Aside the path to the Ferry Pool there were bramble bushes still in flower; whereas nearly everywhere at the moment the brambles are in fruit. This small patch of flowering bramble provided forage for insects (and their predators).
European Garden Spider, Aaneus diadernatus.
Drone Fly, Eristalis tenax (a bee mimic hoverfly)
Eupeodes genus hoverfly.
Bramble flower
Large White, Pieris brassicae
Common Carder Bumblebee, Bombus pascuorum
Ferry Pool
Lapwings and Godwits
Shelducks, Black Headed Gulls,
Ferry Channel showing very high tide
Buzzard on the fence around the Ferry Pool
Common Marlow, Malva sylvestris
It’s fruit looks like wedges of cheese, leading to lots of cheese-themed local names across the country: bread and cheese, chucky cheese, custard cheeses, fairy cheeses, lady’s Cheese and truckles of Cheese. They taste, however, more like peanuts.
Greeks and Romans ate the young shoots of Common Mallow.
The French for Mallow is 'mauve,' and is where the colour name comes from. Common Mallow (Malva sylvestris) (plantlife.org.uk)
High tide on the saltmarsh
Mallard
Red Admiral, Vanessa atalanta, on the path toward Sidelsham Quay
Insects in the flowers in a garden at Sidlesham Quay
Buff-tailed bumblebee, Bombus terrestris
Garden Bumblebee, Bombus hortorum
Common Carder, Bombus pascuorum
Drone Fly, Eristalis tenax (a bee mimic hoverfly)
Donkey - on the path to North Wall
Common Darter, Sympetrum striolatum
Cattle Egrets in a field of Friesian Cows at Halsey's Farm
Grey Heron in the same field
Little Egrets and a Great Heron
Cattle Egret, Bubulcus ibis
From North Wall, looking south
Redshank, Tringa totanus
Little Egret, Egretta garzetta, in the heronry at North Wall
Curlew, Numenius arquata. UK conservation status red. Field north of the North Wall
I field a little to the west of the Curlews, a flock of Black Tailed Godwits, Limosa limosa, arrived to forage
Juvenile Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus, UK conservation status red
Wigeons, Anas penelope
The wigeon is a medium-sized duck with a round head and small bill. The head and neck of the male are chestnut, with a yellow forehead, pink breast and grey body. In flight birds show white bellies and males have a large white wing patch.
Wigeons breed in central and northern Scotland and also in northern England. Many birds visit the UK in winter from Iceland, Scandinavia and Russia. With large numbers of wintering birds at a few UK sites, it is an Amber List species. Wigeon Duck Facts | Anas Penelope - The RSPB
Little Egret
Saltmarsh Landscapes
Canada Goose (huge numbers of Canada Geese overwinter around Chichester Harbour and Pagham)
Saltmarsh scenes; this path is submerged at high tide
Sea Aster
There were many dead crabs around the harbour
Lichen
Dusk
Waiting for the bus at the Pagham Harbour I saw some Chiffchaffs and a Blue Tit in the trees opposite the visitors' centre
Two juvenile Chiffchaffs. Phylloscopus collybita
Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus
