A quick look late afternoon and the Brent were still heading off east. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #migration
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A quick look late afternoon and the Brent were still heading off east. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds #migration
male wheatear at coastguards pic EB
Whooper Swans, six in number, standing on the edge of a muddy creek. They are big and white and have yellow and black bills. pic Les Phillips
Whooper Swans at White's Creek Pagham Hbr #sussexbirding #ukbirding
First Wheatears of the year on the peninsula at Selsey coastguards and at Medmerry
Six Whooper Swans in White's Creek Pagham this morning found by LP #sussexbirding
Flocks of Brent Geese on the move past West Beach, Selsey around 7am this morning.
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640 Brent east by 0745 at the Bill
The Port Meadow Ring-billed Gull blog post is now out, photos will be replaced in due course with better versions as I don't currently have the computer I usually use for image processing with me. Some identification pointers inside #ukbirding
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180 brent east at the Bill per PB, Ruff in Honer one at north wall #sussexbirding
A few indicators of Spring from last week in another great round up by David Thorns the County recorder.
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📸 Glossy Ibis - Hunston, Chichester by Peter Alfrey
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Alright folks, it's a new week. We only get so many to chew over. The mist will clear, & somewhere out there, beyond the fog, a fresh spring is waiting to come through.
the same at Selsey, the Bill is fogbound although a plucky Sand Martin is at the windmill!
Just got round to looking through some photos from a gloomy walk last Friday morning. What I assumed to have been a passing Egyptian Goose turns out to have been a Ruddy Shelduck! West Beach, Selsey. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
To Selsey Bill, & the easternmost edge of the Solent today 🌊
The leucistic Blackbird was at Church Norton this morning. It's the first time I've seen it this year. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
Dead Puffin at Selsey on Monday, thanks AW/Selsey Grapevine for the info. #seabirds
Pintail migrating east up channel past East Worthing this morning.
Ducks on the move off East Worthing this morning; Pintail 187E, Shoveler 36E, Teal 2E, C.Scoter 23E+8W, Duck sp. 28E, Brent 5E + RTD 9E & GND 1E. Small movement of Med.Gulls too (13E).
Can't wait for full on spring sea-watching to get going!
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This Common Gull was stamping the ground like Herring Gulls do, to bring worms to the surface. I've not seen them do that before. Selsey @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
A bit of an uptick in Sandwich Terns at Selsey Bill with around 20 seen between 3-4pm. @selseybirder.bsky.social #birds #ukbirds
A Coal Tit visited my Selsey garden this morning. Photos taken through my dining room windows.
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A Black-throated and two Great Northern Divers at the southern end of chichester harbour this morning, also plenty of displaying mergs and c.200 Brent still around #ukbirding #sussexbirding
Sand Martin, one of four found by Colin Jupp today.
BIt of a ropey picture but you get the idea, a February Sand Martin over Chichester Gravel Pits this afternoon #ukbirding
8 Brent Geese are in a grassy field. They are dark Geese with white undertails. The background is a hedge and trees.
Three Grey Partridges in a grassy field. They are round grey birds with orange faces. The left one is partially hidden by dead vegetation.
A shrub with lots of yellow flowers is in the foreground. The background is an estuary. The sky is blue with white fluffy clouds.
My last Chichester Harbour Low Tide Count of the winter this afternoon. Battered a bit by the wind but quite mild in the sun. Not many Brent Geese or waders about but nice to see both Great Northern & Black-throated Divers, Slav Grebe, and 5 Grey Partridges. Gorse really starting to pop.
First on the Peninsula this year: "2 Sand Martins over New Lake per Colin Jupp."
Good test for the Swarovski AT Balance in foul weather on Isle of Man today. Hard not to be impressed with the IS when phonescoping this Wigeon flock on 4x Optical iPhone zoom/18x scope zoom. Scope/phonescope setup handheld on half-down window of van. IS off, then on, then off in clip. #BirdingGear
Siskins on my walk around Church Norton this afternoon.
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Spoonbill in silhouette over Pagham Hbr, long bill clearly visible, pic Sam Hill
Spoonbill over the North Wall at Pagham this evening #ukbirding
Mediterranean Gull 397A at Selsey Bill this morning. Ringed as a >3 year old in Belgium in 2017, this bird is now at least twelve. Also a few Brent Geese heading off east.
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A Mediterranean Gull on the beach at Selsey Bill this morning.
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A Mediterranean Gull at Selsey Bill this afternoon, after the rain.
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