Alastair Gray

Great white Egret fishing at Ardingly Res today

Seaford Beach 112+ Little Gulls scattered along the surf feeding close in this afternoon,various ages beautiful 1st winters up to adults. 3 Rock Pipits,plus 20 or so Gannets noted.

Weir Wood No sign of the storm blown Guillemot,but 2 Goosanders were my first of the winter. 42 Teal,3 Mandarins & single Snipe.

Last day at Spurn Humes Warbler,Tundra Bean Goose,Long Eared Owl,5 Short Eared Owls,Firecrest,Yellow Browed Warbler,Brambling,Woodcock,160 Pink footed Geese & 4 Fieldfares.

Outstrays NR 1st winter Isabelline Shrike Nr Easington beside the road,2 Yellow browned Warblers,Black Redstart & Ring tailed Hen Harrier. Not bad for a non birding day.

Kilnsea/Spurn 165 Russian white Fronted Geese S,40+ dark bellied Brent Geese,Manx Shearwater,9 Eider,3 Short eared Owls,Merlin,3 Shorelarks,Bluethroat,Izzy Wheatear,Firecrest,Black Redstart,Woodcock,Willow Warbler,Blackcap,5 Chiffchaffs,Stoat & Yellowhammer plus loads of Redwings.

Weir Wood Rock Pipit on dam this morning was our 142nd sp this year, found by Johnathan then flew E at 08:35

Garden Vis-Mig (1hr Crawley) 475 Redwings NNW,725 Woodpigeons SW,22 Chaffinches W,3 Ravens N,2 Jays N,2 Grey Wags N,1 Pied Wag N,1 Grey Heron N.

Weir Wood Res Dartford Warbler ( female) patch ✅ 180,also a late Willow Warbler,Stonechat,Greenfinch,4 Bullfinches,7 Skylarks and 37 Chaffinches WSW. 5 Snipe,2 Lapwings,9 Mute Swans flew in. 13 Teal,3 Gadwall,2 Kingfisher,3 Grey Wagtails,Meadow Pipit and 3 Red Admirals.

Bough Beech res Sanderling, Common Sandpiper, Snipe and some Snipe

My first Redwing flocks of the winter heading N over Crawley this morning

Weir Wood Just a Great White Egret and 4 Snipe this afternoon of note.

Ardingly Reservoir 4 Great white Egrets from causeway,reservoir only 20% full now.

Weir Wood 48 Teal,3 Snipe,2 Blackcap,Chiffchaff,2 Bullfinch,2 Chaffinch,Red Kite and 10 Clouded Yellow.

Weir Wood Great white Egret,Snipe,Lapwing,Teal,Gadwall and Chiffchaffs. Plenty of raptors including 8+ Buzzards,Goshawk,Hobby,Kestrels & Sparrowhawk.

Weir Wood res 61 Teal,3 Gadwall,3 Snipe 4 Lapwing,Kingfisher,Grey Wagtail,Hobby,Kestrel,2 Swallows and a Mistle Thrush this afternoon noted.

Bough Beech res Yesterday a sleeping Spoonbill,Snipe,10 Wigeon,Little Grebe,Hobby,Several Chiffchaffs still and 4 Spitfires over.

Weir Wood Just a female Pintail new in today

Hedgehog in the garden this evening

Weir Wood This morning a Osprey and 2 Spoonbills reported,plus Green Sandpiper, Common Sandpiper,2 Snipe & Sedge Warbler. Afternoon highlight was an immediate female Peregrine putting all the wildfowl up. Several flocks of Starlings & Swallows west.

Albino Grey Squirrel

Weir Wood Res At the Reed bed 1 Water rail,1 Sedge Warbler,1 Reed Bunting & 1 Reed Warbler.16 Meadow Pipits,10 Lapwings,15 House Martins & 6 Swallows South. Still plenty of butterflies around including 21 Small Coppers,10 Common blues,3 Clouded Yellows,6 Speckled Woods,1 Brown Hairstreak + Comma.

Weir Wood Res 2 Hobbies hunting dragonflies over the west end,Buzzards,Raven & Red Kite noted. Short of waders just one each of Common Sandpiper,Lapwing & Snipe. 4 Swallows,10 House Martins and small movement of Starlings W

Is Birdguides playing up, mine working this morning now just showing basic sighting info, left RBA for these same reasons as kept going down. Only been with Birdguides for 1wk already problems🙄

Bough Beech Res Good to catch up with the Pectoral Sandpiper around 17:30 on my return from Yorkshire

Kilnsea Wetlands This morning a Curlew Sandpiper,Greenshank,Yellow legged Gull,Common Tern,2 Knot,3 Sanderlings,50 Sandwich Terns,Tree Sparrows,Hobby,Red Kite,3 Buzzards, later a Spotted Flycatcher below the YWT centre.

Outstays NR,East Yorkshire This evening 2 Short eared Owls,2 Marsh Harriers,Peregrine,Buzzard,5 Kestrels,4 Spoonbills,1 Great Egret,147 Little Egrets,Yellow Wagtail,3 Yellowhammer,2 Whitethroat,6 Greenshanks,3 Bar tailed Godwits,2 Knot,250+ Avocets and a late Swift.

Kilnsea wetlands yesterday best were 2 Curlew Sandpipers,Black Tern in mixed flock during seawatch. Another 2 Hobbies today just a single Chiffchaff. Hundreds of House Martins/Swallows south with several flocks of Pink footed Geese. At Outstrays NR 4 Spoonbills,Marsh Harriers & Sparrowhawk.

Kilnsea/Spurn Hard going today but finished on Pied Flycatcher,Wheatear,2 Com Whitethroats, Willow Warbler,2 Chiffchaff,5 Yellow Wagtails,300+ Pink footed Geese,2 Curlew Sandpiper,Greenshank,Hobby,Marsh Harrier, Med Gull,10 Snipe,Pintail,5 Sanderlings,2 Sand Martins,Loads of Swallows & Peregrine.

Outstrays NR This evening Short eared Owl,Peregrine,3 Marsh Harrier,50 Little Egrets,Curlew Sandpiper,4 Greenshank,Common Sandpiper,Kingfisher,Grey Plover,Avocets,Pink footed Geese.

Patrington,East Yorkshire Just arrived for a week,it’s lovely warm sunshine on arrival .must have seen 50+ Yellow Wagtails and masses of House Martins & Swallows already around where we’re staying.

Seems to have been I large influx of Jays over night,several high flying birds heading N over my Crawley garden. Also had some in East Grinstead and more at Weir Wood res early morning. Another 5 hassling a Barn Owl there too.

Henfield Levels Short walk south on the Downslink late morning gave me just common stuff, highlight were 3 Yellow Wagtails around Cattle just before the river.

RSPB Pulborough Brooks Slow going this morning but around the cattle on south brooks were 2 Cattle Egrets,7 Yellow Wagtails,40 Linnets,loads of Starlings and some Meadow Pipits. Couple of Willow Warblers noted but not much else.

Ardingly Res 6+ Spotted Flycatchers,2 Willow Warblers,10 Chiffchaffs,2 Blackcaps,Kestrel,Red Kite & Little Egret.

Weir Wood Res After the rain the raptors came out 5 Buzzards,Kestrel,Sparrowhawk,Red Kite and star bird a juvenile Honey Buzzard low over the dam at 17:27. 2 Common Sandpipers on dam

The Cuckmere Blk- tailed Godwit,Sanderling,2 Ringed Plovers,Dunlin & 5 Redshanks were the only waders. 3 Whinchats,1 Wheatear,8 Little Grebes, Willow Warbler & 2 Wall Browns.

Arlington Reservoir 5 Dunlin,2 Ringed Plovers,2 Common Sandpipers & 3 Yellow Wagtails

Beachy Head: An outstanding day of raptor passage with a total of 7 Honey Buzzard (including a flock of 4) a male Hen Harrier, 2 Marsh Harrier and a Short eared Owl. #sussexbirding

Trip down to west rise Marsh for the Red necked Phalarope which was showing well on the main lake. Other bits included 2 Juvenile Bearded Tits,2 Whinchats,2 Cetti’s,Sand Martin,2 Willow Warbler,Marsh Harrier & 6 Clouded Yellows.

Widewater 10 Wheatears scattered around,Common Scoter close inshore,40 Sandwich Terns W,6 Curlew W and 6 Turnstones on beach. Several each of Clouded Yellow,Painted Lady & Hummingbird Hawk Moths

Adur Estuary NR Black Swan,1 Whimbrel,40 Redshank,12 Lapwings,6 Wheatears,3 Willow Warblers,Whitethroat,2 Meadow Pipits,Sparrowhawk, & Linnet.

Bough Beech res This afternoon’s visit found a Northern Wheatear on the dried up north lake, Black Tern off the dam. Plus 2 Greenshanks,2 Common Sandpipers & 1 Green Sandpiper dotted around the waters edge. Tufties,Mandarins,4 Teal & 1 Pochard noted.

Spotted Flycatcher at my local town lake, Worth park, Crawley

Weir Wood res My first Osprey of the autumn this morning,immature female Goshawk & Hobby noted. Sedge Warbler in bushes by lay-by,1 Snipe,4 Common Sandpipers and Hundreds of House Martins moving through.

Goring Beach area 2 Common Gulls,31 Little Egrets,16 Oystercatchers,21 Ringed Plovers,5 Sanderlings in winter plumage already,42 Turnstones,1 Northern Wheatear,Peregrine and just a single Gannet out to sea.

Standing having a coffee in the garden at 07:20 and a Hobby wizzed tree height over.

Weir Wood 7 Snipe feeding under the Heronry this afternoon,4 Teal and a pair of Great Crested Grebes with 4 young. From the lay-by moving through the bushes were 12 Chiffchaffs,4 Willow warblers,6 Blackcap,3 Whitethroats,1 Greenfinch,3 Bullfinch & 2 Marsh Tits. Brown Hairstreak & hummingbird Moth