Monday, 1st June: A mostly bright, but blustery morning, cool early on but warming up later, with the breeze freshening steadily from the south-west.....
Selsey Bill: There were at least 250 Sandwich Terns feeding offshore, but the only things moving were a flock of 15 Common Scoters east and six Gannets west. Full log below. (IP/AH)
(0705-0805hrs) (SW, F3-4)
Gannet - 6W
Common Scoter - 15E
Mediterranean Gull - 4W
Sandwich Tern - 250os
Common Tern - 10os
Little Tern - 4os
House Martin - 20
Mediterranean Gull at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: There were still at least 15 Avocet chicks and 42 adults on the pool this morning, along with a Little Ringed Plover, two Redshanks, c125 Black-tailed Godwits and six Shelducks. (AH)
Little Ringed Plover at the Ferry (AH)
Church Norton: The Sandwich Tern conveyor belt was in full swing this morning, with a constant flow of birds heading off west and returning with fish, with more sat on the mud, along with a dozen Little Terns and half a dozen Common Terns.
Waders were few, though, with just a Whimbrel, two Curlews and half a dozen Ringed Plovers and Oystercatchers seen, and the hedges were quiet beyond a couple of Whitethroats and Linnets, plus a couple of Swallows over. (AH)
Sandwich Terns (above), Sandwich, Common and Little Terns & Linnet at Church Norton (AH)
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