Thursday, 4th September: Yet another blustery morning, with a strong south-westerly breeze pushing through lots of squally showers, though with odd glimpses of the sun in-between......
Selsey Bill: Up to three Wheatears were about and a Yellow Wagtail went over this morning, but the sea was dead. Full log below. (AH/LP/IP/M&LL)
(0710-825hrs) (SSW, F6)
Gannet - 2E, 6W
Shag - 1E
Oystercatcher - 1W
Ringed Plover - 1W
Sanderling - 1W
Turnstone 5
Mediterranean Gull - 1W
Sandwich Tern - 9W, 5os
Common Tern - 1W
Yellow Wagtail - 1W
Wheatear - 3
Wheatear (above) & Turnstone at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were just the juvenile Black-tailed Godwit and the juvenile Redshank on the pool this morning, plus a Cattle Egret and a Sparrowhawk going over. (AH)
Cattle Egret at the Ferry (AH)
Mill Pond Marsh: A Green Sandpiper, a Common Sandpiper, two Snipe and 15 Teal were on the flooded field this morning, whilst a Sedge Warbler and three or four Chiffchaffs and Reed Buntings was about it for the bushes. (AH)
Green Sandpiper, Green Sandpiper and Teal, Common Sandpiper, Snipe, Sedge Warbler & Reed Bunting at Mill Pond Marsh (AH)
Church Norton: Two Spoonbills were in the harbour this morning, along with half a dozen Sandwich Terns and Great Crested Grebes, but very few waders were about on the high tide beyond a Grey Plover and a few Curlews, Redshanks and Oystercatchers.
Two or three Sand Martins and a dozen Swallows were feeding over the harbour, but a Reed Warbler and a Green Woodpecker was all that could be found on the land side. (AH/LP)
Sandwich Tern & Green Woodpecker at Church Norton (AH)
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