1st October 2025

Wednesday, 1st October: A fairly overcast and muggy, morning in a light southerly breeze....

Selsey Bill: The Great Northern Diver was distantly offshore again this morning, and 14 Brent Geese and 82 distant auks went west, but it was quiet on the 'vis-mig' front. Full log below. (IP/AH)

(0715-0845hrs) (S, F2)

Great Northern Diver - 1os

Gannet - 8E, 4W

Shag - 14E, 2os

Brent Goose - 14W

Wigeon - 4E, 3W

Teal - 8W

Common Scoter - 1E

Common Sandpiper - 1w

Turnstone - 7

Mediterranean Gull - 2W

Sandwich Tern - 6E, 2W

Razorbill - 1W

auk sp - 25E, 82W

Swallow - 23E

Grey Wagtail - 1E

Pied Wagtail - 27E

Meadow Pipit - 42E

Chiffchaff - 1

Siskin - 2E

Goldfinch - 30

Brent Geese (above), Sandwich Terns & Shags at the Bill (AH)

Ferry Pool: Two Green Sandpipers, a Snipe and a Redshank were on the pool this morning, along with a much increased count of c150 Lapwings and c40 Teal. (AH/IP)

Green Sandpiper and Lapwings (above), Snipe and Lapwing & Lapwings at the Ferry (AH)

Mill Pond Marsh: Three Snipe were the only waders present, though c20 Shovelers and c50 Teal were about and a Mistle Thrush was in the big trees, but there were barely a handful of Chiffchaffs, plus a Cetti's Warbler, in the hedges. (AH/IP)

Mistle Thrush (above), Snipe & Shovelers and Teal at Mill Pond Marsh (AH)

Church Norton: Early this morning there were two Spoonbills out in the harbour along with a hunting Marsh Harriet, whilst a Kingfisher was around the old ironwork, eight Great Crested Grebes were out on the sea and two Common Scoters went west.

Along the Severals were two Goldcrests together, with at least 20 Chiffchaffs, three Stonechats, a Redstart and an elusive Dartford Warbler, whilst in the woods between the Severals was a flock of at least 30 Siskins feeding in the tree tops, and there were also four Skylarks and at least a dozen Meadow Pipits along the spit. (AW/HB)

Siskins (above), Dartford Warbler, Goldcrests and Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit, Marsh Harrier & Spoonbills at Church Norton (AW)

Fishbourne Creek: A Glossy Ibis was at the top of the creek earlier this morning, but could not be relocated later on.

Also 12 Greenshanks, three Dunlin, a Bar-tailed Godwit 30 and Turnstones were off Dell Quay, with a Sandwich Tern feeding off there, too, and two Brent Geese flew up the creek. (RW)

Birdham: A good morning in the garden produced seven Cattle Egrets, three Egyptian Geese, a Raven and two Siskins over, with a dozen Song Thrushes and a handful of Blackcaps in the hedges. (AB)

North Wall: The two Spoonbills were present again early on, before flying across the harbour, whilst White's Creek held a Common Sandpiper, two Curlew Sandpipers, three Spotted Redshanks, a few Black-tailed Godwits and large numbers of Redshanks, Wigeon and Pintail.

Also, a Marsh Harrier was out hunting, whilst two Water Rails, three Snipe and c25 Black-tailed Godwits were on the Breech Pool, but passerines were restricted to a handful of Blackcaps and c20 Chiffchaffs, plus a few Swallows over. (LP/CT/AH)

Common Sandpiper (above), Pintail and Wigeon & Chiffchaff at the North Wall (AH)