Dad and I headed out locally for the morning and first stop was Shoreham Harbour. There was very little going on here apart from two late Sandwich Terns. Next we visited Widewater Lagoon where the only birds of note were a Kingfisher and a Little Egret.
Afterwards, we moved onto Brooklands. There was quite a lot of birds around the bushes but the best we could find were c50 Chiffchaffs and two Blackcaps. Just as we had finished the northern section, a message came through on Birdguides alerting us to a report of a Purple Heron at Lyminster Water Meadows just south of Arundel. We headed straight over, so sadly no time to look at the lake at Brooklands on this occasion. We got to where the Purple Heron was supposed to be but all we could see were four Grey Herons including a dark, scruffy looking juvenile. We presumed that must be the bird that was put out as Purple Heron and its location also matched perfectly to the grid ref on Birguides. We put the news straight out on local WhatsApp group to save other birders a wasted journey. We managed to salvage something from our wasted journey as along the banks of the River Arun were a Whinchat and c50 Mediterranean Gulls and a Marsh Harrier was also noted.
We headed to Edburton after Lyminster and came across two Ring Ouzels which was pleasing however they were typically elusive.
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