Saturday, 28th June: After a fairly cool and grey start, an increasingly warm and sunny day, though the breeze remains fresh and from the south-west......
Selsey Bill: There wasn't much out of the ordinary this morning for a lot of hours split among various watchers. Full log below. (MRe/SH/AH/IP/P&LH)
(0520-0835hrs) (SW, F4)
Gannet - 4E, 29W
Little Egret - 1W
Shelduck - 6W
Common Scoter - 15E, 8W
Curlew - 1W
Mediterranean Gull - 7E, 64W, 40os
Sandwich Tern - 47W, 40os
Common Tern - 1W
Swift - 9
Swallow - 1
House Martin - 2
Sandwich Tern (above), Gannet & Great Black-backed Gull at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were just the two adult Avocets and a juvenile present again this morning. (AH)
Avocet on the Ferry (AH)
Long Pool: The odd Reed Warbler, Sedge Warbler and Whitethroat popped its head up in the breezy conditions, along with a couple of Reed Buntings and half a dozen Linnets, whilst at least five Skylarks were in the adjacent fields.
Also, the adult and juvenile Great Crested Grebes and a Little Grebe were still on the pool, whilst a Lapwing and c15 Redshanks were along the channel. (AH)
Linnet (above) & juvenile Great Crested Grebe along the Long Pool (AH)
Park Farm, Selsey: A Buzzard was over the reservoir this morning, but only two Swallows were seen, though again large numbers of House Martins were present. (IP)
North Wall: Four juvenile Marsh Harriers were in the bushes behind the Breech Pool this morning, and the adult female was also around, whilst six Cattle Egrets were in the fields with the cows, and four Swifts flew over.
A Common Tern was fishing over the Breech Pool and on the water, there were two Tufted Ducks and 45 Mallards, whilst a Reed Bunting and several Reed Warblers were in the reeds and a Green Woodpecker flew through as well as a flock of 42 Long-tailed Tits.
At Halsey’s Farm two Skylarks were singing and two Linnets were on the fences, whilst at Owl Copse, the Little Grebe was still sitting on her nest, and there were still many Grey Herons, Little Egrets and Cattle Egrets in the trees.
A Kingfisher was around the sluice, and two Swallows, a Lapwing and four Redshanks were along White’s Creek, with the Yellow-legged Gull again sat out on the mud. (LP/MJa/CT/S&SaH)
juvenile Marsh Harriers (above), Yellow-legged Gull, Green Woodpecker & Redshank along the North Wall (LP)
Church Norton: There were over 400 Mediterranean Gulls sat out on the mud this morning, with at least 100 more scattered around the islands and elsewhere, and there were also at least 30 Little Terns, half a dozen Common Terns and 100+ Sandwich Terns, plus at least three juvenile Black-headed Gulls present, with breeding confirmed for all five species.
Otherwise in the harbour, there were 25 Shelducks, two Lesser Black-backed Gulls, a pair of Oystercatchers with two well-grown chicks, a Whimbrel, half a dozen Dunlin and Ringed Plover, ten Redshanks and a few Curlews, whilst a flock of 25 Turnstones flew in from offshore
Also, a Cattle Egret flew in to the Severals, a mixed flock of two Swifts, half a dozen Sand Martins and a dozen Swallows went through, and a Whitethroat, a Blackcap and the odd one or two Chiffchaffs, Reed, Sedge and Cetti's Warblers were along the front, with two Buzzards, a Kestrel, a Jay and Green and Great Spotted Woodpeckers also noted. (AH/IP/P&LH)
Cattle Egret (above), Sandwich Tern, Ringed Plovers & Mediterranean Gulls at Church Norton (AH)
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