Friday, 19th June: An increasingly warm morning in unbroken sunshine and just a light north-westerly breeze.....
Selsey Bill: Another unsurprisingly quiet morning. Full log below. (IP/AH)
(0705-0820hrs) (NW, F2-3)
Curlew - 1W
Mediterranean Gull - 1W
Great Black-backed gull - 3W
Sandwich Tern - 60os
Little Tern - 7os
Swift - 4
Green Woodpecker - 1
House Martin - 12
Little Tern (above) & House Martin at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: An attempt to count all the young Avocets reached a minimum total of 33 this morning, together with 25 adults, two Oystercatchers and four Shelducks. (AH)
Avocets at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: A Roseate Tern was among the birds roosting on the mud this morning before it flew out to sea. (BFF)
North Wall: A Barn Owl and a Cuckoo were both around Halsey's Farm early on, along with a couple of Lapwings and a Kingfisher, whilst later at least a dozen Cattle Egrets were around Owl Copse, with a few Little Egrets and juvenile Grey Herons about, too, plus half a dozen Mediterranean Gulls over..
The wall was fairly quiet, though the Lesser Whitethroat was active near Owl Copse, a few Whitethroats, Reed and Sedge Warblers were still singing intermittently, a couple of Chiffchaffs were at Halsey's Farm and a few Swallows went over, but a few distant waders, including a Whimbrel a couple of Curlews and half a dozen Grey Plovers was it for the harbour. (MJa/GHi/AH et al)
Cattle Egret (above), Mediterranean Gull, Sedge Warbler, Reed Warbler, Whitethroat & Grey Herons at the North Wall (AH)
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