7th November 2026

Saturday, 7th November: After a misty start, a very pleasant morning of sun and light cloud in just a light north-easterly breeze.....

Selsey Bill: Another morning with a long list of species, though, again, no volume, with a briefly viewable Black Redstart the highlight, with other notable birds being a Merlin, two Slavonian Grebes and a couple of Great Northern and Red-throated Divers on the sea. Full log below. (SH/BI/IP/AH/PB/MRB)

(0645-0900hrs) (NE, F2)

Great Northern Diver - 1E, 2os

Red-throated Diver - 2os

Slavonian Grebe - 2os

Great Crested Grebe - 1os

Gannet - 3E, 3W

Shag - 1E

Brent Goose - 18E, 9W

Teal - 1E, 1W

Common Scoter - 11E, 28W

Red-breasted Merganser - 6E

Sparrowhawk - 1

Merlin - 1

Oystercatcher - 1E

Sanderling - 1E

Curlew - 1E

Turnstone - 3

Mediterranean Gull - 3E, 6W, 1os

Common Gull - 2E, 1W

Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1W

Great Black-backed Gull - 4os

Sandwich Tern - 5E

Razorbill - 2E, 41W, 12os

auk sp - 4W

Wood Pigeon - 120S

Stock Dove - 5S

Skylark - 1N

Pied Wagtail - 7W

Rock Pipit - 1E

Meadow Pipit - 7W

Black Redstart - 1

Chiffchaff - 1

Goldcrest - 1

Jackdaw - 60W

Linnet - 11E

Goldfinch - 6

Black Redstart (above), Common Scoters, Red-breasted Mergansers, Red-throated Diver & Razorbill at the Bill (AH)

Ferry Pool: Three Snipe, three Curlews and c120 Lapwings were on the pool this morning, with 11 Avocets dropping in briefly, too, and there were also four Shelducks, c80 Shovelers and c150 Teal, with a Stonechat and half a dozen Pied Wagtails about, too. (AH/PB/MRB)

Snipe (above) & Avocets at the Ferry (AH)

East Beach: A look along the front from East Beach towards Church Norton produced two Bramblings and a Siskin among 47 Chaffinches and 55 Goldfinches going over north, along with a Fieldfare, three Pied Wagtails and 20 Stock Doves.

Also, three Bent Geese went over heading south and eight unassignable grey geese went over, heading north. (MRe)

Church Norton: There was more northward visible migration over the Severals, too, including another Brambling, a Redpoll, a Corn Bunting, 12 Siskins, 28 Chaffinches, 72 Goldfinches, nine Skylarks and a Grey Wagtail.

There were also two Firecrests, six Goldcrests, six Chiffchaffs and a pair of Stonechats about, plus a male Merlin. (MRe)

Later on, there were up to four Firecrests and half a dozen Goldcrests between the Severals, plus a pair of Stonechats on the horse field and a few Linnets and Meadow ~Pipits along the front, whilst in the harbour at high tide there were three Greenshanks, c30 Grey Plovers and c60 Redshanks, along with c200 Brent Geese and plenty of Wigeon and Teal. (AH/PB/MRB)

Firecrest (above), Linnet, Greenshanks and Redshanks & Brent Geese at Church Norton (AH)

North Wall: A Short-eared Owl was flushed from the rocks this morning, and the male Marsh Harrier and two Buzzards were about, too, with two Water Rails, a good count of 21 Snipe, two Stonechats, five Cetti's Warblers and 21 Reed Buntings also noted. (S&SaH)

East Side: Early this morning there was a vast number of waders and wildfowl along the side of the harbour, before the majority were moved off by the rising tide. Waders included 1500 Lapwings, 500 Golden Plover, 200 Dunlin, 150 Grey Plover, 40 Knot, 30 Ringed Plovers, 15 Bar-tailed Godwits, 32 Black-tailed Godwits, 26 Curlews, 17 Avocets, 120 Redshanks, four Oystercatchers and two Turnstones.

Also, the Barnacle Goose was on the water with 150 Brent Geese, 50 Pintail, 100 Wigeon, 150 Teal, 40 Shelducks, 11 Shovelers, five Great Crested Grebes, and two Little Grebes, along with two Rock Pipits, a Reed Bunting, a Cetti’s Warbler, a Meadow Pipit, and three Skylarks. (LP)

Barnacle Goose and Teal (above), Rock Pipit, Knot, Bar-tailed Godwit & Avocets and Lapwings along the East side (LP)

Medmerry: Windmill area - There were just a pair of Stonechats and a dozen or so Meadow Pipits and Pied Wagtails about this morning, though there was a Great Northern Diver on the sea, nine Brent Geese went east and a flock of c50 Common Scoters dropped in, well offshore. (AH)

Stonechat (above) & Brent Geese at Medmerry (AH)