27 October: Megan and I spent 2-3 hours quickly walking a circuit of the windswept Burgh, starting from Canada Barn to avoid the Shoreham/lancing roadworks. It was too cold to hang about but a ring-tailed Hen Harrier flying up the main valley was a very pleasant surprise. We also saw 3 Buzzards, an unidentified falcon, 12 Grey Partridges, 40+ Sky Larks, a Stonechat and 3 Reed and a Corn Bunting. I visited the Adur for low tide after a bit of digging in the allotment. There were no colour-ringed gulls although a Black-headed had a metal ring on. It was too far away to read and so an opportunity lost by the ringer ... Six Grey Plovers were my first of the season while 52 Ringed Plover was a reasonable count.
28 October: Martyn Kenefick and I went over to Birling where we met up with David and John Cooper, Brenda Kay and John King. Birds seen included Peregrine chasing a Raven, 49 Stock Doves, c1400 Wood Pigeons (but John Marchant had seen 14,000 going out over Holywell and Cow Gap), 12 Swallows, 11 House Martins, 3 Stonechats2 Redwing, 5 Mistle Thrushes, Chiffchaff, Brambling, 6 siskin, 11 Redpoll and a Bullfinch. Rather disappointing as the conditions had looked quite promising.
metal ringed Black-headed Gull on the Adur |
too distant to make out its characters |
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