This was another of our 2 full days in the pagham area. Mark started off by taking the morning shift around the harbour.
I'll leave space here for him to fill in his experiences, but will again leave a selection of photos he took this morning.
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| Skylark | Redshank |
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| Redshank | Ringed Plover |
After his tour around the harbour, we set off to nearby WWT Arundel. It was a glorious day, so there were certainly more people than usual. And by far the most big lenses and fancy cameras I've ever seen in one place. This was not our first visit to Arundel, and despite it not having the larger grounds of the two WWT sites near home (WWT Slimbridge & WWT Wales), it's still a great setup.
I spent most of the time taking photos of the ducks and other waterfowl. We did see some snipe from one of the hides, but with lighting less than ideal, there aren't any photos to share of that. Here's a selection of the various birds from this visit.
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| European Wigeon | Pheasant |
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| Hooded Merganser | Hooded Merganser |
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| Scaly-sided Merganser (m) | Spectacled Eider |
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| Baer's Pochard (m) | Ring-necked Duck (m) |
After our visit to Arundel, Mark took another quick tour around the harbour, and this is another spot he'll have to fill in. But here's another selection of photos:
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| Snipe | Snipe |
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| Redshank and Snipe | Curlew in Flight |
Then I had a turn around the harbour as well. The sun had pretty much gone down by this point, but I still got a decent look around. I did see the red-breasted mergansers again, various redshank and curlew, ringed plovers and a few grey plovers as well. I heard the occasional skylark, and saw linnet, gulls, cormorant, little egret, grey heron, wigeon, brent geese and turnstones. A real treat however was seen from one of the harbour walls, a grey seal. Here's one of the only photos I caught of him:
~Jen
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