On February 7th I visited Pagham Harbour following a report of a pair of Bearded Tits seen at the Breech Pool the previous day. Instead I saw thousands of Brent Geese flying over - heading seawards in the morning and returning in the afternoon. A flock of around a hundred Curlews arrived on the grassland, with some Godwits among them, not sure which species. There were many Widgeon on the mudflats and also some Lapwings. A Cormorant arrived and a Corn Bunting appeared briefly.
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Breech Pool |
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Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo |
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Corn Bunting, Emberiza calandra |
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Curlew, Numenius arquata |
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Curlews |
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Curlews |
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Curlews |
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Eurasian Widgeon, Anas penelope |
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Eurasian Widgeon |
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Godwit and Curlew |
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Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus |
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Kestrel |
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Lapwing, Vanellus vanellus |
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Pagham Harbour |
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Snowdrop, Galanthus species |
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Brent Geese, Branta bernicla |
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Brent Geese |
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