Redstart still around the camp site and a Little Tern west being the highlights.

Willow Warbler - 4

Chiffchaff - 12

Whitethroat - 7

Blackcap - 25

Grey Wagtail - 1

Yellow Wagtail - 7

Pied Wagtail - 5

Meadow Pipit - 40

Wheatear - 4

Reed Warbler - 1

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Yellowhammer - 1

Swallow - c300

Sand Martin - 4

House Martin - 10

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 3

Green Woodpecker - 4

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 1

Jay - 3

Grey Heron - 1

Sanderling - 1w

Sandwich Tern - c30

Little Tern west 

Redstart camp site

Willow Warbler camp site

Wheatear 

Common Gull

Cormorant

 Two Raven flying east from the back of the golf course, and 3 Redstart around the old camp site, being the only highlights.

Redstart - 3 

Blackcap - 17

Willow Warbler - 2

Chiffchaff - 10

Whitethroat - 7

Reed Warbler - 4

Stonechat - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd

Reed Bunting - 5

Yellow Wagtail - 4

Wheatear - 7

Linnet - c75

Meadow Pipit - 10

Jay - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 1

Grey Partridge - 1

Raven - 2

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 4

Buzzard - 2

Gannet - 15w

Sandwich Tern - 17w

Commic Tern 1w

Med Gull - 7w

Turnstone - 6

Little Egret - 1

Kingfisher - 2

Sand Martin - 2

House Martin - 10

Swallow - c150

Three Redstart around the camp site

Two Raven east, north of golf course

Kingfisher in rife behind the set-aside

Grey Partridge

Sandwich Tern 

Three White Stork drifting east over Ferry Road Littlehampton for half an hour and last seen drifting west towards Ford Prison at 12:20.

Redstart - 2

Blackcap - 18

Whitethroat - 9

Chiffchaff - 4

Willow Warbler - 2

Whinchat - 1

Wheatear - 2

Yellow Wagtail - 2

Cetti's Warbler 1 hrd.

Sparrowhawk - 2

Kestrel - 4

Buzzard - 2

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 2

Green Woodpecker - 3

Swallow - c75

House Martin - 7

Curlew - 1w

Sanderling - 9w

Gannet - 7w

Med Gull - 2e

Little Egret - 5

White Stork

Redstart Bailiffs

Very quiet around the bushes and offshore.

Redstart - 2

Whinchat - 1

Stonechat - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 7

Wheatear - 8

Whitethroat - 9

Blackcap - 19

Swallow - c120

House Martin - 2

Sand Martin - 1

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 2

Gannet - 29w 3e

Sandwich Tern - 2e 6w

Teal - 1e 1w

Little Egret - 7

Turnstone - 8w

 

Grey Partridge

Yellow Wagtail

Good numbers & variety this morning with coverage around the golf course and the old camp site, being very productive.

Peregrine - 2

Red Kite - 2

Buzzard - 6

Kestrel - 3

Garden Warbler - 2

Chiffchaff - 9

Willow Warbler - 11

Blackcap - 39

Spotted Flycatcher - 4-5

Tree Pipit - 1

Meadow Pipit - 2

Lesser Whitethroat - 3

Whitehroat - 21

Wheatear - 18+

Whinchat - 3

Yellow Wagtail - 15

Grey Wagtail - 2

Reed Warbler - 5

Cetti's Warbler - 1 hrd

Yellowhammer - 3

Reed Bunting - 3

Great-spotted Woodpecker - 6

Green Woodpecker - 3

Jay - 3

Linnet - 27

Skylark - 10

Swallow - c80

Sand Martin - 3

House Martin - c60

Whimbrel - 1

Curlew - 1

Sandwich Tern - 2w

Snipe - 1

Little Egret - 15

Red Kite over Bailiffs

Whinchat

Spot Fly Kents

A sea watch from Climping Beach was rather disappointing, although good numbers of Gannet recorded tracking through west and the highlight being an Osprey west.

 

Gannet - c200+ w

Med Gull -  70w

Kittiwake - 1 juv west

Common Gull - 5w

Sandwich Tern - 5w

Common Scoter - 1e

Whimbrel - 2w

Curlew - 1e

Dunlin - 1w

Grey Plover - 1w

Oystercatcher - 1w

Sanderling - 1 on beach

Turnstone - 3w

Swallow - 27

Buzzard - 2

Kestrel - 1

Jay - 3

Green Woodpecker - 4

Spotted Fly - 1

Chiffchaff - 1

Blackcap - 11

Whitethroat - 3

Osprey

Spotted Flycatcher Bailiffscourt

 Much quieter this morning with Goldcrest 1, Willow Warbler 5, Chiffchaff 3, Whitethroat 9, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Blackcap 18, Spotted Fly 1, Whinchat 5, Wheatear 9, Sedge Warbler 2, Reed Warbler 3, Yellow Wagtail 4.(RG)

Lively this morning with some new birds in including Willow Warbler 18, Chiffchaff 4, Whitethroat 24, Lesser Whitethroat 3, Blackcap 22, Redstart 7, Spotted Fly 5, Whinchat 7, Wheatear 13, Sedge Warbler 4, Reed Warbler 6, Grey Wagtail 3W, Yellow Wagtail 10. Also Peregrine and Raven. (RG)