An hour at Goring Gap first thing produced an eastbound
Dark-bellied Brent Goose, 26
Red-throated Divers, 150
Great Crested Grebes, 29
Red-breasted Mergansers, two
Gannets and 18
Grey Plovers. A
Treecreeper was heard calling at the seaward end of The Plantation. A
Green Woodpecker was heard too, a species which has been fairly irregular in recent weeks.
Westdean Woods offered a
Raven, three
Red Kites, a
Sparrowhawk, a
Mistle Thrush, 10
Fieldfares, four
Yellowhammers,
two
Marsh Tits and two
Reed Buntings.
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| Buzzard (left) and Red Kite (right) |
Drayton North Pit at Chichester GPs had the
Great White Egret, a
Cetti's Warbler, a
Kingfisher, an adult
Mediterranean Gull, 136
Shovelers, two
Wigeon and 17
Pochards among its occupants. A look around the main complex produced a
Bar-headed Goose with 101
Greylag Geese, 143
Shovelers, 90
Pochards, a
Little Egret, a
Chiffchaff and a
Grey Wagtail of note.
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| Great White Egret at Drayton Pits |
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| Bar-headed Goose with Greylags at Chichester GPs |
