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Pagham Birder: The Blog

A regular account of the birds seen mainly on and around Pagham Spit, the Lagoon and the North Wall plus other birding exploits from time to time.
Any news of interest regarding the ongoing erosion problems on Pagham Beach will, from now on, be shown on my other blog together with general beach photos.. Click on the link... Pagham Beach Blog on this page.

Monday, January 2, 2012

HAPPY NEW YEAR

.........and good birding to one and all !!!!!

..a forty minute walk up to the harbour Spit hide past the Lagoon and back produced  the following  2012 bird list to date ..........
Mute Swan
Brent Goose
Shelduck
Wigeon
Mallard
Pintail
Teal
Pochard
Tufted Duck
Goldeneye
Red Breasted Merganser
Little Grebe
Great Crested Grebe
Cormorant
Grey Heron
Little Egret
Kestrel
Moorhen
Coot
Oystercatcher
Ringed Plover
Golden Plover
Grey Plover
Lapwing
Dunlin
Knot
Turnstone
Black Tailed Godwit
Curlew
Redshank
Black Headed Gull
Herring Gull
Greater Black Backed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Woodpigeon
Collared Dove
Skylark
Wren
Dunnock
Robin
Blackbird
Magpie
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow

46 in total...thats just over one a minute...not a bad start from a home patch but slightly diaspponting as I expected to see Peregrine and Kingfisher as previous recent  mornings!

...and here's a photo of the beach showing the extent of the continuing erosion problem.

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