Tuesday, 28th April: After a drop of overnight rain, a return to the strong and blustery north-easterlies this morning, keeping it cool despite a reasonable amount of sun.....
Selsey Bill: It was fairly slow this morning, though at least 20 Arctic Terns went east along with a few waders, a Hobby came in off the sea and a Whinchat was on the beach early on. Full log below. (PB/PA/AW/AH/IP/ZS/JDa et al)
(0530-1030hrs) (NE, F5-6)
Great Northern Diver - 2os
Red Throated Diver - 1E
Great Crested Grebe - 1E
Fulmar - 1E, 1W
Mallard - 2E
Common Scoter - 14E
Hobby - 1N
Oystercatcher - 3W
Knot - 1E
Whimbrel - 6E
Bar-tailed Godwit - 3E
Turnstone - 1E
Great Skua - 1os
Common Gull - 1E, 1W
Great Black-backed Gull - 5E
Sandwich Tern - 10E, 50os
Common Tern - 8E, 28os
Arctic Tern - 20E
Commic Tern - 45E
Little Tern - 30os
Razorbill - 1W
Swallow - 5N
Sand Martin - 1N
House Martin - 1
Pied Wagtail - 1N
Rook - 5E
Arctic Terns (PA) (above), Whinchat, Little Tern & Whimbrel (AW) at the Bill
Ferry Pool: The drake Garganey, the Wood Sandpiper and the Curlew Sandpiper were all still present on the pool this morning, along with a Black-tailed Godwit, three Redshanks, an Oystercatcher and 14 Avocets, with a Greenshank and two or three Whimbrel in Ferry Channel.
Also, on the busy pool were 28 Shelducks, eight Gadwall, eight Shovelers and c40 Mallard. (PA/AH/TS/JDa/CN et al)
Garganey and avocet (above), Garganeyt, Wood Sandpiper & Avocets at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: There was little to report on the high tide this morning, with a dozen Whimbrel and a couple of Curlews the only waders about, with all the activity being around Tern Island, where there were at least 200 Sandwich Terns among the Mediterranean and Black-headed Gulls. (AH)
Whimbrel and Curlew (above) & Tern Island at Church Norton (AH)
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