Tuesday, 10th February: A mostly grey and mostly dry morning, beyond the odd shower, in a moderate south-westerly breeze....
Selsey Bill: A few Red-throated Divers were moving about and a flock of eight Wigeon went east, but it generally remains slow. Full log below. (AH)
(0745-0900hrs) (W, F3-4)
Great Northern Diver - 2os
Red-throated Diver - 14E, 5W, 6os
Great Crested Grebe - 1W, 1os
Gannet - 2os
Wigeon - 8E, 2W
Common Scoter - 1os
Red-breasted Merganser - 2E, 4os
Oystercatcher - 1E
Turnstone - 8
Mediterranean Gull - 1E, 3os
Common Gull - 4E
Sandwich Tern - 5E
Red-throated Diver (above) & Red-breasted Mergansers at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were a lot less birds around than recently this morning, with just c400 Lapwings, a pair of Gadwall, 16 Shelducks, c75 Shovelers and c50 Wigeon and Teal spread about, plus c25 Common Gulls and c100 Black-headed Gulls. (AH)
Gadwall and Lapwing (above) & Shoveler at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: There were still at least 500 Knot in the southern end of the harbour, along with similar of Dunlin and c50 Grey Plovers, with c150 Brent Geese and c20 Shelducks about, too, but only a couple of dozen Wigeon and Teal were present.
Most of the activity was at the other end of the harbour, with c500 Golden Plovers and c1000 Lapwings coming up from the Ferry Channel area, and another 1500 of the latter, along with c800 Black-tailed Godwits and c500 Brent Geese coming up from the North Wall area.
Otherwise, a Marsh Harrier was briefly up at the North Wall end and a Buzzard was sat out in the harbour, with two more going over, but a pair of Great Spotted Woodpeckers in the car-park was about it for land-birds. (AH/ATh)
Knot (above), Grey Plover, Golden Plovers, Black-tailed Godwits & Great Spotted Woodpeckers at Church Norton (AH)
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