RSPB Pagham Harbour. The female Kingfisher, again. 22.02.22

When I visited Pagham Harbour on Tuesday I visited the full revere; walking first from the visitors centre to the Ferry Pool and then along the path, south of the Ferry Channel, to Church Norton, then on to Church Norton Spit. I then walked back to the Ferry Pool and then walked down the north side of the Ferry Channel to Sidlesham Quay; then via Halsey Farm to the North Wall. I walked up the Owl Copse path to Church Farm, then walked back down to North Wall, and walked to Salthouse. I there turned round and walked back view the North Wall and Sidlesham Quay to the visitors centre. Route marked in green on this map pagham-map.pdf (rspb.org.uk)

Ferry Pool

Wigeon

Shovelers and Avocets

Wigeon and Shovelors

Shoveler

Sluice Gate, Ferry Chanell

Female Kingfisher on sluice gate

Teal

Ferry Chanel

Redshanks in the Ferry Channel

Teal in the Ferry Channel

Redshanks

Dunnock next to the path to Church Norton

View to Sidlesham Quay

Tufted Ducks in the pool south of the Ferry Channel

Teal on the north side of the Ferry Channel

Moorhen in the Ferry Channel

Redshank swimming - something I rarely see; I see Redshanks commonly but typically wading

The same Redshank

Opposite Sidlesham Quay

View to the east; Pagham

Female Stonechat

Male Stonechat

North Wall from the path to Church Norton

North Wall ad the Salthouse from the path to Church Norton

Curlew

The path to Church Norton (flooded at high tide)

The Harbour and Pagham - Oystercatchers and Grey Plovers?

Herring Gull over the mouth of the Harbour

Possibly Grey or Golden Plovers

Path to Church Norton

Grey Plovers

Herring Gulls, Black-Headed Gulls and Little Egret - Tern Island behind

Curlew

Possibly a Spotted Rsdshank

Curlew

Redshank

Golden Plover (?), Little Egret, two Oystercatchers

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St Wilfred's Church, Church Norton; the thirteenth-century chancel of a large Norman church. The main part of the church was removed in 1864 and rebuilt in the centre of Selsey to serve the growing population of this seaside resort. St Wilfrid's Church, Church Norton, West Sussex | The Churches Conservation Trust (visitchurches.org.uk)

A female Chaffinch in the trees around the cemetery at Church Norton

Female Teal

Pagham Harbour

Ruff (?)

Ruff (?) and Grey Plover (?)

Great Crested Grebe

Turnstone

Herring Gulls in front of Tern Island

Church Norton

Pagham Harbour

Walking back from Church Norton to Ferry Pool

Curlew

Shelducks

Curlew

Little Egret

Oystercather

Little Egret

Great Crested Grebe (Ferry Channel)

Shovelers

Back at the Ferry Channel sluice - the same Kingfisher as before

Walking down the north side of the Harbour from the Ferry Pool to the North Wall

Wigeon

Halsey's Farm - Wigeon

Curlew

Wigeon

Church Farm fields - Grey Heron

Kestrel

Wigeon

Little Egret

Shelducks

Little Egret

Lapwings (?)

Wigeon, Black-Headed Gulls and Black-Tailed Godwits

Black-Tailed Godwits over the Salt House

Black-Tailed Godwits - foraging north of the North Wall

Lapwings White Creek (south of the North Wall)

Breach Pool

Wigeon (?)

The Breach Pool

View of Church Norton from the North Wall

Widgeon

Wigeon

Lapwing

View across the Harbour

Great Crested Grebe on the Breach Pool

Marsh Harrier over the fields north of the Breach Pool

Herons in the heronry, North Wall

Wigeon and Curlew (in flight)

Sidlesham Quay

Wigeon