Late visit to Climping beach this evening and I was rewarded with my first Wheatear of the year in the horse field off the car park. A quick look at the sea produced 16w Curlew, and 1 Mediterranean Gull.

Late reports for the patch over the weekend for Sunday include a RED KITE, seen circling over the entrance to the golf course, it  then appeared to drift NW. Also 1 Chiffchaff and a Bullfinch in the area.
Just outside the patch a second winter ICELAND GULL flew NW from Rustington

On Saturday 4 Slavonian Grebes off Climping Beach along with a count of 30 Great-crested Grebe, all drifting slowly west. Also 2 Stonechat in the patch

A morning seawatch from Climping Beach before the rain,produced 1e POMARINE SKUA at 0920, several distant Kittiwake moving east as well as good numbers of Auk sp in small flocks, the close ones being Razorbill. Two groups of Brent Geese totalling 38e, several Gannets offshore along with Great-crested Grebe and Red-breasted Merganser, and 20 Curlew flew east along the tideline.