.. was the cry from the throngs gathered at the sea-watching wall at Selsey this morning, as it seemed to have been all Spring - waiting for a day when a big seabird movement happens. A promising early flurry of birds which included
1 Pomarine Skua, 1 Arctic Skua, 1 Manx Shearwater, about 400
Common Scoter, 7 Whimbrel and
1 Hobby flying in from the sea, but no real movement of Terns and everything seem to fizzle out by around 10am, so I went to the visitor centre at Pagham and had a walk around the Western end of the harbour.
Plenty of
Reed Warblers, Common Whitethroat and two
Sedge Warblers were seen around the bushes and a
Whinchat was in the fields next to the Long Pool. The male
Garganey was still on the Ferry Pool and had multiplied as there were now 2 males there. The weather was good but no sign of any migrant movements so I headed home after lunch.
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| Northern Fulmar |
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| Northern Fulmar |
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| This Fulmar helpfully passed along the beach |
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| A rather distant shot of one of the Garganey's |
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