14th July 2025

Monday, 14th July: A switch round to a brisk westerly breeze this morning, bringing a drop in temperature and a mix of heavy cloud and sunny intervals.....

Selsey Bill: It was just a mix of the regular species this morning. Full log below. (AH/IP)

(0650-0805hrs) (W, F4-5)

Gannet - 12E, 2W

Common Scoter - 2E

Oystercatcher - 1E, 4W

Curlew - 1W

Mediterranean Gull - 14E, 20os

Sandwich Tern - 19E, 14W, 22os

Common Tern - 2W

Swift - 2

Swallow - 1

House Martin - 4

Mediterranean Gull (above), Common Scoters & Gannet at the Bill (AH)

Ferry Pool: There were just a Common Sandpiper and four Lapwings on the pool this morning. (AH)

Common Sandpiper (above) & Lapwing at the Ferry (AH)

Mill Pond Marsh: The Greenshank, a Green Sandpiper and a Common Sandpiper were on the flooded field this morning, along with three Black-tailed Godwits, six Teal, five Shovelers, 11 Gadwall and two families of Little Grebes. (AH)

Greenshank (above), & Black-tailed Godwits on Mill Pond Marsh (AH)

North Wall: A summer-plumage Spotted Redshank was in White's Creek this morning, whilst two adult and a juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls were in the harbour, along with a Whimbrel, a dozen Black-tailed Godwits, a Dunlin, 25 Turnstones, a Common Gull and a Lesser Black-backed Gull.

Also, a dozen Cattle Egrets were in the fields. six Sedge Warblers, three Reed Warblers, seven Whitethroats, four Chiffchaffs and a Blackcap were along the wall and 13 Sand Martins and eight Swallows went over. (PA/BFF)

Church Norton: There were at least 200 Sandwich Terns feeding offshore this morning, with a similar number on the mud in the harbour (plus those on the islands), suggesting an arrival from elsewhere, and there were also c300 Mediterranean Gulls about, whilst there were also a handful of Common Terns about and plenty of Little Terns on the far side of the harbour and a few feeding offshore.

Also, a Common Sandpiper and a few ringed Plovers were about, plus a few Redshanks and Curlews, whilst the odd Whitethroat popped up, a handful of Linnets were along the beach and a single Swallow went over. (AH)

Little Terns (above), Common Tern, Sandwich Terns, Common Sandpiper, Whitethroat & Mediterranean Gulls and Sandwich Terns at Church Norton (AH)

This evening there were at least 300 Sandwich Terns in the harbour, including good numbers of juveniles, with a few Common Terns families and Little Terns about, too, plus a lot of Mediterranean and Black-headed Gulls, also with  a few youngsters among them. (AH)

Sandwich Terns (above), Common Terns, Little and Sandwich Terns & Sandwich Terns at Church Norton (AH)