Catching up on July

 In view of the excellent work done on a daily basis by the Selsey Birder blog team, I have recently  decided to reduce input to my own blog to mainly photographs and interesting personal highlights both at Pagham Harbour and in my Aldwick garden plus various holiday destinations - now usualy Suffolk and Norfolk or Cornwall.  So, starting in July this year.....

Little Terns

Always a joy watching them off Pagham Spit looking for small fish and taking them toi the island colony on one of the islands.

Green Woodpecker

There was a breeding pair not far from our garden but these juveniles took a liking to our little pond and frequently used it for their daily oblations,

Sand Martin

Sand Martins often use Pagham Lagoon for hawking flies during times of migration and these birds were taking full advantage one early evening.

Skylark

  I had a suspicion there was a pair breeding on the spit this year but they were certainly seen on several ocasions gathering interest but I never saw them actually feeding nestlings or youngsters.

 Turnstones

The metal work at the harbour entrance attracts birds of various species from time to time  but for a few days a couple of these birds used this spot for preening and resting on a regular basis.