Wood Sandpiper & a few Migrants

A text from AH on Tuesday morning informing me of a Wood Sandpiper on the breach pool at Pagham North Wall was a welcome distraction from man flu! Bumped into C & ME on arrival and we soon found the bird at the back of the channel in the middle of the pool. Also present, two Green Sandpipers, c. 70 Black-Tailed Godwits, a Little Ringed Plover, a Ruff, two Snipe, a Little Egret, a few Dunlin and Lapwing and at least three Spotted Redshanks. Plenty of Sedge and Reed Warblers too, some Teal about the pool and the Kingfisher was by the sluice.


On Friday I had what's become a rare trip to Church Norton; nice to be there and birding again after concentrating on butterflies over the past few months. There were a Pied Flycatcher, a Redstart, two Spotted Flycatchers and a Sparrowhawk behind the hide, two Wheatears  and a few Willow Warblers and Chiffchaffs about the area and nice to see Common, Little & Sandwich Terns in the harbour. At Northcommon Farm, three Lesser Whitethroats seen with more croaking in the hedges and half a dozen Chiffchaffs before the rain came.


Wood Sandpiper:

Wood Sandpiper & Spotted Redshanks:

Wood Sandpiper: