Birds at RSPB Pagham Harbour. 03.10.22

I went to RSPB Pagham Harbour again, as I love Pagham Harbour. As usual I travelled to the reserve by train and bus. I took the train from Brighton to Chichester (55 minutes, two trains an hour), and then picked up the 51 bus from Chichester bus station (next to the rail station) to RSPB Pagham Harbour - stops outside (25 minutes, three buses an hour in winter) 51 Bus Route & Timetable: Chichester - Selsey | Stagecoach (stagecoachbus.com)

I arrived at 11.00 and left at 16.15. It was mostly a sunny day, about 17 degrees C; toward the end of the day there was some cloud. There was a very light wind.

Map from: pagham-map.pdf (rspb.org.uk)

Ferry Pool

Shoveler Ducks; back at Pagham. In the UK they breed in southern and eastern England, especially around the Ouse Washes, the Humber and the North Kent Marshes and in much smaller numbers in Scotland and western parts of England. In winter, breeding birds move south, and are replaced by an influx of continental birds from further north. Shoveler Duck Facts | Anas Clypeata - The RSPB

Shelducks

Shelducks can be seen at any time of year, but the population swells to more than 81,000 birds during winter. Shelduck Facts | Tadorna Tadorna - The RSPB

A solitary Brent Dark-Bellied Brent Goose (that has been on the Ferry Pool all year) surrounded Black-Headed Gulls

detail

Ferry Channel to Sidlesham Quay

Redshank

Redshank in flight

Small White Butterfly

Little Grebes in the Sidlesham Mill Pond

Moorhens and Mallards on the mill pond.

Female Hornet Mimic Hoverfly on Ivy at Sidlesham Quay

Sidlesham Quay to North Wall, harbour (tidal path)

Curlew

Salicornia sp, glasswort (red) and Suaeda maritima, annual sea blite, right (green and red)

Mudflats; salt marsh

Reed buntings (?)

Male Stonechat

Herbaceous seepweed

Male Stonechat

North Wall, White Creek and Salthouse

Sea Aster

Little Egret

Toadflax

North Wall

Buzzard

Oystercatcher

Gulls

Mallards

North Wall to Pagham Pool (tidal path)

Lapwings

Mallards

Dunlin

Lapwing

Ringed Plovers

Dunlin and Ringed Plover

Submerged tree stumps

Swans and Wigeon?

Widgeon

Oystercatcher

Common Darter

Pagham Pool back to North Wall

Cormorants and Wigeon?

Little Grebes

Great Black-Backed Gulls

Mallards

Curlew

Ringed Plovers

Wigeon

Great Crested Grebe

Curlew and Wigeon

Cormorant

Lapwings

Mute Swan

Redshank

Little Egret

North Wall, back to the viators centre

Black-Tailed Godwits in the breach pool

Mallards

Grey Plover

Grey Heron

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker

Little Egret