A cold morning with a raw NW wind was not going to make a great sea watch, but if you are not looking you wont see.
08:00-09:00 from the sea watch hide with RW:
Wigeon: 3E
Red-throated Diver: 5E 9W
Great-crested Grebe: 2 o/s
Fulmar: 2W
Gannet: 71W
Cormorant: C200 o/s
Kittiwake: 145W
Mediterranean Gull: 1W
Common Gull: 66W
Guillemot: 32W 9E
Razorbill: 6W
Auk sp: 112W 19E
Common Seal: 1
After Breakfast I decided to walk from home across the fields to the reserve, then around Dengemarsh and back via Dengemarsh Road. I managed to see 66 species not a bad total without really trying, these included Smew, Bittern, Great White Egrets, Bearded Tits, Marsh Harriers, 100s of Golden Plover, Lapwing, 54 Curlew, 2 Ruff, Raven, a flock of 76 Pied Wagtails in the field opposite Brick Wall Farm but no Linnets.
At the fishing boats it was good to catch up West Sussex stalwarts Bernie Forbes and Owen Mitchell, pity that there was very little bird wise there this afternoon.
08:00-09:00 from the sea watch hide with RW:
Wigeon: 3E
Red-throated Diver: 5E 9W
Great-crested Grebe: 2 o/s
Fulmar: 2W
Gannet: 71W
Cormorant: C200 o/s
Kittiwake: 145W
Mediterranean Gull: 1W
Common Gull: 66W
Guillemot: 32W 9E
Razorbill: 6W
Auk sp: 112W 19E
Common Seal: 1
After Breakfast I decided to walk from home across the fields to the reserve, then around Dengemarsh and back via Dengemarsh Road. I managed to see 66 species not a bad total without really trying, these included Smew, Bittern, Great White Egrets, Bearded Tits, Marsh Harriers, 100s of Golden Plover, Lapwing, 54 Curlew, 2 Ruff, Raven, a flock of 76 Pied Wagtails in the field opposite Brick Wall Farm but no Linnets.
At the fishing boats it was good to catch up West Sussex stalwarts Bernie Forbes and Owen Mitchell, pity that there was very little bird wise there this afternoon.
Sheep or Calf?
About the only sighting of interest at the fishing boats was this gory sight, brought in by the hide tide.
The herd of Bewick Swans were still at Midley this afternoon and the 2 Whooper swans were still near the Woolpack per PT.
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