East Head and Church Norton
Paul and Group
Another rich birding trip with Paul and the group, this time on the coast, south of Chichester. 9 of us spent the morning at East Head before relocating to Church Norton in the afternoon at high tide.
Weather conditions were just about perfect, a typical crisp, dry, December day with a gentle breeze. There were no new birds to add to my list - it would be hard at this stage in the year - but we did manage to put together a quality species list with a count well over 50 for the day.
- Pride of place had to go to the 3 Spoonbills at Church Norton. We had to work hard to see the bills as the birds had them tucked in but patience paid off and it wasn't too long before they used them for preening purposes.
- Pick of the day at East Head were the 14 or so Red-breasted Mergansers swimming on the sea on the opposite side of the estuary and the pair of Sandwich Terns diving for fish close to the shore.
- On the Snow Hill Marshes we saw a couple of Greenshanks and a couple of Spotted Redshanks among the many waders.
Today's species list:
Red-breasted Merganser
Great Black-backed Gull
Sandwich Tern
Great-crested.Grebe
Barnacle Goose
Brent Goose
Starling
Rook
Carrion Crow
Jackdaw. (10)
Snipe
Bar-tailed Godwit
Black-tailed Godwit
Cormorant
Turnstone
Grey Plover
Sanderling
Dunlin
Curlew
Little Grebe. (20)
Wigeon
Teal
Shelduck
Linnet
Meadow Pipit
Little Egret
Blackbird
Robin
Spoonbill
Golden Plover (30)
Lapwing
Greenshank
Mallard
Coot
Moorhen
Pintail
Shoveler
Kestrel
Sparrowhawk
Woodcock (40)
Pied Wagtail
Wren
Stonechat
Dunnock
Greenfinch
Jay
Magpie
Pheasant
Knott
Redshank (50)
Canada Goose
Mute Swan
Common Gull
Herring Gull
Black-headed Gull
Spotted Redshank
A delightful day out with friends.
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