Thursday, 14th August: After a hazy start, a mostly bright and fairly breezy morning, warm in the sun.....
Selsey Bill: A very slow morning! Full log below. (AH)
(0710-0810hrs) (SW, F3-4)
Gannet - 2E, 7W
Oystercatcher - 1W
Turnstone - 9
Mediterranean Gull - 1W
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2os
Sandwich Tern - 4E, 2W
House Martin - 1
Sandwich Tern (above) & Turnstones at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were just a Common Sandpiper, a juvenile Redshank and seven Black-tailed Godwits present this morning. (AH)
Common Sandpiper (above) & Black-tailed Godwits at the Ferry (AH)
Mill Pond Marsh: There were two Common Sandpipers, four Black-tailed Godwits, a Kingfisher, ten Teal and two Water Rails present early on, plus eight Swallows over, whilst a good selection of warblers in the bushes comprised a Whitethroat, a Blackcap, a Chiffchaff, a Sedge Warbler, two Cetti's Warblers, five Willow Warblers and ten Reed Warblers. (MRe)
North Wall: Highlights this morning included six Greenshanks, three Spotted Redshanks, two Common Sandpipers, two Kingfishers, a juvenile Marsh Harrier, a Peregrine, a Raven, a dozen Cattle Egrets, a Garden Warbler, a Wheatear and c100 Sand Martins. (PB)
Church Norton: A Little Tern feeding out in the main channel before drifting off west was the highlight of a look along the west side, which was otherwise very quiet, with a Kingfisher, a couple of Whitethroats and c40 Sand Martins the only things seen from from the path, with c30 Dunlin and half a dozen Ringed Plovers the only waders beside the usual Redshanks, Curlews and Oystercatchers.
Otherwise, there were just two or three Willow Warblers and Whitethroats around the hide/churchyard area and still a couple of Whimbrel and a handful of juvenile and adult Sandwich Terns off the benches. (AH)
Kingfisher (above), Sand Martin, Willow Warbler, Whimbrel & Sandwich Terns at Church Norton (AH)
West Itchenor: A Nuthatch was being very vocal this morning in the birch copse just beyond Chalkdock. (PH)
Selsey: A Hummingbird Hawk-moth has been in our garden to the north of the town over the last few days. (RS)
Hummingbird Hawk-moth in a Selsey garden (RS)
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