Guiding in West Sussex 4/2/14

Today I was in charge of guiding John Bruin (from San Diego) around West Sussex to try and see as many species as possible. I picked up John in Brighton and we covered many different habitats in the west. We managed 82 species (in far from ideal conditions) of which the highlights were:

Slavonian Grebe, 100+ Mediterranean Gulls and stacks of Waders (incl. 2 yearticks being Knot and Bar-tailed Godwit) - Pagham Harbour/Lagoon
11 Bewick's Swans, 2 Ravens, Grey Partridge, Red Kite etc - North Stoke/The Burgh
Little Owl - West Dean Woods
Short-eared Owl - Beeding Brooks
5 Purple Sandpipers - Shoreham Harbour

 Little Owl at West Dean

Short-eared Owl at Beeding Brooks