I had a free morning today so decided to revisit the coast. With a change n the wind direction to a more usual Westerly, it's not normally productive for sea-watching. The 3 hours spent at Selsey did have a variety of species which was a bit of a bonus. As well as 3 Balearic Shearwaters (possibly the same 3 as Wednesday ?) there was an Arctic Skua, Garganey, over 200 Swallows, 80+ House Martins and 20 Sand Martins and a trickle of Wagtails, unusually more Grey Wagtails than Yellow Wagtails with 14 of the former and 12 of the latter.
I relocated to the North Wall with Paul Bowley and had better views of the Red-backed Shrike, which has surprisingly stayed around for a week, 2 close Wheatears, Lesser Whitethroat, Reed Warbler, Reed Bunting and 100+ Black-tailed Godwits. The breeding Cattle Egrets were still feeding young in the nest.
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| migrating Yellow Wagtail |
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| 'dispersing' Grey Wagtail |
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| Great Crested Grebe |
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| Red-backed Shrike |
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| Red-backed Shrike |
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| Red-backed Shrike |
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| Wheatear |
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Wheatear
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| Lapwing |
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| Cattle Egret above young. |
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