Monday, 21st October: A complete contrast this morning, with just a light westerly breeze and dry until lunchtime, despite the heavily overcast conditions.......
Selsey Bill: Two Great White Egrets flew over and far out to sea this morning, before what were presumably the same two birds re-appeared, heading off west, but there was little else to report beyond a few Swallows and Meadow Pipits west. Full log below. (AH/SR/IP)
(0730-0900hrs) (W F2-3)
Great Crested Grebe - 1os
Gannet - 2E, 3W
Shag - 8os
Great White Egret - 2W
Mediterranean Gull - 3W
Swallow - 31W
Pied Wagtail - 10W
Meadow Pipit - 116W
Linnet - 1W
Goldfinch - 45W
Great White Egrets at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: The water level was very high this morning, with a single roosting Black-tailed Godwit the only wader present, though there were plenty of ducks, including eight Shelducks, six Wigeon and c50 Teal, Shovelers and Mallard. (AH)
Shoveler (above) & Wigeon at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: A Turtle Dove - a late bird and just the second of the year - flew over the beach and away over Priory Wood this morning.
Also, a Tree Pipit went along the spit, where there were also 20+ Meadow Pipits, 40+ Linnets and a few Skylarks, whilst two Dartford Warblers and two or three Stonechats were along the front. Also, a Firecrest and a handful of Chiffchaffs were in the churchyard, along with two Jays, two Great Spotted Woodpeckers and a Sparrowhawk, with two Grey Wagtails and seven Meadow Pipits over there and a flock of 22 Curlews and 14 Red-legged Partridges were in the fields behind.
A Kingfisher, a lone Brent Goose, a Greenshank, a calling Whimbrel and half a dozen Bar-tailed Godwits, Grey Plovers and Dunlin were of note in an otherwise quiet harbour, with Redshanks the most conspicuous species, whilst there were also c30 Wigeon present, with another c70 sat on the sea offshore. (PA/CRJ/AH/SR)
Dartford Warbler (PA), Kingfisher, Bar-tailed Godwit, Brent Goose & Meadow Pipit (AH) at Church Norton
North Wall: There were 200 Golden Plovers, six Snipe and four Spotted Redshanks out in the harbour this morning along with the regular mix of Wigeon, Teal, Shelduck, Redshanks, Lapwings, Curlews, Grey Plovers, Dunlin, and a Kingfisher that flew out from the sluice and along White’s Creek.
Two Rock Pipits were along the rocks, and 52 Swallows flew over, but it was otherwise quiet along the wall, while at Halsey’s Farm, a Stonechat, four Reed Buntings, five Greenfinches, 22 Goldfinches and a Song Thrush were in the bushes and a single Cattle Egret, c50 Rooks and a similar number of Jackdaws were around the fields.
A Goldcrest was in the trees by the paddock where there was also a Grey Wagtail, two Pied Wagtails, two Stonechats, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a Chaffinch, with a Marsh Harrier, a Kestrel and c500 Wood Pigeons in the trees further back. (LP/MJa/CT/TRH)
Golden Plovers (above), Stonechat, Reed Bunting, Grey Wagtail & Rooks at the North Wall (LP)
Selsey Bill: Two Sooty Shearwaters and nine Balearic Shearwaters went west a fair way out and there was a steady passage of Gannets and Auks for the seawatchers this morning. Full log below. (SH/PB/MRB/SR/MRe/BI)
(0715-0900hrs) (SSW F7-8)
Common Scoter - 4E
Gannet - 132W
Balearic Shearwater - 9W
Sooty Shearwater - 2W
Turnstone - 3
Mediterranean Gull - 13W
Kittiwake - 4W
auk sp. - 23E 49W
Razorbill - 40W
Meadow Pipit - 1N
Later in the morning, the first Great Northern Diver of the autumn went some way east before landing offshore:
(1045-1300) (WSW F6) (MRe/SH)
Wigeon - 2W
Great Northern Diver - 1E then os
Great Crested Grebe - 1W
Gannet - 3W 81os
Turnstone - 20
Arctic Skua - 1os
Mediterranean Gull - 7W 1os
(1500-1600hrs) (WSW F6) (SH)
Great Northern Diver - 1os
Great Crested Grebe - 2W
Mediterranean Gull - 13W
Kittiwake - 3W
Mediterranean Gull, above, Common Scoter & Gannet at the Bill (BI)
Park Farm: A Grey Wagtail was here this morning. (SH)
Church Norton: Unsurprisingly. there was little on offer in the inclement conditions this morning! The churchyard held a Song Thrush and a few Blackbirds whilst in the harbour were c.10 Curlews, 3 Oystercatchers and c.15 Redshanks. (BI)
Curlew, above, & Oystercatchers at Church Norton (BI)
Ferry Pool: The pool held 14 Avocets and 15 Shoveler and a few Teal, gulls & Shelduck early on and a Little Egret was in ferry channel (BI)
Little Egret, top, Shoveler & Avocets, Shelduck & gulls at the Ferry (BI)
Saturday, 19th October: An extremely damp start with heavy rain up to 8am, then clearing to leave a bright day with strong westerly winds...
Selsey Bill: (0730-1005hrs) (SSW F6) (SH/PB/SR/P&LH/BI)Brent Goose -29W
Common Scoter - 34E 9W
Wigeon - 12W
Great Crested Grebe - 1E 1W
Gannet - 3E 19W 60os
Oystercatcher - 1E 1ob
Turnstone - 48
Common Gull - 1W
Mediterranean Gull - 6E 53W 6os
Kittiwake - 2W
auk sp. - 24E 40W
Razorbill - 87W
Skylark - 1N
Swallow - 12W
Meadow Pipit - 7N
Pied Wagtail - 3W
Chiffchaff - 1
Brent Geese passing west at the Bill (top BI, lower two LH)
Ferry Pool: It was very quiet today: one Little Egret, 12 Black-tailed Godwits, 38 Shoveler & 34 Teal being the totals here. (SR)
Church Norton: A Dartford Warbler was in the gorse, a Kingfisher was on the metalwork and there were c.20 Skylarks and c.25 Meadow Pipits along the spit with c.50 Linnets. Along the Severals were two Chiffchaffs, two or three Blackcaps and a single Stonechat. In the harbour were numbers of Wigeon and Teal, Grey Plovers, Redshanks, Curlews and Little Egrets. (BI)
Dartford Warbler, Blackcaps and Stonechat at Church Norton (BI)
A Rock Pipit was along the rocks and the adult Yellow-legged Gull was again out on the mud, but otherwise it was just the usual selection of wildfowl and waders out in the harbour including 50 Shelduck, 75 Wigeon and 25 Teal.
A Song Thrush and a few Reed Buntings, Greenfinches, Long-tailed Tits and Goldfinches were along the hedgerows, a Kingfisher flew over the Breech Pool, and at Halsey’s Farm, three Cattle Egrets were in the field, a Skylark was on the fence and four Swallows and a few Meadow Pipits flew over. Over 100 Wood Pigeons went west, as did 50 Jackdaws and seven Pied Wagtails. (LP/MJa/MO-W/MI/PB/SaH/SH et al)
Reed Bunting, Skylark & Stonechat at the North Wall (LP)
More from the North Wall: Reed Bunting & Grey Heron (LH)
Chi GPs: Drayton House pits - The monthly WeBS count this morning found the majority of the birds on North pit, where there were two Great White Egrets with four Little Egrets, 90 Pochard, 24 Tufted Ducks, six Shoveler, two Snipe and a Grey Wagtail. Other totals of interest, jointly between the two pits, included 38 Great Crested Grebes, 25 Cormorants and eight Grey Herons., plus several Cetti's Warblers and eight Chiffchaffs. (OM)
(above) Great White Egret in flight and (lower two) a second bird with a Little Egret (OM)
East Head: There was no sign of yesterday's reported Water Pipit today (per ebird)
Medmerry, Easton Lane to Stilt Pool: An Osprey was present this afternoon in the distant treeline at Ruth's Marsh, a Marsh Harrier was also in the vicinity, two Peregrines were hunting together and three Kestrels were noted. An Egyptian Goose was in the fields and 21 Stonechats, two Chiffchaffs, three Cetti's Warblers, a Yellowhammer and two Dartford Warblers were along the banks. On the Stilt Pool all that was of note was a single Snipe. (SaH/SH)
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