The highlight by a long way was finding a Wood Sandpiper on the AGP pool. Unlike all the others I have seen in the world, this individual did not budge as we stared at each other no more than 15 metres apart. Having no camera was a major issue, so I ran back to the car to grab it and walked all the way back. Fortunately, it was still about, and adding to a nice list of waders for the morning/day.
Late morning, Ian & myself visited the same Violet Helleborines I saw last year in mid-Sussex; the 10+ spikes encountered were mostly in good condition.
Just as I thought my day was done, Brian Cox found a Little Stint in the Cuckmere, which meant another visit this afternoon with Dad. Despite the tipping rain, the stint was still present and a Little Ringed Plover was on the scrape.
Last night, at Newhaven Harbour, a juvenile Yellow-legged Gull was present.
Totals:
Wood Sandpiper - 1
Green Sandpiper - 1
Common Sandpiper - 2
Little Stint - 1
Dunlin - 11
Turnstone - 1
Black-tailed Godwit - 7
Little Ringed Plover - 1
Whimbrel - 1
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| Wood Sandpiper |
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| Black-tailed Godwits |
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| Little Stint |
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| Little Ringed Plover |
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| juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Newhaven Harbour |
