With a light and variable wind, it was a quiet morning offshore at the Gap, with a lone
Great Crested Grebe the only bird noted. As the tide flowed, I counted the waders on the beach: 27
Sanderlings, four
Dunlin, 26
Turnstones, two
Grey Plovers and five
Oystercatchers. 11
Mediterranean Gulls and an adult
Lesser Black-backed Gull were logged and a
Jackdaw flew north. A
Skylark and a
Song Thrush were in voice, while a
Great Spotted Woodpecker drummed briefly. There seemed to be a little something going on with
Meadow Pipits and
Pied/White Wagtails, with three and five, respectively, but no consistent directional movement.
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| Great Crested Grebe at Goring Gap |
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| adult Lesser Black-backed Gull at Goring Gap |
Ferring Rife had two showy
Water Rails, a singing male
Reed Bunting (giving the unpaired version), three singing
Chiffchaffs, 23
Moorhens, two
Pheasants, five
Skylarks, two
Green Woodpeckers, a trio of
Long-tailed Tits, two
Song Thrushes, three
Meadow Pipits, a
Linnet and three
Pied/White Wagtails.
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| Water Rail at Ferring Rife |
Back at home in West Worthing, a
Meadow Pipit flew over.
