Sunday 24 April 2005

24th April 2005 Beachy 6.00am – 9.00am, Pulborough 9.45am – 11.00am. ENE 3-4 sunny then overcast and becoming foggy

Red-throated Diver 1
Gannet 68
Brent 9
Canada Goose 1W
Mallard 2
Garganey 2 a pair circled in front of us several times at 6.40am
Shelduck 5W
Scoter 67
Velvet Scoter 2
Bar-tailed Godwit 120
Whimbrel 36
Black-winged Stilt 1 slight pinkish flush to breast sides. Bright red iris. Pulborough RSPB.
Commic Tern 27
Sandwich Tern 3
Mediterranean Gull 1 1st-s
Bonxie 1
Arctic Skua 13
Guillemot 1
Swallow 6
House Martin 1
Yellow Wagtail 1 in off
Nightingale 2 Pulborough RSPB

Black-winged Stilt at Pulborough (Adrian Webb)