A final trip to Selsey before another trip away for a few weeks. Without huge expectations, the winds had switched to northerly and a mist lingered offshore reducing visibility. So it was cold and unwelcoming and it was also pretty slow. A small number of Brent Geese went through and the same with Common Scoters but neither more than 30 birds. Intermittently, a small passerine was spotted coming in off the sea, and most fairly low and close to the sea. We saw Chiffchaff, Meadow Pipit and Skylark and a single bird which was unfortunately too distant to ID properly was likely to be a Wheatear. There were 2 Black Redstarts in the local gardens. It to had gone very quiet when in a 5 minute spell, 2 Wigeon were followed by 2 Pintail and then the highlight of the morning 4 Garganey which flew together close enough to ID. Wheatears will have to wait until April when I return.
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| Black Redstart (m) |
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