Wednesday, 10th September: A very unsettled morning in a brisk southerly breeze, with heavy rain early on, and then some pleasant spells interspersed with more squally showers.....
Selsey Bill: Terns were the most conspicuous birds this morning, with a constant movement of 300+ Sandwich Terns and 100+ Common Terns going east, taking a Black Tern and a Little Tern with them, and there were also 19 Shags and 124 Swallows east, too. Full log below. (AH/P&LH)
(0700-0900hrs) (SSW, F6)
Gannet - 42E, 11W
Shag - 19E, 6os
Common Scoter - 17E
Turnstone - 21
Mediterranean Gull - 22E
Lesser Black-backed Gull - 2os
Kittiwake - 1E
Sandwich Tern - 344E, 20os
Common Tern - 128E, 24W
Little Tern - 1E
Black Tern - 1E
Swallow - 124E
House Martin - 1E
(1300-1400hrs) (P&LH)
Gannet - 4W
Grey Plover - 18E
Dunlin - 4E
Turnstone -
Arctic Skua - 1E
Mediterranean Gull - 1W
Sandwich Tern - 6E, 20W
Common Tern - 3E
Sandwich Tern and Common Tern (above), Shags, Common Scoters & the end of the double triangle at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were just eight Black-headed Gulls on the pool this morning. (AH)
Mill Pond Marsh: A Greenshank, nine Black-tailed Godwits, a Shoveler and c40 Teal were on the flooded field this morning, whilst a dozen Chiffchaffs and a couple of Reed Buntings were in the bushes. (AH)
Chiffchaffs (above) & Reed Bunting at Mill Pond Marsh (AH)
Pagham Spit: On the lagoon this morning, there were four Great Crested Grebes, a pair of Mute Swans and four juveniles, whilst on the tidal lagoons there were ten Ringed Plovers, six Turnstones and four Dunlin and on the spit at least 60 juvenile Sandwich Terns were roosting and also feeding offshore.
Also, there was a Great Spotted Woodpecker in the trees by the Pagham Beach Cafe. (P Gomersall)
North Wall: There were plenty of waders - mainly Black-tailed Godwit and Redshank, plus a lone Grey Plover and a few Teal - in the harbour this morning. (P Gomersall)
Church Norton: The Spoonbill was feeding off the benches again this morning, along with at least ten Little Egrets, whilst waders included a Whimbrel, a dozen Curlew, two Black-tailed Godwits, half a dozen or so Knot and Grey Plovers and a dozen or so Ringed Plovers and Dunlin.
Also, a Kingfisher flew through the harbour and a Wheatear and c20 Swallows and House Martins were about, but the hedges were quiet beyond three Whitethroats, a Cetti's Warbler and two or three Blackcaps and Chiffchaffs, plus an even more piebald Blackbird that is presumably a descendant of last year's bird. (AH/P&LH/T Allen et al)
Whitethroat (above), Blackcap, leucistic Blackbird, Spoonbill, Grey Plover & Dunlin at Church Norton (AH)
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