Wednesday, 22nd April: A bright and sunny morning, but kept quite cool by the brisk easterly, freshening towards gale-force by midday......
Selsey Bill: A Pomarine Skua went east, fairly close in this morning, with two Bonxies, 14 Bar-tailed Godwits, 68 Whimbrel, 43 Common Terns and 185 Sandwich Terns also going east, whilst a dark-phase Arctic Skua and four Fulmars went west, and seven Swifts and 28 Swallows came in off the sea. Full log below.
(SH/PA/KT/LP/TR/AH/OM/JDa/AWi)
(0545-1215hrs) (E, F6-7)
Great Northern Diver - 2os
Red-throated Diver - 1E
Fulmar - 4W
Gannet - 6E, 50W
Common Scoter - 10E, 1W, 1os
Red-breasted Merganser - 1os
Kestrel - 1N
Oystercatcher - 4E, 4W
Grey Plover - 1E
Whimbrel - 68E
Bar-tailed Godwit - 17E
Turnstone - 7
Pomarine Skua - 1E (0757hrs)
Great Skua - 2E
Arctic Skua - 1W
Little Gull - 3E
Mediterranean Gull - 2E
Common Gull - 9E
Great Black-backed Gull - 2E
Sandwich Tern - 201E
Common Tern - 43E
Little Tern - 2E, 5os
auk sp - 3W
Swift - 7N
Swallow - 28N
Meadow Pipit - 4N
House Martin - 2
Willow Warbler - 1
Linnet - 2
Pomarine Skua (above), Bonxie, Whimbrel, Little Tern & Swift at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: The Spotted Redshank and Greenshank were both in Ferry Channel again this morning, but a fairly quiet pool just held seven Avocets, four Black-tailed Godwits, four Gadwall, four Shovelers, 22 Mallard and a good count of 54 Shelducks. (OM/AH)
Spotted Redshank (above) & Greenshank at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: A Swift went over this morning. (GR)
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