A trek around the patch this morning produced a Shelduck in the flooded field bottom of Long Wood, a Rock Pipit in the set aside, Firecrest Atherington, 4 Chiffchaff Bread Lane and the highlight being 2 Salv Grebe off Poole Place.

Slavonian Grebe - 2

Great-crested Grebe - 16

Red-breasted Merganser - 29

Brent Goose - 1

Shelduck - 1

Sanderling - 6

Turnstone - c.75

Grey Plover - 2W

Oystercatcher - 13E

Med Gull - 35

Chiffchaff - 4

Firecrest - 1

Goldcrest - 2

Rock Pipit - 1

Song Thrush - 2

Pied Wagtail - 21

Stock Dove - 1

Rock Pipit

Single Brent Cudlow Field

Shelduck

Chiffchaff

 Bitterly cold at Climping car park from 07:30 for an hour.

Red-throated Diver - 1 os

Brent Geese - 4E

Red-breasted Merganser - 13W 9E 7os

Great-crested Grebe - 6 os

Curlew - 5E

Ringed Plover - 2

Oystercatcher - 13E

Turnstone - 1E

Cormorant - 5E 7W

Pied Wagtail - 23

Med Gull - 1E

Chiffchaff - 1

River Arun

Marsh Harrier - 1

Red Kite - 2

Sparrowhawk - 1

Kestrel - 2

Buzzard - 2

Mute Swan - 73

Mistle Thrush - 2

Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd

Chiffchaff - 2

Reed Bunting - 5

Skylark - present

Linnet - 7

Meadow Pipit - 5

Stonechat - 1

Snipe - 7

Lapwing - 31

Common Sandpiper - 1

Wigeon - 1

Lesser B B Gull - 1

Kingfisher - 1

Angmering Park 

Firecrest - 3

Goldcrest - 1

Treecreeper - 1

Nuthatch - 2

Chiffchaff - 1

Redwing - 3

Mistle Thrush - 4

Buzzard - 2

Snipe - 1

Two Slav Grebes offshore this morning behind the rock islands together with 15 Great-crested Grebe, 2 Red-throated Diver and 40+ Red-breasted Merganser. Two Common Scoter and 6 Brent Geese went east, and a Curlew and 2 Pintail west. A single Rock Pipit seen again at Poole Place, with little else of note. (OM)