Week 4 22nd - 28th January 2025 Purple Sandpiper and it's 100 Species for 2025

Newhaven East Pier, Sussex 27th January 2025

I finally saw a Purple Sandpiper this morning at high tide.  The conditions were not too bad, with bright sunshine and a strong breeze.  

• As I walked along the pier, I spotted a solitary Purple Sandpiper on the concrete supports below me.  On the way back, I saw another, probably the same bird, and a little further on, I had another good sighting - again, it probably was the same bird.
• I then drove to Splash Point to look for the long-staying Black Redstart. It was not showing at the old ruin, and the spray from the high tide was so bad that I could not check the lower reaches.

98 Purple Sandpiper

Uckfield, 28th January 2025

I spent the afternoon walking in the Millenium Green near my home. 

• Greenfinches were calling all over the reserve.
• I saw at least 5 Redwings in Hornbeam Avenue.

My Merlin app picked up the sound of a Hawfinch in Hornbeam Avenue but I could not confirm its presence as I neither heard nor saw it.  I need to monitor this area.

99     Greenfinch

100   Redwing

100 Up!

First hurdle successfully overcome.