Sunday, 7th December: A really miserable day to be out, with almost continuous fine drizzle, interspersed by spells of heavier rain, in a fresh and blustery south-westerly, freshening as the morning progressed......
Selsey Bill: There was almost nothing moving this morning, with most of the interest generated by helping the Coastguards locate some of the 15 containers full of bananas that fell off a boat last night - we managed to spot eight of them, drifting east! Full log below. (SH/BI/PB/MRB/AH/IP)
(0730-0930hrs) (SSW, F5-6)
Great Crested Grebe - 1os
Gannet - 2E
Brent Goose - 2W
Common Scoter - 20E, 1W
Red-breasted Merganser - 2E, 6W
Oystercatcher - 1E
Curlew - 3W
Great Black-backed Gull - 1E, 2W, 7os
Kittiwake - 1E
(1415-1530hrs) (SH/AW)
Gannet - 1E, 8W
Common Scoter - 2W
Red-breasted Merganser - 3W
Great Black-backed Gull - 2W
Kittiwake - 3W
Great Black-backed Gull (above) & two containers full of bananas at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were an Avocet, c60 Black-tailed Godwits and c300 Lapwings present this morning, along with c60 Shovelers, c150 Teal, c300 Wigeon and c80 Canada Geese. (AH)
Avocet, Lapwings, Shelduck and Shovelers on the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: An Avocet, a Greenshank and, unusually, a Snipe were in the harbour this morning, along with c100 Grey Plovers, c500 Knot, c1000 Dunlin and the usual Curlews, Redshanks and Oystercatchers, but beyond c25 Shelducks, wildfowl was restricted to jut a few Wigeon and Teal, plus a Great Crested Grebe, two Little Grebes and ten Mediterranean Gulls.
Also, a Green Woodpecker flew across the harbour and a couple of Goldcrests were in the hedges. (PB/MRB/AH)
Greenshank (above), Avocet, Knot & Mediterranean Gull at Church Norton (AH)
North Wall: There wasn’t much about beyond all the usual species this morning, in the wet and windy conditions, but there was a Water Rail in the paddock, a Spotted Redshank along White’s Creek, three Rock Pipits along the wall, and a pair of Gadwall were with a few Wigeon and Teal in the now flooded Honer fields. (LP)
Later, there were also a Kingfisher, two Avocets, three Snipe, two Reed Buntings, four Rock Pipits and c20 Meadow Pipits seen. (SH)
Spotted Redshank and Wigeon (above), Grey Plover & Rock Pipit along the North Wall (LP)
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