18th March 2019 - Lancing Beach and Brooklands Pleasure Park

On my way home from University I called in at Lancing Beach opposite Brooklands to see the cracking male Wheatear. It took a bit of finding at first but it eventually showed itself on the groyne opposite the row of beach huts. There is always something special about seeing your first Wheatear of the year and this bird certainly didn't disappoint, giving fantastic views. A quick walk around Brooklands Pleasure Park afterwards was quiet with the main birds of note being 19 Teal on the lake and 2 Chiffchaffs singing in bushes. Around the sewage works end of the stream there was 100+ Chub perhaps explaining why I often see gulls perched on the rail here.

Male Wheatear, Lancing Beach, West Sussex