Saturday 17th December 2022
Newhaven East Pier, Sussex
I decided to head down to the coast this afternoon, looking for purple sandpipers at my favourite site for them - Newhaven Harbour. High tide was due around 5 pm when it would be dark so I arrived around 3 pm hoping they would show on the rising tide.
They did of course!
- I saw two lots of 2 as I made my way along the pier and a group of 4 on the return leg. In each case they were walking on the concrete supports below me, just above the water line.
- Occasionally a couple would fly away, sometimes out to sea and sometimes just to a new position further along the pier.
- The turnstones, 6 +of them, were much more gregarious and paraded around the top of the pier just a few metres away.
A much appreciated species!
Year total = 216
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