Mostly local (06-16 August)

Sunday 06 August. Mill Hill with Megan and Cookie: Buzzard 2, Kestrel, Swallow, Willow Warbler 2, Blackcap and Whitethroat 2.

Blackcap on Mill Hill

Monday 07 August. Adur circuit with Megan and Cookie: Whimbrel, Great Black-backed Gull 39, Grey Heron, Little Egret 3,  Kestrel, Willow Warbler, Whitethroat 2 and Goldfinch 2.

Tuesday 08 August. Mill Hill with Cookie: Buzzard, Peregrine (on quarry chimney), Blackcap 2, Whitethroat 5, Song Thrush 2, Linnet and Goldfinch 2. Later 35 House Sparrows in the garden.

Wednesday 09 August. Mill Hill with Megan and Cookie: Kestrel, Jay 2, Swallow 2E, Reed Warbler, Garden Warbler, Whitethroat 3, Linnet 2 and Goldfinch 6.

Brown Argus on Mill Hill

Chalkhill Blue on Mill Hill

Thursday 10 August. Southwick Hill with Megan and Cookie: Kestrel, Chiffchaff 3, Garden Warbler 3, Whitethroat 7 and Linnet 8.

Harvester Restaurant fire in Littlehampton as viewed from Southwick Hill

                             

Linnets on Southwick Hill

Friday 11 August. Beeding Hill circuit with Cookie: Stock Dove, Sparrowhawk, Buzzard 4 (one being chased by a Raven), Green Woodpecker 2 heard, Kestrel 3, Raven 2, Skylark 3 heard, Swallow 8, Long-tailed Tit 2, Willow Warbler 1, Lesser Whitethroat 2, Whitethroat 15, Starling 600, Whinchat 2 (Monarch's Way), Wheatear 11, Meadow Pipit 18, Chaffinch 3, Bullfinch 1 (juvenile above Room Bottom), Linnet 27, Goldfinch 5 and Corn Bunting 2.

Meadow Pipit along the Monarch Way

Whinchat and Wheatears from the Monarch's Way

Saturday 12 August. Lancing Ring and Steepdown with Megan and Cookie, not helped by a strong westerly wind: Sand Martin 3W, Meadow Pipit 1, Corn Bunting 20+. A visit without even hearing a Skylark! In the evening a Sparrowhawk was seen from our house.

Sunday 13 August. Sussex Wharf/Boardwalk/Shoreham Fort circuit with Megan and Cookie: Yellow-legged Gull 1 juvenile, Sandwich Tern 1, Goldfinch 1. Low-tide bike ride to Town Quay+Adur opposite the airport at low tide: Ringed Plover 4+12, Whimbrel 1+0, Turnstone 10+0, Dunlin 8+1, Common Sandpiper 0+1, Redshank 25+1, Grey Heron 0+1, Little Egret 0+4.

juvenile Yellow-legged Gull on the beach at Shoreham from the harbour's West Arm

Monday 14 August. Steyning Round Hill/No Man's Land/Monarch's Way with David Buckingham and Cookie. Still a strong westerly wind and the cereal crops along the Monarch's Way had been harvested. Marsh Harrier 1E (imm/female), Buzzard 2 (1 with quite bright yellow head), Kestrel 4, Raven 2, Skylark heard, Swallow 7, Lesser Whitethroat 1, Whitethroat 5, Wheatear 4, Linnet 6, Goldfinch 4, Corn Bunting 2.

Tuesday 15 August. Mill Hill with Cookie: Buzzard 7 (3 close, 4 distant), Raven 1W, Willow Warbler 3, Whitethroat 3, Goldfinch 1. Buckingham Park with Megan and Cookie: Jay 1.

Wednesday 16 August. A morning in Sussex: Honey Buzzard, Sparrowhawk 2, Goshawk, Red Kite 3, Buzzard 2, Raven 2, Coal Tit 3, Woodlark 1, Swallow 2, Willow Warbler, Goldcrest, Nuthatch, Treecreeper, Spotted Flycatcher 3.