Sunday, 19th October: A grey and overcast start, presaging the arrival of persistent drizzly rain from mid-morning, in a light to moderate south-easterly breeze......
Selsey Bill: There were still plenty of auks, including over 1000 Razorbills, around, though much less than yesterday, though two Bramblings over were the highlight of limited visible migration. Full log later . (SH/JA/PB/MRB/BI/IP/AH)
(0715-1115hrs) (SE, F3-4)
Red-throated Diver - 1E
Great Crested Grebe - 2E
Gannet - 60E, 62W, 8os
Shag - 16E
Brent Goose - 19W
Wigeon - 2E, 1W
Common Scoter - 7E
Mediterranean Gull - 53E, 1W
Common Gull - 3E
Kittiwake - 5E
Guillemot - 4E
Razorbill - 1044E, 22W
auk sp - 84E, 49W
Swallow - 6E
Pied Wagtail - 11E
Meadow Pipit - 13E
Chiffchaff - 2
Brambling - 2E
Siskin - 7E
Linnet - 17E
Ferry Pool: Two Green Sandpipers were on the pool this morning, along with c80 Lapwings, five Shelducks, nine Shovelers and c25 Teal. (AH)
Church Norton: A Greenshank among a few roosting Redshanks and Curlews, a Kingfisher, a lone Brent Goose, a Little Grebe, three Great Crested Grebes and a few Wigeon and Teal was about it in the harbour at high tide this morning.
Also, about a dozen Goldcrests were in the churchyard/hide area, along with a couple of Blackcaps, half a dozen chiffchaffs and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers. (AH)
Greenshank (above), Blackcap, Chiffchaff, Goldcrest & Great Spotted Woodpecker at Church Norton (AH)
North Wall: A Snipe was on the Breech Pool, as well as two Black-tailed Godwits, a Grey Wagtail, a Shelduck, four Teal, two Shovelers and 22 Mallards, with three Marsh Harriers further back over the reeds.
Four Rock Pipits were along the wall, four Linnets, six Long-tailed Tits and a couple of Chiffchaffs were in the bushes, and a Water Rail was along Owl Water.
A Peregrine flew across the harbour, and 23 Golden Plovers were with c80 Lapwings and 12 Grey Plovers out on the mud, but elsewhere there was just a single Pied Wagtail in the paddock, and a Goldcrest down the lane. (LP/MJa/DHi)
Rock Pipit (above), Water Rail, Linnets, Snipe & Pied Wagtail at the North Wall (LP)
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