Saturday, 22nd November: A complete change overnight left it a little milder, but heavily overcast and with intermittent drizzly rain in a near gale-force south-westerly.....
Selsey Bill: Despite the change in the weather there wasn't too much going on, though 11 Red-throated Divers was the best count yet this autumn, and a few Kittiwakes and Razorbills went west, too. Full log below. (SH/JA/BI/PB/AH)
(0710-0910-hrs) (SW, F767-7)
Great Northern Diver - 1os
Red-throated Diver - 11W, 1os
diver sp - 1E
Great Crested Grebe - 1os
Gannet - 4E, 5W
Shag - 12E
Brent Goose - 1W
Teal - 8W
Common Scoter - 8E, 3W
Red-breasted Merganser - 2W
Oystercatcher - 2E, 1 present
Turnstone - 5
Mediterranean Gull - 1E, 2W
Common Gull - 4E
Kittiwake - 4E, 25W
Razorbill - 26W
auk sp - 157W, 10os
Pied Wagtail - 1
Common Scoters (above) & Mediterranean Gull at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were 21 Black-tailed Godwits and c30 Lapwings on the pool this morning, along with 14 Shelducks, c75 Shovelers, c120 Teal, c80 Wigeon and c40 Mallards, whilst a Kingfisher was in the channel opposite. (AH)
Black-tailed Godwits, Lapwings and Shovelers (above), Shovelers & Teal at the Ferry (AH)
North Wall: A look along the wall this morning produced a Marsh Harrier, eight Cattle Egrets, four Rock Pipits, a Goldcrest, five Snipe, four Black-tailed Godwits, c100 Dunlin and c300 Brent Geese. (SH)
Church Norton: An Avocet and a Bar-tailed Godwit were in the harbour this morning, along with a good number of waders, including c400 Knot, c1000 Dunlin, c50 Grey Plovers and 20 Ringed Plovers and Turnstones, with c200 Brent Geese, c60 Pintail, c30 Wigeon and a dozen Teal and Shelducks also present.
A Marsh Harrier and a Kingfisher were also present, but the bushes were as dead as might be expected. (AH)
Bar-tailed Godwit (AH) (above), Avocet, Grey Plover, Knot (AW), Marsh Harrier & Knot and Dunlin (AH) at Church Norton
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