A long somewhat delayed blog due to a hardware crash. Fortunately @Work Computers Ltd in Shoreham were able to recover my files/photos (not backed up as rigorously as they should have been) and replaced the failed disk drive. After an initial scare I managed to find the PC background photo I've been using since 2022 - a Parrot Crossbill, one of two found with Dave Cooper on Unst in 2022. For some reason no images were included in my original blog, an oversight which I have now rectified (see here)!
Back to local birding ...
Saturday 24 October 2026. Widewater-Lancing Sailing Club with Otis: 33 Mute and a Black Swan, 3 Coot, Oystercatcher, 11 Turnstones, adult Mediterranean Gull and Little Egret.
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| adult Mediterranean Gull at Widewater |
Sunday 25 October 2026. Widewater-Lancing Sailing Club with Otis: Brent Goose 1W, red-head Goosander, Ringed Plover, 3 Dunlin, Turnstone and 9 Little Gulls (3 adults, a second-winter and 5 first-winters). Shoreham Fort. Chiffchaff.
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| first winter Little Gulls off Widewater |
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| second-winter Little Gull off Widewater |
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| adult Little Gull off widewater |
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| Goosander on Widewater |
Monday 26 October 2026. Shoreham Fort with Otis: 16 Little Gulls (7 adults & 9 first-winters) and a Rock Pipit. Widewater. red-head Goosander.
Tuesday 27 October 2026. Shoreham Fort with Otis: 4 Ringed Plover, 16 Turnstone, 27+ Little Gulls (12 adults & 15 first-winters) and a Meadow Pipit. Widewater. red-head Goosander and 3 Little Gulls (an adult and 2 first-winters).
Wednesday 28
October 2026. Shoreham Fort/Boardwalk with Megan and Otis: 6 Turnstones and 8+
Little Gulls (4 adults & 4 first-winters) and 3 Meadow Pipits.
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| adult Little Gull off Widewater |
Thursday 29
October 2026. Brooklands/beach with Otis: 3 Little Grebes, Great Spotted
Woodpecker, Kestrel, Jay, Cetti’s Warbler (heard), 10+ Long-tailed Tits and 4
Chiffchaffs.
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| Kestrel at Brooklands |
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| Long-tailed Tit at Brooklands |
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| quite an acrobat |
Friday 30 October 2026. Shoreham Fort with Otis: 6 Turnstones, 2 Meadow and a Rock Pipit and 6 Goldfinches flying E. Widewater: 29 Mute and a Black Swan, red-head Goosander, 3 Little Grebes, 4 Coot, 6 Turnstones and another 6 Goldfinches flying E.
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| Goosander on Widewater |
Saturday 31 October 2026. Pulborough fungi trail with Megan and Otis: Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, 2 Long-tailed Tits, Firecrest and a Nuthatch heard.
Sunday 01
November 2026. Beeding Hill triangle with Otis, 08:50-12:30, 23 species
including Sparrowhawk (over Mill Hill), Kestrel, 7 Long-tailed Tits, Goldcrest,
13 Skylarks, 2 Song Thrushes, 7 Robins, 7 Stonechats, 12 Meadow Pipits, 13
Goldfinches and 2 Corn Buntings.
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| male Stonechat at Beeding Hill |
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| female Stonechat at Beeding Hill |
Monday 02 November 2026. Mill Hill: 130 Woodpigeons, Buzzard, Skylark heard, 7 Long-tailed Tits, 3 Fieldfares, Redwing, Song Thrush and 6 Robins.
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| Fieldfares on Mill Hill |
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| Redwing on Mill Hill |
Tuesday 03 November 2026. Widewater to Brooklands with Otis, 09:30-11:00: Stock Dove 3E, Woodpigeon 130E, Little Egret 1W, Pied Wagtail 9 on beach, Meadow Pipit 15E and Goldfinch 134E. Brooklands with Otis, 11:00-12:45. Little Grebe, Sparrowhawk, Kestrel, Jay, Chiffchaff, Firecrest, Goldcrest and male and female Stonechat.
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| Stonechat at Brooklands |
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| Shaggy Parasol at Brooklands |
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| the returning wintering white-headed Grey Plover on the Adur |
Thursday 05
November 2026. Mill Hill with Megan and Otis, 09:30-11:00: Stock Dove, 80
Woodpigeons, Grey Heron flying N, Kestrel, 4 Skylarks flew E, Firecrest, 2
Goldcrests and 4 Song Thrushes. Buckingham Park with Otis at dusk: 3000+
Starlings flying E.
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| Song Thrush on Mill Hill |
Friday 06 November 2026. Widewater with Otis, 09:30-11:00. 31 Mute and a Black Swan, red-head Goosander, 5 Little Grebes, Moorhen, 5 Coot, Oystercatcher, 48 Ringed Plover and 13 Dunlin roosting on the beach, Redshank, 3 Pied Wagtails and 4 Meadow Pipits flying E. Crown Road: Jay.
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| Goosander at Widewater |
Saturday 07 November 2026. Lancing Hill/Cowbottom Downland Farms bird survey with Otis, 09:30-12:45, 26 species including Red Kite, Kestrel, 2 Ravens, 12 Skylarks, Cettis’ Warbler heard (from the Millennium Wood!), Goldcrest, 7 Song Thrushes, 14 Blackbirds, 10 Pied Wagtails, 6 Meadow Pipits, 30 Linnets and a Goldfinch. Holmbush Roundabout: Jay.
looking NE from Lancing Hill
Sunday 08 November 2026. Worthing: Great Spotted Woodpecker in Homefield Park. Shoreham: Sparrowhawk over Middle Road.
Monday 09
November 2026. Brooklands partly with Megan and Otis: Woodpigeon 55E, 4 Little
Grebes, Little Egret, Grey Heron, Great Spotted Woodpecker, Jay, Coal Tit
heard, 6 Long-tailed Tits, Chiffchaff heard, 2 Firecrests, Song Thrush, 6
Meadow Pipits and 57 Goldfinches flying E. Middle Road: Ring-necked Parakeet
heard.
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| sleeping Mediterranean Gull at Brooklands |
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| Jay at Brooklands |
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| Firecrest(s) at Brooklands (two birds were seen, both might have been photographed) |
Tuesday 10 November 2026. Mill Hill with Otis: 150 Woodpigeons, Red Kite, 2 Peregrines (on Cement Works chimney), Skylark, 7 Long-tailed Tits, Goldcrest, 2 Song Thrushes, 35 Fieldfares flying NE (in 2 flocks), 7 Blackbirds and a Meadow Pipit.
Wednesday 11 November 2026. Crown Road: Jay. Buckingham Park with Megan and Otis, drizzle: a flock with at least 12 Blue, 2 Great and 4 Long-tailed Tits and 2 Chiffchaffs.
Thursday 12
November 2026. Shoreham Boardwalk/Fort with Megan and Otis. 6 Oystercatchers
(saltings), Turnstone (Fort) and Goldfinch 22E over Boardwalk).
Friday 13 November 2026. New Monks Park with Otis. 45 Woodpigeons high E, Grey Heron, Kestrel, 2 Skylarks, Cetti's Warbler heard, 4 Stonechats, 10 Pied Wagtails, 13 Meadow Pipits, 3 Linnets and 5 Goldinches.
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| Goldfinch at New Monks Park |
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| Stonechat at New Monks Park |
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| Grey Heron at New Monks Park |
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