A short morning visit to the Gap produced the first
Redshank of the autumn as it tracked west, as well as an eastbound movement of 25
Swifts and six
Swallows. Two
Little Egrets, three
Sandwich Terns and two
Oystercatchers were on the beach and one
Gannet flew west. While cycling to the Gap, I heard a
Pied Wagtail calling near the Sea Lane Cafe, my first on the patch for a while. 70
Black-headed Gulls represented a recent exit from breeding grounds.
Approaching home in West Worthing, a
Goldcrest was singing from a garden around the corner and from the patio I counted 33
Swifts as they bunched together overhead, before realising they were reacting to a
Peregrine moving overhead.
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| Peregrine over my garden |
