Flyers and Pagham Harbour

female Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata

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On Friday 20th I arrived at Arundel WWT hoping the cloud would clear for the eclipse. Some hope! The sun appeared two hours late at 11:30am. I spent some time at the woodland feeders trying for some flight shots. On Saturday I visited Church Norton, Pagham Harbour and walked round the spit.

view from Sand Martin hide

Black-headed Gull with nesting material, Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Black-headed Gulls

Blackbird, Turdus merula

Blue Tit, Cyanistes caeruleus

Canada Geese, Branta canadensis

female Chaffinch, Fringilla coelebs

male Chaffinch

Common Gull, Larus canus

Great Tit, Parus major 

Greenfinch, Carduelis chloris

Jackdaw, Corvus monedula

Kestrel, Falco tinnunculus near car park

Long-tailed Tit tapping on window, Aegithalos caudatus

Long-tailed Tit

Mallard, Anas platyrhynchos

Mallards battling

Mandarin Duck, Aix galericulata

female Mandarin Duck

Nuthatch, Sitta europaea

Reed Bunting, Emberiza schoeniclus 

female Reed Bunting

Robin, Erithacus rubecula

Tufted Duck, Aythya fuligula

Pagham Harbour beach:

Black-headed Gull, Chroicocephalus ridibundus

Brent Geese, Branta bernicla

Coltsfoot, Tussilago farfara

Coltsfoot

Cormorant, Phalacrocorax carbo

Oystercatcher, Haematopus ostralegus

Ringed Plover, Charadrius hiaticula

Sea Beet, Beta vulgaris maritima

Sea Mayweed, Tripleurospermum maritimum

Sea Mayweed

Spoonbill, Platalea leucorodia

Teal, Anas crecca

Turnstones, Arenaria interpres

white Curlew, Numenius arquata

Wigeon, Anas penelope

female Wigeon

Wigeon

Yellow Horned Poppy, Glaucium flavum