Spent the last few days on the Selsey Peninsula based from Stubcroft Farm. Mainly just family stuff (visited a Roman Palace, the Pier, Arcades, Beaches etc) but kept my eyes open and ran the actinic heath trap at the camp site on two nights and at Church Norton last night.
A few highlights below.
Ebird list from Pagham this morning HERE was the only couple of hours targeted birding I managed to get. Quite a few migrants about including a Wheatear at the campsite and several on the beaches, Whimbrels, Tree Pipit, Whinchat and lots of pylloscs and warblers. A few nice moth migrants too.
Wheatear at West Wittering Beach. There were up to 12 on the beach, one at the camp site and a couple at Pagham Harbour. Also Whinchat and Tree Pipit at Pagham.
Juvenile Med Gull- a flock of nearly 300 Med Gulls on West Wittering beach was great to see
Med Gulls at West Wittering
Cattle Egret at Ferry Pool Field- about 15 or so but from the Selsey blog looks like over 50 in the area
Med Gull and Wheatear (above and below) amongst the holiday chaos
Vagrant Piercer, Cydia amplana (above and below), from the Camp Site
Epinotia nisella
Pug sp, maybe a Tawny Speckled variant? Nope Maple Pug (see comments, thanks again Stewart!)
Blair's Mocha- lifer
Satin Wave
Pearly Underwing
Synaphe punctalis
Portland Ribbon Waves (above and below) - lifer
Shore Crab
Fuller's Teasel at the Roman Palace at Fishbourne- a new one for me
Holly and Jacob at East Head
Our camping set up now complete with trailer
Cliften Nonpariel- stunner!
2 comments:
Hi Pete your pug, its a Maple, been a few around this year even up here but Ive not had one!
Thanks Stewart, quite a variable species too by the sounds of it
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