August photos.

 Although still busy I have managed to get out on a few occasions to make sure the camera is still working. There have been a few special moments

The 'all to common' garden predator feasting on a young Wood Pigeon she had taken from the feeding station.

An unusual visitor to the Breech Pool!

A much more interesting unusual visitor has been showing very well from time to time.

The Great White Egret....what a bird!

Whilst this Little Egret is always present in good numbers,

Eclipse plumage....?   

A splendid Whimbrel in Whites Creek

...and on Pagham Spit several Wheatears making a stopover before flying South

On one evening hundreds of Hirundines alighting on the temporary fencing on Norton Spit,,,just a few here

One of the Sand Martins catching flies over the harbour 

The Lagoon has been very successful this year for breeding Great Crested Grebes 

....and a few of the regulars.

So that's August...and now for the Autmn migrants!!

A life tick for me!

 A bird believed to be a Little Stint on August 3 subsequently turned out to be a Semipalmated Sandpiper. It was initially viewed in the harbour from the benches in Church Norton. As days passed it was showing more regularly on the ferry pool but unfortunately I was unable to get across at that time. However a report came in on Sunday evening at 8.00pm that it was on the Ferry Pool . So at 6.15am today I hastened over to Siddlesham  and found a group of birders watching it at a considerable distance. Even with an 800mm lens this was the view!

However at about 10 to 7 it flew a bit closer to the shallow water on the right hand side, accompanied by a Dunlin.

Unfortunately it didn't stay long and soon took flight towards the harbour accompanied by a Dunlin which it  seem to have befriended.

There was a splendid Spotted Redshank near the left hand bank and a Buzzard watched from a distant fence post. 

Not a bad start to the day!