Sunday, 26th January: An increasingly dismal morning's weather, as the strong southerly steadily increased towards gale-force, bringing heavy rain with it.....
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Selsey Bill: There was a bit of activity this morning, including a Slavonian Grebe and six Great Northern Divers offshore, 66 Kittiwakes east and good numbers of Gannets present throughout. Full log below.
(JA/SH/PB/MRB/IP/BI/AH et al)
(0725-0925hrs) (S, F6-7)
Great Northern Diver - 6os
Red-throated Diver - 6E, 11W
diver sp - 1W
Slavonian Grebe - 1os
Fulmar - 2W
Gannet - 53E, 123W, 90os
Cormorant - 88E
Common Scoter - 4E, 1W, 5os
Red-breasted Merganser - 18E, 18W, 2os
Turnstone - 22E
Mediterranean Gull - 1E
Common Gull - 3E, 2W
Kittiwake - 66E, 14W
Razorbill - 4E, 6W
auk sp - 15E, 41W
This afternoon, the first Bonxie of the year went east, along with a Fulmar. Full log below. (SH)
(1345-1530hrs) (S, F8)
Red-throated Diver - 1E, 1W
Fulmar - 1E
Gannet -112E, 4W
Red-breasted Merganser - 3W, 5os
Great Skua - 1E
Kittiwake - 1E
Great Northern Diver (above), Kittiwake, Gannet & Red-breasted Mergansers at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: Around 40 Black-tailed Godwits were at the back this morning, along with c60 Shovelers, c100 Teal, c30 Mallards and at least 300 Wigeon, whilst a female Marsh Harrier was over the field to the south. (AH/IP)
Wigeon at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: There were 23 Avocets roosting near Tern Island this morning, with a female Marsh Harrier hunting over the adjacent salt-marsh. (PB/MRB)
Sidlesham churchyard: A Firecrest was present this morning. (IP)
North Wall: It was predictably very quiet along the wall this morning at high tide in the very windy conditions. There were still lots of Lapwing and Golden Plover about, and the Brent Geese were moving between the harbour and the fields, but apart from a Rock Pipit along the wall and a Jay in the paddock that was about it. (LP/BI)
Rock Pipit at the North Wall (LP)
Late this afternoon, the flock of ten Barnacle Geese flew around over Halsey's Farm for several minutes, before deciding to drop into the harbour.
There wasn't much else to report, though, beyond c200 Wigeon in the adjacent harbour and c500 Brent Geese over west. (AH)
Barnacle Geese at the North Wall (AH)
Pagham Lagoon and Spit: There were six Tufted Ducks, a Little Grebe, eight Common Gulls, a Mediterranean Gull, and a female Red Breasted Merganser on the Lagoon, but it was quiet along the spit with just four Linnets seen before the rain set in. (LP)
Red-breasted Merganser (above), Tufted Ducks & Common Gulls on Pagham Lagoon (LP)
Sidlesham: This morning, c60 Lapwings went over the garden, heading east, and late this afternoon a Firecrest was present. (AH)
Medmerry: Coastguards - The drake Eider and flock of c60 Common Scoters were again off the Coastguard Station this morning. (AH)
Eider and Common Scoters at Medmerry (AH)
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