A westerly airflow resumed on Friday which has slowed things down a bit locally which was fortunate as the Easter holidays were still playing out so not much time to get out. My Dad visited at the end of the week so we had a day at Arundel HERE where the birding highlight was a singing Nightingale along the Mill Stream boundary and good numbers of Sand Martins and some nice Mandarins on the river.
We also had a couple of trips to the beach at West Wittering- nothing much to report there apart from about 100 Sanderlings still around.
On Friday morning Isaac woke me up at 4am and I had a lot of work to catch up with so I decided to make a start and when I went out to the garden office to sort out the animals a Cetti's Warbler was singing from the lane- only the second time I've had them in the garden. It was doing a sub-song and considering it was completely dark at first I thought it might be a Nightingale but Cetti's is still good for the garden.
A couple of birding sessions in the garden recently HERE and HERE has produced between 34-37 species of 124- 141 indiviudals with highlights including a pair of Peregrine low over the garden, the six Shelducks still hanging around the fields, Med Gulls regularly going over calling, a Willow Warbler singing, a couple of Chiffchaffs, Blackcap, a Barn Swallow, singing Skylark and the Cetti's Warbler. .
The moth trap has been pretty quiet as night temperatures have dropped again and despite several efforts during a small period of moth migration (mainly out further west) the only sniff of a migrant has been a single Angle Shades.
On the Peninusla Cuckoo has arrived, the Vicar had a Great Egret, Little Rings are hanging around the Ferry (although the field is drying out fast), the first Whimbrels and a Little Tern are in the harbour, a Bonxie is hanging around the Bill and a few Common Scoters and other bits are trickling past the Bill.
So pretty slow, looks like warmer air is back on Tuesday and Wednesday so fingers crossed.
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