Friday, September 18, 2020

18th September 2020 - Highdown, Ferring Rife and Goring Gap

Dad came over to mine early morning and we started the morning birding at Highdown. We saw 82 Siskins, a Red Kite, five Meadow Pipits, 11 Chiffchaffs, 14 Swallows, a Grey Wagtail, five Blackcaps, two Bullfinches, 12 House Martins, a Hobby, a Whitethroat, three Spotted Flycatchers and a Sparrowhawk

After Highdown we moved onto Ferring Rife where we saw another 13 Siskins, six Chiffchaffs, a Whitethroat, a Wheatear, two alba wagtails and a Clouded Yellow. We stopped at the Bluebird Cafe for a sausage sandwich and whilst waiting six Pintail headed west as well as two Brent Geese

Last stop of the morning was Goring Gap where we saw 16 Swallows, three Little Egrets, three Sandwich Terns, 23 Turnstones, 24 Ringed Plovers, two Mediterranean Gulls, three Common Gulls, 17 Siskins, four Meadow Pipits, a Kestrel and two Blackcaps

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