Bemoaning the lack of waders this Spring on the south coast, this awful weather was bound to blow a few birds around and yesterday afternoon a Red-necked Phalarope was seen on Pulborough Brooks, so I headed there this morning arriving around 8.30am. It was still damp, overcast and windy but thankfully not with the downpours that we had experienced in the last few days. I walked straight to the Jupp's viewpoint over the north brooks where a few birders had gathered and the Red-necked Phalarope was soon on view on one of the pools , although a bit distant, scope views were satisfying enough. It was a full Summer plumage bird, probably a male as the red was limited around the neck but mighty fine it looked too. It had a habit of disappearing from view under a bank but it was there for around 20 minutes before it flew what looked like a short distance. I relocated to the hanger where it was seen again but quickly disappeared. So after around an hour I completed the walk around the reserve . There were quite a few Sand Martins and Swifts over the brooks but other waders were limited to a pair of Avocet, 4 Lapwing and a distant Reshank. A Lesser Whitethroat was calling and Common Whitethroats and Blackcaps seemed plentiful but I was keen to reach the car before another soaking arrived !
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