You can't beat Pagham....for birds of all sorts.

Initially the weather didn't look promising but by 8.45 the light improved and I decided on a wander to the North Wall to check on Spoonbills! Regretfully no sign and several other birders confirmed they were not about. A small flock of Golden Plovers were on a mud bank far out in the harbour, a Greenshank flew over and as I made my way alongside the reed bed of Breech Pool suddenly I heard 'ping ping' ! My luck was in, so I thought. I waited and waited and waited and suddenly there they were, a pair of them in the sun . No sooner had I seen them, they disappeared into the reeds. I continued to wait and by now they were along way away in flight ....not a chance of a photo! No prizes for guesssing what 'they' were!

 So I made 'do' with a few of the more common local avifauna on which to practice my photography...

Grey Heron

Green Woodpecker

Lapwing

...and there is nothing wrong with the the local 'common' birds!!