Little Grebe 1w/p Pagham Lagoon
Great Crested Grebe 1 Pagham Lagoon
Fulmar c.20 with most seen sat on sea off Birling
Grey Heron 1 roadside
Brent Goose c.100E Beachy
Shelduck 1E Birling accompanying a flock of Brent Geese
Mallard c.5 Pagham Lagoon
Wigeon c.25 Cuckmere
Teal c.15 Cuckmere
Eider c.26E
Scoter c.15E
Sparrowhawk 1 Beachy, 1 Pagham Lagoon
Peregrine 3
Pheasant c.10 Beachy including some very dark almost black males
Coot c.5 Pagham Lagoon
Black-headed Gull c.25 Birling c.40 Pagham Lagoon
Bonaparte’s Gull 1 ad.w. Pagham Lagoon. Noticeably smaller than accompanying Black-headed Gulls being more delicate-looking. In flight very white underwings with black trailing edge to primaries. Whiteness of underwings almost recalled Meditteranean Gull. Mantle and upperwings rather dark grey. Primaries black with small white mirrors. Upperwings grey with white wedge formed by white outer primaries with dark trailing edge to primaries. Small all black bill. Black eye. Black spot on ear coverts with dusky grey area across crown. Legs pale pink. Sussex addition.
Herring Gull c.50 Birling
Wood Pigeon c.5 Beachy
Green Woodpecker 1
Skylark c.10 with some singing
Meadow Pipit c.10 but no sign of any moving
alba Wagtail c.5 moving over high
Dunnock c.5 with some song
Robin c.2
Black Redstart 1 dull male in song up the Birling lane
Wheatear 2
Stonechat 4
Fieldfare 1 up Birling Lane. Ex.
Blackbird c.2
Chiffchaff 4 including a couple in song
Goldcrest 1
Firecrest 4
Great Tit c.4
Blue Tit 2
Magpie c.4
Jackdaw c.10
Rook c.10
Starling c.40
House Sparrow c.6
Chaffinch c.6
Linnet 1
Goldfinch c.8
Yellowhammer 1
Corn Bunting h
