Friday, 17th July: The morning started still and very warm, though the breeze picked up from the south-west through the morning, bringing some white cloud with it.....
Selsey Bill: An unsurprisingly quiet morning, with a large flock of Mediterranean Gulls on the shingle bar the only thing of note. Full log below. (IP/AH)
(0630-0730hrs) (S, F1)
Oystercatcher - 1W
Mediterranean Gull - 100os
Great Black-backed Gull - 4os
Sandwich Tern - 20os
Swift - 14
Swallow - 6E
Sand Martin - 2E
House Martin - 15
Mediterranean Gulls (above) & Swift at the Bill (AH)
Ferry Pool: The only exception to the usual four species this morning was a Common Sandpiper, with five Little Ringed Plovers, the Shelduck family, the Oystercatcher family and six adult and five young Avocets still present. (AH)
Common Sandpiper (above), Little Ringed Plover, Avocet & Oystercatchers at the Ferry (AH)
Mill Pond Marsh: The Green Sandpiper and two Common Sandpipers were present again this morning, though, otherwise it was just lots of Coots and Moorhens. (AH et al)
Green Sandpiper at Mill Pond Marsh (AH)
North Wall: There were seven Common Sandpipers in White's Creek early on, though all but one soon dispersed, whilst there were also a Spotted Redshank, c50 Redshanks, a Whimbrel and a dozen or so Black-tailed Godwits and Curlews in the creek and adjacent harbour, and two or three Little Terns were about, too.
Two Little Ringed Plovers were the only waders on the Breech Pool, though a Kingfisher was briefly present there and a few Swallows went over and there were just a few Reed Warblers, Whitethroats and Reed Buntings along the wall. (MJa/LP/AH/CT et al)
Spotted Redshank (above), Little Ringed Plover, Little Tern & Whimbrel at the North Wall (AH)
Medmerry: Ham Farm - There were five Corn Buntings in the maize field behind the viewpoint this morning. (MWh)
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