The weather was again looking glorious, not a good sign when looking for migrant birds. The bushes around the car park, however were busier than last week. In total I must have had over 100 Chiffchaffs through the morning. Several Blackcaps, a Reed Warbler , a Sedge Warbler and a single Whitethroat. Plenty of Swallows and House Martins in the sky and the number of Teal around the Ferry was now over 100 as were the number of Lapwings. A Kingfisher paused briefly on the Ferry sluice and a Sparrowhawk darted through.
The walk up to Church Norton, produce a continuous stream of Meadow Pipits and more Chiffchaffs, 2 Stonechats several Siskins moving and most surprisinghly a fly by Turtle Dove. The tide was getting high by the time I reached Church Norton and there were Grey plover, Redshank, Curlew, a single Curlew Sandpiper, 1 Dunlin and Turnstone and 2 Sandwich Terns. Other than passing hirundines it was very quiet along the beach by the Severals until right at the end where another Stonechat and a Spotted Flycatcher were seen along with a calling Cettis Warbler.
I added very little walking back to Siddlesham and then drove round to Halseys Farm and walked over to the Breach pool on the North Wall of the harbour, 40 Black-tailed Godwits were roosting with 6 Snipe and a Ruff flew over. There were 4 Greenshank in with the harbour at roost. A walk round the fields didn't produce anything different other than a Willow Warbler.
Another pleasant walk !
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| View over the Harbour |
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| Teal - still in eclipse plumage towards end of moult |
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| Cotoneaster fruit - ripe for rare thrushes - or at least just Blackbirds. |
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| Gadwall |
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