A blustery and changeable day, with a strong to near gale force S/SW wind 5-7 and heavy showers early on, followed by bright and breezy conditions through the morning, before more heavy showers later. Combined totals below.
Great-crested Grebe - 1W 2 os
Great-northern Diver - 1W settled distantly os
Diver sp - 2E
Fulmar - 7W
Manx Shearwater - 4W (07:50 08:00 0935 0955)
Gannet - 50E 785W
Shelduck - 2W
Common Scooter - 13E
Shelduck - 2W
Whimbrel - 18 3W
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1
Little Tern - 2
Sandwich - 10E 15W
Great Skua - 2W 1os
Brent Geese - 27E
Little Egret - 1
The Climping Gap remains one of the last undeveloped sites along the coast in West Sussex. This site is dedicated to Birds seen in and around the Climping Gap area by myself and a few die hard friends, that live in the area and have been birding the local patch for decades. (Please email your sighting's to lobas@btinternet.com or Tweet to @BirdsofClimping).
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Wheatear Climping Beach - 29/09/2026
29 April, 2020
Highlight of the morning was a good assortment of Skua's moving through the patch, although at times distant comparisons with others other seen at the time clinched the ID. Also a pod of Porpoise/Dolphin seen moving east.
Combined totals below.
Pomarine Skua - 2E
Black-throated Diver - 2E
Artic Skua - 5E
Great Skua - 4 o/s 4E 1W
Gannet - c.100 mainly east
Little Tern - 2E
Sandwich Tern - 45E 15W
Brent Geese - 51E
Common Scoter - 34E
Whimbrel - 45 mainly east
Oystercatcher - 4E 2W
Ringed Plover - 4
Med Gull - 2E
Great-crested Grebe - 3 os
Little Egret - 5
Wheatear - 7
Reed Warbler - 9
Sedge Warbler - 6
Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd
Lesser Whitethroat - 3
Whitethroat - 18
Blackcap - 10
Chiffchaff - 5
Willow Warbler - 3
Reed Bunting - 2
Song Thrush - 5
Buzzard - 2
Kestrel - 2
Swift - 2
Swallow - 15
Combined totals below.
Pomarine Skua - 2E
Black-throated Diver - 2E
Artic Skua - 5E
Great Skua - 4 o/s 4E 1W
Gannet - c.100 mainly east
Little Tern - 2E
Sandwich Tern - 45E 15W
Brent Geese - 51E
Common Scoter - 34E
Whimbrel - 45 mainly east
Oystercatcher - 4E 2W
Ringed Plover - 4
Med Gull - 2E
Great-crested Grebe - 3 os
Little Egret - 5
Wheatear - 7
Reed Warbler - 9
Sedge Warbler - 6
Cetti's Warbler - 2 hrd
Lesser Whitethroat - 3
Whitethroat - 18
Blackcap - 10
Chiffchaff - 5
Willow Warbler - 3
Reed Bunting - 2
Song Thrush - 5
Buzzard - 2
Kestrel - 2
Swift - 2
Swallow - 15
27 April, 2020
Good coverage this morning although still fairly quite. The Hoopoe still insitu, a Whinchat and an increase in numbers of Lesser Whitethroat and Reed Warbler. Very quite offshore on a flat calm sea.
Whinchat - 1
Yellow Wagtail - 1
Wheatear - 3
Lesser Whitethroat - 6
Whitethroat - 22
Blackcap - 13
Chiffchaff - 5
Cetti's Warbler - 3
Sedge Warbler - 6
Reed Warbler - 9
Swift - 1
Swallow - 20
Pied Wagtail - 5
Skylark - 17
Reed Bunting - 3
Song Thrush - 5
Little Owl - 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Gannet - c.50 offshore
Med Gull - 6W
Sandwich Tern - 8
Diver sp - 1 os
Great-crested Grebe - 6
Brent Geese - 15E
Shelduck - 2
Whimbrel - 40
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1E
Buzzard - 3
Kestrel - 1
Grey Heron - 2
Little Egret - 2
Grey Partridge - 2
Whinchat - 1
Yellow Wagtail - 1
Wheatear - 3
Lesser Whitethroat - 6
Whitethroat - 22
Blackcap - 13
Chiffchaff - 5
Cetti's Warbler - 3
Sedge Warbler - 6
Reed Warbler - 9
Swift - 1
Swallow - 20
Pied Wagtail - 5
Skylark - 17
Reed Bunting - 3
Song Thrush - 5
Little Owl - 1
Great-spotted Woodpecker - 1
Gannet - c.50 offshore
Med Gull - 6W
Sandwich Tern - 8
Diver sp - 1 os
Great-crested Grebe - 6
Brent Geese - 15E
Shelduck - 2
Whimbrel - 40
Bar-tailed Godwit - 1E
Buzzard - 3
Kestrel - 1
Grey Heron - 2
Little Egret - 2
Grey Partridge - 2
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| Hoopoe |
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| Whinchat |
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| Common Pheasant |
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| Sedge Warbler |
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