14th May 2026

Thursday, 14th May: Another cold and windy morning, with the stiff north-westerly pushing through banks of heavy cloud and squally drizzle, with brief sunny spells between.......

Selsey Bill: A very quiet morning, with just a few terns lingering offshore. Full log below. (AH/IP)

(0700-0815hrs) (NNW, F5)

Gannet - 5E, 14W

Whimbrel - 2W

Great Black-backed Gull - 1os

Sandwich Tern - 40os

Common Tern - 11os

Little Tern - 8os

House Martin - 4

Little Tern (above), Common Tern & Whimbrels at the Bill (AH)

Ferry Pool: A Little Ringed Plover was on the small, roadside pool, whilst on the main pool there were 27 Avocets, 57 Black-tailed Godwits, a drake Shoveler, a drake Gadwall, 11 Shelducks and c25 Mallards.

A look round the Tramway just produced a Lesser Whitethroat, two Blackcaps, three Reed Warblers and Chiffchaffs and a scattering of half a dozen or so Whitethroats, whilst a lone Whimbrel was on the salt-marsh. (AH)

Little Ringed Plover (above), Black-tailed Godwit, Chiffchaff & Whitethroat at the Ferry (AH)

North Wall: A Barn Owl was out hunting just before dawn at Halsey's Farm, with a Cuckoo calling from the copse and a Mistle Thrush nearby. (AW)

Barn Owl (above), Mistle Thrush & Roe Deer at the North Wall (AW)

Church Norton: Half a dozen Turnstones, two Curlews and a dozen Oystercatchers were the only waders seen, whilst five Common Terns, a dozen Little Terns and c40 Sandwich Terns were on the last vestiges of mud.

A couple of vocal Blackcaps, Chiffchaffs and Whitethroats was about it for the hedges, with four Swallows over Rectory Lane the only other things of note. (AH)

Sandwich Terns (above), Common Tern & Sandwich Terns, Common Terns and Little Terns at Church Norton (AH)