Thursday, 13th February: Yet another grey and murky morning, brightening a little later on as the fairly light north-easterly started to freshen.....
Selsey Bill: It was very quiet this morning, with six Sandwich Terns and five Great Northern Divers offshore and two Sanderlings on the beach the highlights. Full log below. (AH/SR/LL)
(0740-0840hs) (NE, F3-4)
Great Northern Diver - 5os
Red-throated Diver - 2W
Great Crested Grebe - 2os
Gannet - 2E, 2W, 2os
Common Scoter - 10os
Sanderling - 2
Turnstone - 3
Sandwich Tern - 6os
Razorbill - 2W
auk sp - 7W
Great Northern Diver (above) & Sandwich Tern at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There wee c30 Black-tailed Godwits and c150 Wigeon on the field this morning, with c60 Shovelers and c40 Teal on the pool, and a Marsh Harrier and a Snipe both went over the channel opposite (AH)
Snipe (above) & Black-tailed Godwits and Shovelers at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: At first light this morning, a Barn Owl was hunting over the horse field. (AW)
Later, a first-winter male Eider was on the sea, along with a female Red-breasted Merganser, four Slavonian Grebes and two Great Crested Grebes, with a Sandwich Tern and four Common Gulls also offshore.
There were a lot of birds in the harbour on the rising tide, including c800 Brent Geese, c1000 Lapwings, c500 Knot and Dunlin, c100 Grey Plovers, two Bar-tailed Godwits and a few Pintail, Wigeon and Teal, with a Marsh Harrier hunting at the far end. (AH)
Barn Owl (AW) (above), Eider, Common Gull, Dunlin & Knot (AH) at Church Norton
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