A late start to the day due to the early morning rain which finally cleared around 9am. With it being very windy, Dad and I decided to give the coast a miss and head inland instead for a walk in the woods in search of DKC's Mealy Redpoll, a bird I've yet to see in Sussex. Unfortunately the only
Redpoll we had was one flying over calling unseen. There was however a nice selection of woodland birds in Old House Warren - c20
Siskins, 10
Long-tailed Tits, a pair of
Marsh Tits (male in song), 3
Nuthatches, 2
Goldcrests, 2
Coal Tits and singles of
Treecreeper,
Grey Wagtail,
Jay and
Great Spotted Woodpecker. We also had a
Grey Heron and
Common Buzzard fly over. On the way back to the car we were treated to a flock of c75
Redwing and a single
Mistle Thrush.
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| Old House Warren |
Back at the coast we parked by Carats Cafe at Southwick Beach and walked from there to the end of the East Harbour Arm. The only bird of note here was a single
Razorbill close into the arm. A hail storm passed through whilst we were on the arm which curtailed our visit.
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