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  • Writer's pictureSim Elliott

Birds seen on 04.01.21. Lancing Beach, Widewater Lagoon & Adur Estuary

9.00 - 15.15. Weather: overcast, frequent rain/drizzle; temperature: 1-3 degrees: wind: 10 mph (North/North-East; Tides: Low tide - 09:17, 1.3m High tide -15:15, 5.6m


Species seen and photographed: Turnstones, Cormorant, Mute Swans, Herring Gulls, Black-headed Gulls, Great Black-backed Gulls, Oystercatchers, Redshanks, Little Egrets, Kingfisher, Grey Plover, Brent Goose, Lapwings, Dunnock, Sparrows, Pied Wagtail, Robin, Sparrows


Species seen and not photographed: Grey Herron, Carrion Crows, Wood Pigeons, Magpies, Feral Pidgeon


Turnstone (1) Lancing Beach (Widewater)


Black-Headed Gull (many) Adur Estuary


Herring Gull (many) Adur Estuary


Great Black-backed Gull (some) Adur Estuary


Little Egrets (3) Adur Estuary


Oystercatchers (ca.20) Adur Estuary


Kingfisher (1) Adur Estuary (Railway Bridge)


Grey Plover (1) Adur Estuary


Brent Goose (1) Adur Estuary



Redshanks (many) Adur Estuary


Lapwings (ca. 50) Adur Estuary, North of Toll Bridge


Dunnock (1) Adur Estuary (north of Toll Bridge)


Pied Wagtails (2) Adur Estuary (Coronation Green)


Robbins (1) Shoreham - Ropetackle


Sparrows (ca. 10) Adur Estuary, path by Ropetackle


Cormorant (1) Widewater Lagoon, Shoreham/Lancing



Mute Swans (3) Widewater Lagoon




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