28th-30th September 2025

Sunday, 28th September:  A dry day forecast with winds still southerly but with just a touch of west in there too...sunny intervals...

Selsey Bill: (SH/IP/BI) (SSW F3-40) Over 800 Meadow Pipits went through this morning but the sea was very quiet. Full log below:

Common Scoter - 9e

Gannet - 1e 28w

Shag - 16e

Grey Heron - 1s

Little Egret - 1e

Turnstone - 20

Mediterranean Gull - 15e

Sandwich Tern - 7e

Razorbill - 2e

Swallow - 46e

Chiffchaff - 3

Meadow Pipit - 836sw

Pied Wagtail - 11s

Grey Wagtail - 2w

Yellow Wagtail - 7s

Goldfinch - 10e 20p

Siskin - 19e

Linnet - 20p

Reed Bunting - 4w

Grey Heron & Goldfinches at the Bill (BI)

Ferry Pool: Two Little Stints were showing well at the left of the pool mid-morning and two Green Sandpipers were also present, one on the main pool and one on the hidden pool, as were two Ringed Plovers. A few Meadow Pipits were around the gravel mounds and a Grey & Yellow Wagtail were also noted. (IP/GW/BI)

Little Stints, top, and Green Sandpiper at the Ferry (BI)

North Wall:  An Osprey flew over the wall and across the harbour early on, and along White’s Creek there were two Curlew Sandpipers, a Spotted Redshank, four Dunlin, a Kingfisher, and all of the regular species, with numbers of Wigeon and Lapwing noticeably increasing. A Wheatear was on the rocks, and along the hedgerows there was a Song Thrush, a Green Woodpecker, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, four Blackcaps, 12 Long-tailed Tits, and 18 Chiffchaffs, with a Marsh Harrier and a Buzzard further back. At Halsey’s Farm there were just two Stonechats on the fences and a few Meadow Pipits, Swallows and Sand Martins passing overhead, but it was quiet along the rife with just a Little Egret, a Grey Heron, and two Cormorants present. (MRi,LP,DHi)

Curlew Sandpipers, above, Wheatear, Long-tailed Tit, Blackcap & Song Thrush at the North Wall (LP)

Mill Lane Marsh: A Black-tailed Godwit, two Snipe and c.50 Teal were on the marsh and the hedges held a Great Spotted Woodpecker, five Chiffchaffs and a Reed Bunting. (IP)

Birdham: A Spotted Flycatcher was in a garden here today. (AB)

Medmerry, Easton Lane to the Stilt Pool: Two Marsh Harriers were over the reserve, as were five Kestrels and a Peregrine, and near the sluice were two Egyptian Geese, a Greenshank, a Kingfisher and a Snipe. Two Swallows flew over, c.50 Yellow Wagtails were with the cattle and the banks held 15 Chiffchaffs, three Cetti's Warblers, ten Stonechats, three Reed Buntings and seven Yellowhammers. Circa 50 Meadow Pipits went east and a Goldcrest and a Pied Wagatail were also seen. (SaH/SH)

Runcton: South of the village this morning were two Egyptian Geese, 54 Mallard, ten Teal, four Tufted Duck, five Little Grebes, a Buzzard, a Kestrel, five Moorhen, five Coot, a Green Sandpiper, 120 Black-headed Gull, two Mediterranean Gull, 25 Herring Gull, a Great Spotted Woodpecker, two Swallow, and 15 Chiffchaff. Also only the second time I have found Crimson Clover in the crop. (CRJ)

Crimson Clover in the cover crop at Runcton (CRJ)