Sunday, 10th May: A pretty dismal morning's weather, with a strong and cold north-easterly pushing through frequent squalls of drizzly rain.......
Selsey Bill: There was a good-sized feeding flock of terns and Gannets offshore, but 39 Common Terns were about the only things going east, whilst there also a Manx Shearwater west and a Yellow Wagtail in off the sea. Full log below. (JA/SH/AH/IP)
(0500-0900hrs) (NE, F5-6)
Great Northern Diver - 1W, 1os
Manx Shearwater - 1W
Gannet - 24E, 27W, 21os
Mallard - 2W
Common Scoter - 5E, 4W
Oystercatcher - 3E
Whimbrel - 3E
Mediterranean Gull - 2E
Great Black-backed Gull - 10E, 1W, 5os
Kittiwake - 1E, 1W
Sandwich Tern - 51os
Common Tern - '39E, 14os
Commic' Tern - 1E
Little Tern - 2os
Razorbill - 2W
auk sp - 2W
Swift - 1N
House Martin - 2
Yellow Wagtail - 1N
Common Tern (above), Sandwich Tern & Gannet at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were still c60 Black-tailed Godwits and 24 Avocets spread between the pool and channel, with a Greenshank and a Whimbrel also in the channel, whilst wildfowl on the pool comprised a pair of Shoveler, five Gadwall, 14 Shelducks and c20 Mallard. (AH)
Greenshank and Black-tailed Godwit (above), Whimbrel, Black-tailed Godwits & Gadwall, Shovelers and Shelducks at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: There was no sign of the Roseate Tern this morning, though c40 Little Terns, a couple of Common Terns and c200 Sandwich Terns were about, with the few waders present comprising one Whimbrel, one Bar-tailed Godwit, two Black-tailed Godwits, a Grey Plover, five Ringed Plovers, two Curlews and a dozen Oystercatchers. (AH/BI/PA/MWh et al)
Little Terns and Sandwich Terns (above), Common Tern and Sandwich Terns, Bar-tailed Godwit & Ringed Plovers at Church Norton (AH)
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