Wednesday, 14th January: A cold, but bright start in just a light northerly breeze, though slowly clouding over as the morning progressed......
Selsey Bill: Four Slavonian Grebes and four Great Northern Divers were offshore this morning, with good numbers of Red-throated Divers and Red-breasted Mergansers seen, too. Full log below. (SH/PB/AH/OM)
(0740-1125hrs) (N, F2)
Great Northern Diver - 4os
Red-throated Diver - 9E, 41W, 3os
Slavonian Grebe - 4os
Great Crested Grebe - 3E, 1W, 1os
Gannet - 1W
Shag - 2E
Brent Goose - 2E
Teal - 2E
Common Scoter - 1E, 45W, 22os
Red-breasted Merganser - 29E, 6W, 15os
Oystercatcher - 2E
Turnstone - 8E
Mediterranean Gull - 4W, 4os
Great Black-backed Gull - 1E, 4W
Sandwich Tern - 2E
Guillemot - 1E
Razorbill - 2W
auk sp - 11E
Pied Wagtail - 2
Red-breasted Mergansers (above) & Shags at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: A Spotted Redshank was in the channel opposite, along with two Avocets, this morning, with another of the latter and c60 Black-tailed Godwits among at least 2000 Lapwings on the pool and fields before they started shooting in the adjacent fields and everything took flight.
There were also six Shelducks, a pair of Gadwall, c75 Shovelers, 250 Teal, c400 Wigeon and c60 Canada Geese present, too, before they also all dispersed. (AH)
Spotted Redshank (above), Avocet and Lapwings, Gadwall & Black-tailed Godwits and Lapwings at the Ferry (AH)
North Wall: This morning thousands of birds in the harbour this morning including c1000 Brent Geese, c500 Lapwings, 5 and c500 Golden Plovers, with the three White-fronted Geese in with the Brent Goose flock on Honer 1 early on, but flew off with them when a dog walker walked across the footpath.
In the hedgerows there were five Fieldfares, four Redwing, three Yellowhammers and two Reed Buntings, with a Kingfisher near the sluice and another over Halsey’s Farm. (CRJ)
Later, a mixed flock of c75 Fieldfares and Redwings were in the trees at Halsey’s Farm this morning, and a Kingfisher was along the rife, where there were also 150 Wigeon and a few Teal.
A Rock Pipit was on the rocks, and six Yellowhammers and a couple of Reed Buntings were along the lower path, whilst out in the fields the three White-fronted Geese were with a large flock of Brent Geese who were constantly moving between the fields and the harbour.
Elsewhere, it was just the usual species along White’s Creek, a Song Thrush and two Great Spotted Woodpeckers were around the paddock, and the pair of Marsh Harrier were over the reeds. (CRJ/LP/SP/EB)
Redwings and Fieldfares (above),White-fronted and Brent Geese, Rock Pipit (LP), Redwing, Marsh Harriers, Redwings and Fieldfares & Song Thrush (EB) at the North Wall
Fishbourne Creek: A drake Goldeneye, a drake Gadwall and vast numbers of Wigeon and Teal were along the creek his morning, with three Egyptian Geese at the top end, whilst waders included a Snipe, c50 Black-tailed Godwits, c25 Grey Plovers and many hundreds of Dunlin.
There were also a Kingfisher and a couple of Rock Pipits along the creek, whilst at least 30 Redwings and half a dozen Song Thrushes, plus a dozen Chaffinches, were in Apuldram churchyard and a pair of Firecrests and two or three Goldcrests were in the adjacent car-park. (RW/AH)
Goldeneye (above), Black-tailed Godwit, Dunlin, Firecrest & Redwings at Fishbourne Creek (AH)
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