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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.

Thursday, August 6, 2020

August has arrived

Early in the week a few Wheatears were present on Pagham Spit.

A Whitethroat appeared in the garden one morning but did not want his photograph taken!
Several Willow Warblers were noted along the east side of the harbour...


Waders were the main attraction  with Black Tailed Godwits the most common and always an attractive subject.



There was a good opportunity to compare Greenshanks with Spotted Redshanks today..

..but most of the time was spent preening.

...and wing stretching!
This one was quite a blotchy individual!


The usual species were present......Mute Swans





Cormorants 



Little Egrets





Juvenile Black Headed Gulls

Lapwings

A Curlew..


...and a few fly over Swifts..

Make the most of these birds....last to arrive and first to depart. Summer is over for them!


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