Friday, 22nd November: A cold and bright morning, in a brisk and blustery north-westerly breeze.....
Selsey Bill: The first Black-throated Diver of the autumn went west this morning and c50 Kittiwakes were among the offshore feeding flock. Full log below. (PB/AH/BI/IP/PA/SR/JA)
(0700-0930hrs) (NW, F4-5)
Great Northern Diver - 1os
Black-throated Diver - 1W
Red-throated Diver - 5E, 1W
Great Crested Grebe - 1E
Gannet - 5E, 3W
Shag - 1E
Little Egret - 1E
Brent Goose - 1E, 8W
Shelduck - 2W
Wigeon - 4E
Common Scoter - 2E, 4W
Red-breasted Merganser - 5E, 6W
Oystercatcher - 1W
Turnstone - 26
Mediterranean Gull - 7W
Kittiwake - 6E, 2W, 50os
Sandwich Tern - 2os
Razorbill - 6E, 43W
auk sp - 92E, 122W
Pied Wagtail - 1
Linnet - 1E
Goldfinch - 10E
Black-throated Diver (top two PA, lower AH), Red-throated Diver, Red-breasted Merganser & Mediterranean Gull (AH) at the Bill
Ferry Pool: There were 16 Avocets on the pool this morning, along with 38 Black-tailed Godwits and c60 Lapwings, with c30 Wigeon and c60 Shovelers and Teal also about. (AH)
Avocets on the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: At least 1500 Brent Geese flew out of the harbour in small flocks and into the fields behind the church this morning, though otherwise there wasn't too much going on beyond c350 Knot, c500 Dunlin and c60 Grey Plovers among the usuals, and there were also at least 75 Teal and 50 Wigeon present.
A small party of Long-tailed Tits was it along the sheltered hedges, but not much else was showing, though the long-staying and remarkably elusive partial albino Blackbird popped up briefly.. (AH)
Brent Geese (above), Knot, Long-tailed Tit & Blackbird at Church Norton (AH)
North Wall: It was predictably quiet along the wall this morning in the very cold and windy conditions, though a Snipe was still on the Breech Pool and three Water Rails flew across and into the reeds, whilst Bearded Tits were calling from the reeds but not showing themselves and a Rock Pipit was along the rocks, as well as a Stonechat.
Along White’s Creek, it was mostly Wigeon, although two Grey Plovers and a few Redshanks were along the banks and further out there were just 50 Lapwing on the mud and a handful of Pintail and Teal on the water. (LP/CT)
Stonechat at the North Wall (LP)
Fishbourne Creek: A female Goosander was along the creek this morning. (KT)
Chichester Canal: A drake Goosander was on the canal north of Hunston this morning. (RBe)
Goosander on Chichester Canal (RBe)
Medmerry: Earnley - In the field south of the car park there were c100 Golden Plovers, along with a similar number of Starlings and c25 Lapwings. (RW)
East Head: A Great White Egret flew in to Snowhill Marsh and was visible from the car-park, and there was a Greenshank there, too.
Also, a flock of 132 Golden Plovers were on the salt marsh off Ellanore - seen from East Head. (RW)
Chichester GPs: There were four Great White Egrets on East Trout Lake this morning, with 28 Little Egrets and two Grey Herons also around the banks.
On the various lakes there were 16 Pochard, 62 Tufted Ducks, a pair of Gadwall, four Egyptian Geese, 33 Greylag Geese and 26 Canada Geese, but along the bushes there were just two Chiffchaffs, a Great Spotted Woodpecker and a few Long-tailed Tits. (LP)
Great White Egrets (above), Egyptian Geese, Tufted Duck, Gadwall Pochards at Chichester GPs (LP)
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