Monday, 1st December: There was a reburn to very unsettled conditions this morning, with a near gale-force south-westerly pushing through banks of drizzly ran under leaden skies......
Selsey Bill: There was very little going on until good numbers of Gannets and a few Kittiwakes started moving west. Full log below. (IP/AH)
(0750-0935hrs) (SSW, F7)
Gannet - 175W
Shag - 3E
Common Scoter - 8W
Red-breasted Merganser - 2E, 3W
Oystercatcher - 1W
Turnstone - 8
Mediterranean Gull - 3W, 2os
Great Black-backed Gull - 8os
Kittiwake - 2E, 37W
Razorbill - 2E
auk sp - 6W
Gannets (above), Kittiwakes, Red-breasted Mergansers & Mediterranean Gull at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were 13 Avocets and 45 Black-tailed Godwits roosting on the pool this morning, with 14 Shelducks, c60 Shovelers, c40 Wigeon and c120 Teal also about. (AH)
Avocets and Shelduck (above), Black-tailed Godwits & Shovelers at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: There were c400 Knot and c800 Dunlin on the mud as the tide dropped this morning, along with c60 Grey Plovers, c20 Turnstones and just two Bar-tailed Godwits, and there were also c50 Brent Geese about, along with similar numbers of Wigeon and Teal.
Also, a couple of Goldcrests were in the sheltered hedges and a Kestrel, a Jay, a Green Woodpecker and a Great Spotted Woodpecker were in the churchyard. (AH)
Bar-tailed Godwit (above), Knot and Dunlin & Kestrel at Church Norton (AH)
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