Never had so many bank holidays come so thick and fast. With 2 days of good seabird passage reported I did wonder whether it would fizzle out today but the winds were still forecast to be strong and Easterly, so I headed to Selsey Bill arriving at 5.45am for what turned out to be another good morning.
The number of summer plumaged waders moving was the first amazing spectacle. Bar-tailed Godwits (c380), Whimbrel (35), Sanderling (80), Knot (10), Dunlin (10), Grey Plover (20), Turnstone, Oystercatcher and Redshank. Divers were represented by 5 Great Northerns on the sea, 2 Red-throated and a single Black-throated. Common Terns (c650), Little Terns (100), Sandwich terms (65) and very smart Black Terns (26) were constantly moving through and then the Skuas, with 4 Bonxies, 2 Arctics and 9 Pomarine Skuas with the morning highlight being a flock of 7 which gave good views. In addition to inbound Swallows, House Martins, Swifts a Hobby was the best of the rest. So the numbers perhaps hadn't matched previous days but I was very happy with the haul and the views.
I briefly called in to Siddlesham on the way home and saw a male Garganey, Summer plumaged Spotted Redshank, Greenshank and 2 Common Sandpipers.
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