Not much to report but on Tuesday morning I went to Stanley Common for a couple of hours first thing (before the dogs arrived !) . It was cool, overcast and windy so not ideal for passerines, the warblers were there but keeping their heads down. The best was 4 male Redstarts singing - mostly at the tops of Pines - but obviously holding territories . A couple of Garden Warbler were in song along with Blackcap, Willow Warbler, Chiffchaff and Firecrest. I was surprised I didn't hear a Cuckoo or Tree Pipit.
With the wet and windy conditions not really changing on Friday morning I went to Selsey briefly, then called in at Church Norton. The wind was a SW force 6 and rain threatened but didn't arrive.
Unexpectedly we saw a single Pomarine Skua just after 7am with 2 Great Skuas and 2 Hobbies off the sea being the best of an otherwise quiet sea. Church Norton held a few waders with a large flock of c500 Dunlin, 5 or 6 Sanderling, c40 Knot and the same number of Bar-tailed Godwit and Ringed Plover, a few Whimbrel, Grey Plover, Turnstone and several Little Terns and Common Terns . I'd missed an Osprey that had flown through the harbour about 30 minutes before I arrived.
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