A Raven in Honer 1 Pagham North Wall field was the highlight of a family walk this morning. Three WFronts still present in Honer 2, couple of M Harriers about and a few Redwings the best of the rest.

Nice to catch up with the drake Long-tailed Duck at Norton and the drake Goldeneye at the creek was equally eye-catching

A sedate start to the year but a few Selsey area scarcities tracked down: Woodcock, Coal Tit, Treecreeper and White-fronted Goose being the best. I couldn't find the BN Grebe on Pagham Lagoon though.

47 barnacle geese at church norton

105 cattle egrets out of the arundel roost, also male h harrier out early, couple of ravens over, tawny owl, still plenty of finches along the Arun #ukbirding

Three hen harriers, m and two ringtails, c7 marsh harriers and gw egret into roost at the Arun this evening. Hawfinch along the riverbank, various finches over and two flyover mandarins the best of the rest. #ukbirding

Long-tailed Skua, two Balearics and a Sooty Shearwater at Selsey Bill this morning

Two spot flys, male redstart, two whinchat, wheatear, ruff pagham north wall/halsey's fm area this morning. Best at the Bill: 30 yellow wags, male whinchat.

Extremely slow offshore from Fowey yesterday, just a few auks of note and no birds working, unsurprising given the easterly wind. No cetaceans which was surprising! Back out from Falmouth today.

Rame pretty quiet in the easterly wind, best were c.300 kittiwakes offshore, t pipit over and a single wheatear

St Cuby's at Duloe, this stained glass 1871

Scattering of migrants around Rame Head this morning after the fog: tree pipit, wheatears, willow warblers, nothing moving offshore unsurprisingly, nice local church.

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Britain has gained a new butterfly! The long-anticipated arrival of Southern Small White (Pieris mannii) has been confirmed.

Osprey showed nicely over Pagham Hbr early PM; takes me to 191 sp. on Selsey Peninsula so far this year.

A couple of classics in the moth trap, Oak Eggar and Chinese Character #teammoth

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Two crossbills north over pagham north wall @0610

Gypsy Moth and Maple Pug were the best of nicely varied trap #teammoth

A bit of a surprise this morning with a female type Redstart and a Willow Warbler in the orchard, guess birding autumn is here...🍂

This is absolutely superb, seawatching to a T, trying to get others on the bird, staying on it and trying to give directions at the same time (not easy trust me!) and relief when everyone sees it! Top video indeed!

A few days around Southwold, Suffolk have turned up 12 spoonbills, wood sand, plenty of common sands, bearded tits and grayling butterfly.

Canary-shouldered Thorn #teammoth

Uptick in waders around the north wall at pagham hbr early on: spotted redshank, greenshank, LRP on the breech pool; two knot, two common sands, grey plover and turnstone off the sluice. A total of 59 sp. all told but still no crossbill...

Small Emerald and Ghost Moth this morning #teammoth

All nicely beige this morning #teammoth

Ten Little & 50 Sandwich Terns west at Selsey Bill mid-morning but the rain front didn't appear to push anything of note through the Channel. A Green Sandpiper was at Mill Lane Marsh on the way home.

A good morning at Ebernoe, LSW & Spot Fly the avian highlights plus 14 sp. of butterfly inc. Purple Emperor, Purple Hairstreaks, White Admirals, Fritillaries etc. #ukbutterflies

Dark Sword Grass, several Rosy Footman and a horde of EHMs the best of a cooler night #teammoth

Pearly Underwing was a new one for us this morning #teammoth

The Delicate and a Swallow-tailed Moth this morning #teammoth

A look round Ebernoe Common NR this morning, highlights were spot fly, bullfinches, marsh tits, firecrest, Treecreepers, definitely deserves another more look when the sun's out for butterflies too

A few Purple Hairstreaks in the scragoaks on the east side of pagham hbr this morning #butterflies #UKbutterflies

Back from lavington common, decent show of nightjars on both sides, roding woodcock and general heathland sp. enjoyed

Didn't think we'd get one this year so pleased to see this female Ghost Moth this morning #teammoth

Not much birdlife around Rewell Wood Arundel today but my first Small Heath in far too long was a nice spot

Female & male Four-spotted Footman in the trap today #teammoth

Nice adult Yellow-legged Gull still on the east side at Pagham this morning, a mooch around yielded 55sp (but no raptors, perhaps a little early in the day.)

A slow seawatch at the Bill tempered somewhat by two Roseate Terns at church norton early afternoon

No sign of the Osprey at Westhampnett Pit but a Hobby was hunting successfully over Westbourne House pit as was another (and potentially more interesting) falcon which looked longer tailed but was far too distant to be certain of anything alas 🤷🏻‍♂️

Last visit for a while up to Woolbeding produced some nice displaying/ wing-clapping Honey Buzzards and a good mix of 33 other species.

Curlew Sandpiper still in the Ferry Pool at Sidlesham this morning, a very quick seawatch just produced 8 Common Terns west close in

Very little at Selsey Bill still, three Manx west at distance the best of it.

Couple of distant honey buzzards in windy conditions early ish at Woolbeding and later three displaying viewed north of car park.

Two velvet scoters on the sea at the Bill this morning but otherwise dire!

Honey Buzzards performed ok again from the NT viewpoint at Woolbeding including a fairly distant wing-clapper. Good mix of 42 species as well.

Quail singing at Ham this morning from field left of viewpoint (found by AS)

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Early honey buzzard @0747 at NT viewpoint at Woolbeding

Grasshopper Warbler at dawn was nice, later a couple of honey buzzards from the NT watchpoint at Woolbeeding