Sunday 22 April 1990

22/4/90 Littlehampton GC

Woodchat Shrike 1 adult

Wednesday 18 April 1990

18/4/90 Shoreham

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1st-summer

Tuesday 17 April 1990

17/4/90 Shoreham

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1st-summer ex.

Sunday 15 April 1990

15/4/90 Shoreham

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1st-summer

Thursday 12 April 1990

12/4/90 Shoreham

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1st-summer

Wednesday 11 April 1990

11/4/90 Shoreham

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1st-summer ex.

Tuesday 10 April 1990

10/4/90 Shoreham

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1st-summer

Saturday 7 April 1990

7/4/90 Shoreham

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1st-summer

Thursday 5 April 1990

5/4/90 Shoreham

Great Spotted Cuckoo 1 1st-summer ex.

First-summer Great Spotted Cuckoo at Shoreham (Alan Tate http://www.aabirdpix.com/)
On hearing of this bird I was on audit in Gravesend, and even worse, had travelled there in my bosses car! Explaining to Chris that something of an emergency had arisen he kindly drove me back to Sussex at speed in his Vauxhall Manta. On arriving at Lancing College fortunately my parents knew which tree the bird was roosting in and I was soon watching it. I then saw it on numerous subsequent occasions being only a short detour on my way to or from work in Hove.