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Little-ringed Plover - Seaside - 26/06/2026

06 May, 2016

Hit the golf course this morning, which was a big mistake considering the amount of Poms seen along the coast.

Spotted Flycatcher - 2
Lesser Whitethroat - 3
Garden Warbler - 1
Whitethroat - c.30
Cetti's Warbler - 1
Sedge Warbler - 2
Reed Warbler - 3
Bullfinch - 2
Chiffchaff - 5
Willow Warbler - 7
Blackcap - 10
Swallow - 20
Swift - 2
Buzzard - 1

Tried to rectify the error but the passage seemed to have dried up on the Skua front, nevertheless a few bits and bobs still moving through.

Garganey - 1E 11:10
Great Skua - 1E 1W
Brent Geese - 12E
Gannet - 32E also about 30 following a pair of trawlers.
Sandwich Tern - 33E 7W
Commic Tern - 68E
Little Tern - 4E
Great-crested Grebe - 5 on sea 1E
Whimbrel - 10E 2W
Common Scoter - 22E
Ringed Plover - 5E
Turnstone - 25E
Oystercatcher - 17E 7W
Swallow - 15
Raven - 2E

Sandwich Tern

Oystercatcher

04 May, 2016

Did a walk around the patch from 10.30 to 3pm - golf course back, Climping gap, horse paddocks, Climping beach, long wood, west beach. Not too bad given the late time:
Tree Pipit. 1 east of horse paddocks
Yellow Wagtail. 1 same area
Wheatear. 1 wb
Stonechat. 4 wb
Rock Pipit. 1 wb
Meadow Pipit. 6 wb
Ringed Plover. 1 wb
Turnstone. 7. Wb
Oystercatcher. 12. wb
Grey Partridge. 2 field west of cafe
Common Scoter. 3 way out from Climping beach
Gannet. Numerous but all way out near trawlers
GC Grebe. 2. wb and Climping beach
Whitethroat. 20 plus everywhere
Lesser Whitethroat. 1 horse paddocks
Reed Warbler 4 plus back golf course
Sedge Warbler. 6 plus back golf course
Blackcap. 5
Willow Warbler. 4 back golf course
Chiffchaff. 7 plus. Back golf course, long wood (MD)

03 May, 2016

With very little movement offshore and apart from the good numbers of Whitethroat in the area my first visit to the patch for over a week proved disappointing. A Redstart in the horse paddock was the highlight and my first Lesser Whitethroat of the spring at the camp site.

Redstart - 1
Lersser Whitethroat - 1
Whitethroat - 18
Willow Warbler - 5
Chiffchaff - 4
Blackcap - 11
Sedge Warbler - 3
Reed Warbler - 1
Swift - 2
Swallow - 12
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Gannet - 13e  2w
Sandwich Tern - 6w
Common Tern - 1w


On the morning of sat 30th a Hobby and Cuckoo in the area.