12th February 2019 - Pagham Harbour

I set off for Pagham from Worthing at 09:30 arriving in good time. I parked up at Church Lane and walked straight out to the harbour mouth on the Pagham Lagoon side and was pleased to find Nick already watching the Hooded Crow. We both enjoyed good views of the bird and had great fun trying to get David onto the bird over the phone who was viewing from the Church Norton side.

Hooded Crow, Pagham Spit, West Sussex

There was plenty of birds in the harbour itself and I managed to find a single Bar-tailed Godwit in the harbour on way back to the car as well as a Spotted Redshank in White's Creek. Other birds seen at the North Wall included lots of Brent Geese and Lapwing along with Curlews, Black-tailed Godwits and Redshanks. 

After the North Wall I decided to call into Church Norton which proved successful with the Whimbrel showing nicely near the benches and I also managed to find a single Knot looking left from the benches with a large flock of Dunlin. Also the Peregrine was on its usual island in the harbour. 

Whimbrel, Church Norton, West Sussex

Last stop of the day was a quick visit to Grandma (Beryl James) in Selsey where it was nice to have a catch up and a cup of tea.