Combined totals from two short and relatively slow seawatches off George V Avenue included 26
Red-throated Divers, three
Shelducks, three
Sandwich Terns, two
Shovelers, 14
Common Scoters, two
Dark-bellied Brent Geese, a
Curlew, 32
Red-breasted Mergansers, seven
Gannets, seven
Kittiwakes, three
Mediterranean Gulls (including a 3CY), a
Lesser Black-backed Gull and two
Great Crested Grebes. Small numbers of waders around included 22
Sanderlings and - particularly unusually - six
Oystercatchers in the roost field, along with a handful of
Grey Plover,
Dunlin and
Ringed Plover. A
Buzzard was seen.
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| Oystercatchers at Goring Gap - unusual in the roost field |
Ferring Rife hosted our first spring migrant
Chiffchaff of the year as it sang from a blossom tree. A
Red Kite and four
Buzzards soared to the north and other birds noted included two
Mallards, two
Pheasants, a
Little Egret, a
Water Rail, four
Moorhens, two
Green Woodpeckers, a
Great Spotted Woodpecker, an adult
Mediterranean Gull, a
Goldcrest (few and far between of late), two
Meadow Pipits and a female
Reed Bunting.
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| Buzzard at Ferring Rife |
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| Small Tortoiseshell at Ferring Rife |
