Tuesday, 6th February: A grey, but fairly mild, morning, with a near gale-force westerly blowing......
Selsey Bill: It was reasonably slow again this morning, though there was a fair selection of species, including four Fulmars, a Slavonian Grebe and a big flock of Knot, Dunlin and Grey Plovers going west Full log below. (SH/SR/P&LH/AH)
(0715-0915hrs) (WSW, F6-7)
Great Northern Diver - 1os
Red-throated Diver - 4W, 1os
Slavonian Grebe - 1W
Great Crested Grebe - 2os
Fulmar - 4W
Gannet - 5W
Shelduck - 1W
Red-breasted Merganser - 2E, 11W
Oystercatcher - 2W
Grey Plover - 124W
Knot - 100W
Dunlin - 90W
Turnstone - 3
Mediterranean Gull - 3os
Kittiwake - 2W
Sandwich Tern - 9os
Guillemot - 1E, 7W
Razorbill - 9W
auk sp - 2E, 21W
(1250-1320hrs) (P&LH)
Turnstone - 6
Mediterranean Gull - 2os
Sandwich Tern - 2os
Fulmar (above), Guillemot & Sandwich Tern at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: A Long-tailed Duck - initially feeding on the water, and then sat out on the bank - was a very surprising bird for the location, and it was still present by late morning.
Otherwise, a Greenshank was in the concealed pool, 15 Avocets were at the back and c150 Lapwings, plus a few Golden Plovers and Curlews, were on the field, with a Marsh Harrier going over the channel opposite.
There were also large numbers of wildfowl on the pool, comprising four Gadwall, six Shelducks, c80 Shovelers, 100 Teal, c250 Wigeon and c30 Mallards. (RBe/AT/RN/AH/SR/NM/LP et al)
Long-tailed Duck at the Ferry (RBe top, LP next, AH lower two)
Fishbourne Creek: There were 27 Pintail and five Shovelers between Fishbourne and the River Lavant this morning, where there was also a Spotted Redshank, three Knot and several hundred Black-tailed Godwits, whilst a drake Goldeneye was mid-channel and at Dell Quay there were a Greenshank and five Red-breasted Mergansers. (RW)
Church Norton: There were four Red-breasted Mergansers in the harbour mouth this morning, with three more, two Great Crested Grebes and a Mediterranean Gull the only birds offshore, whilst in the harbour there were c20 Shelducks and c50 Wigeon and Teal, plus a few Brent Geese, with lots more of the latter flying around the far end.
The mud held at least 800 Dunlin and 100 Grey Plovers, but not much else beyond the regulars, whilst a Sparrowhawk by the concrete wall and a Buzzard over the harbour were about the only other things noted. (AH/RBe/P&LH)
Sparrowhawk (above), Buzzard, Shelducks and Dunlin & Grey Plovers at Church Norton (AH)
Monday, 5th February: A mostly grey and overcast morning, in a fresh and blustery westerly breeze......
Selsey Bill: It was fairly slow this morning, though two Slavonian Grebes and a Great Northern Diver were on the sea and a Fulmar and 98 Gannets went west. Full log below. (SR/IP/AH)
(0755-0925hrs) (W, F5-6)
Great Northern Diver - 1os
Red-throated Diver - 1E, 6W, 3os
Slavonian Grebe - 2os
Fulmar - 1W
Gannet - 98W, 5os
Shag - 1os
Brent Goose - 5E
Red-breasted Merganser - 1W
Oystercatcher - 1W
Turnstone - 9
Mediterranean Gull - 2os
Common Gull - 2os
Sandwich Tern - 4os
Razorbill - 5E, 1os
auk sp - 2E,1W
Shag (above), Red-throated Diver, Sandwich Tern, Gannets & Common Seal at the Bill (AH)
Shag at the Bill (AW)
Ferry Pool: There were 15 Avocets on the back of the pool this morning, with c200 Lapwings and c100 Wigeon on the field, and, otherwise, four Gadwall, six Shelducks, c60 Shovelers and c100 Teal. (AH)
Avocets (above), Gadwall & Shelduck and Lapwings at the Ferry (AH)
Pagham Spit: A Dartford Warbler was along the spit this afternoon, whilst three female Goldeneyes and a female Red-breasted Merganser were in the channel towards the harbour mouth. (LP)
West Itchenor: The Black-throated Diver was again off the jetty by the harbour office this morning. (JMo)
Church Norton: It was very quiet in the harbour this morning, with just c100 Knot, c30 Grey Plovers and c500 Dunlin on the mud and c50 Wigeon and Teal in the channels, whilst c80 Brent Geese flew in over the spit, but there was nothing at all offshore. (AH)
Dunlin at Church Norton (AH)
Sunday, 4th February: Another grey and fairly cool morning, in a brisk westerly breeze......
Selsey Bill: It was fairly quiet this morning, though two Fulmars and a few Gannets and auks were going (mainly) west Full log later. (SH/BI/PB/SR/AH/IP)
(0715-0915) (WSW, F4)
Great Northern Diver - 1E, 1os
Red-throated Diver - 6E, 5W, 2os
Great Crested Grebe - 1W, 2os
Fulmar - 2W
Gannet - 2E, 38W
Shag - 2E
Brent Goose - 25E, 16W
Pintail - 2W
Common Scoter - 2os
Red-breasted Merganser - 4E, 8W
Oystercatcher - 1E, 4W
Curlew - 10W
Turnstone - 1
Mediterranean Gull - 3os
Common Gull - 2W
Kittiwake - 4W
Sandwich Tern - 7os
Guillemot - 3W, 1os
Razorbill - 29W, 5os
auk sp - 4E, 31W
Shag (above), Gannets, Sandwich Tern & Red-breasted Merganser at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: A Redshank was on the concealed pool and c100 Lapwing were on the field, along with c200 Wigeon, whilst two pairs of Gadwall, eight Shelducks and c60 Shovelers and Teal were on the pool. (AH)
Teal (above) & Shovelers at the Ferry (AH)
North Wall: It was quiet along the wall this morning, with just a few Wigeon and Teal along White’s Creek together with a Little Grebe, with c200 Lapwing out on the mud. Also, a Marsh Harrier and a Buzzard were over the reeds and four Snipe flew over into the harbour.
A few Meadow Pipits and Rock Pipits were in Honer 2, along with 24 Curlews, and nine Grey Herons and a Little Egret were on their island, with three more Grey Herons in Owl Copse, but apart from another two Buzzards at Halsey’s Farm, that was about it. (LP/CT)
This afternoon, a Coal Tit was at Halsey's Farm, whilst a Water Rail and a Cattle Egret were seen from along the wall, c700 Lapwings and c1000 Brent Geese were in the harbour and two Marsh Harriers, a Buzzard and two Kestrels went over. (S&SaH)
Church Norton: Highlights of a quiet morning included a male Marsh Harrier, three Knot, five Ringed Plovers, 20+ Grey Plovers, 20+ Wigeon, eight Teal and the usual mix of Curlews, Redshanks, Dunlin and Oystercatchers. (PB)
Chalder & Marsh Farms, Sidlesham: Most of the birds were around the south marsh at the back of the milking parlour at Marsh Farm, with the most interesting being a colour ringed Curlew complete with GPS tracker. It was one of 35 Curlews feeding in the wet grass and further along was a group of c200 Wigeon.
The next field held a noisy flock of c1,000 Brent Geese and more c200 more Wigeon but all of them took to the air when a Marsh Harrier flew across from the harbour. Elsewhere there were 22 Cattle Egrets, six Little Egrets, a Shelduck, four Mute Swans, three Meadow Pipits, five Linnets, a flock of Long-tailed Tits and 18 Chaffinches. (SR)
satellite-tagged Curlew (above) & Brent Geese and Wigeon at Marsh Farm, Sidlesham (SR)
West Itchenor: The Black-throated Diver and two Great Northern Divers were in the harbour between here and Birdham this morning. (HB)
Medmerry: Porthole Farm to Easton Lane - There really wasn't much about this morning, with just a Stonechat in the hedges and c200 Pied Wagtails on the stubble fields at Porthole Farm, and just c20 Yellowhammers and c50 Linnets in the hedges round the cover crops at Wilson's Farm.
A couple of Buzzards went over and c50 Stock Doves and c300 Lapwings came up from the south of the reserve, but that really was it. (AH)
Yellowhammer (above), Stonechat & Pied Wagtails at Medmerry (AH)
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