Off to Newhaven today to see the Hume’s Warbler that has apparently been around since last year. Eventually we got a decent, but not stellar view. Then on to Shoreham Harbour for another failed attempt to find Purple Sandpiper. Rock Pipits and Guillemot showed well, though. Brooklands gave us our first Sanderlings of the year. Finally we went to Beeding Brooks for a go at the very photogenic Short-eared Owls. A view of a distant bird lasting maybe a couple of seconds was not what we were hoping for.
Hume’s Warbler on a very brief moment in the clear.
Hume’s Warbler is very similar to Yellow-browed, but its ability to levitate sets it apart.
Rock Pipit
Guillemot
Sanderling