Tuesday, 19th November: A reminder of what the weather is usually like at this time of year, with a cold morning of persistent, drizzly rain under leaden skies in a fresh westerly breeze....
Selsey Bill: An unsurprisingly slow morning, with just a mix of the commoner species in small numbers. Full log below. (AH/IP/SR)
(0725-0840hrs) (W, F6)
Great Northern Diver - 1os
Red-throated Diver - 1E, 2W
Great Crested Grebe - 1W, 1os
Gannet - 2E, 14W
Shag - 1E
Common Scoter - 2E
Oystercatcher - 2W
Turnstone - 30
Mediterranean Gull - 4E
Common Gull - 1E
Kittiwake - 1W
Sandwich Tern - 2os
auk sp - 9W
Sandwich Tern (above) & Mediterranean Gull at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were jus 27 Avocets, 24 Black-tailed G0dwits, 22 Lapwings, four Shelducks, c50 Shovelers and c120 Teal on the pool this morning. (AH)
Shoveler (above) & Lapwings and Black-tailed Godwits at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: Four Avocets were the only things out of the ordinary in the harbour this morning, with, otherwise, just a scattering of Grey Plovers, Dunlin, Redshanks and Curlews on the mud, c50 Wigeon and Teal in the channels and c200 Brent Geese that flew over to the fields to the west. (AH)
Avocets (above), Brent Geese & Grey Plover at Church Norton (AH)
North Wall: It was mostly the usual species in the rain this morning, although a Greenshank was along White’s Creek with the regular Redshanks, Wigeon, Pintail and Teal, and further out on the mud there were maybe 1000 Lapwings, along with a few Dunlin and Grey Plovers, and a few groups of Brent Geese were heading out towards Marsh Farm.
The water level on the Breech Pool has risen overnight but there was still one Water Rail showing and a couple more calling, but otherwise it was just Mallards and a few Teal on the water.
Elsewhere a Rock Pipit and a Wren were along the rocks, a Pied Wagtail was in the paddock and a Great Spotted Woodpecker was continuing to excavate a hole in the willow at Little Welbourne. (LP)
Rock Pipit (above), Water Rail, Great Spotted Woodpecker & Redshank at the North Wall (LP)
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