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Birding news from Selsey Bill, Pagham Harbour & Medmerry. Photo credits in Alt text.
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A Kittiwake on the beach at Selsey Bill this morning before it flew west.
#birds #ukbirds
November 3, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Four additions in October taking the year list to 217, just one short of the annual record from last year. Y B Warbler, Whooper Swan, Brambling and Pallid Swift.
The October total of 159 species was the second highest ever recorded and three short of the 2019 record!
November 1, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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Vacancy on BOU Records Committee. Are you up for it? I found it a really interesting and educational experience. Happy to share my experience if you are interested.
#RarebirdsUK #UKBirding
📢 BOU COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS OPEN

➡️ Awards Nominations Committee
➡️ Engagement Committee
➡️ IBIS Management Committee
➡️ Meetings Committee
➡️ Records Committee

Plus NEW Committee Shadowing Scheme

More info & to nominate: bou.org.uk/about-the...

#ornithology 🪶
October 31, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Velvet Scoter east with two Common at the Bill per IP
October 29, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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The Herring Gulls at Selsey Bill this afternoon seemed to be up for a bit of bat and ball.
#birds #ukbirds
October 27, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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A smart looking Oystercatcher, with its white collar, at Selsey Bill this afternoon.
#birds #ukbirds
October 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
The Sussex Bird Report for 2024 (featuring plenty of input from the Selsey regulars!) has arrived and, as usual, is a great record of the year.
October 27, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Bullfinch, rare at the Bill, was well found by Paul Bowley this morning, otherwise Redpoll, Brambling, Siskin & Crossbills noted and a few auks and divers offshore.
October 25, 2025 at 10:21 AM
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Gets earlier every year..,Can’t wait to look through it
October 24, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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One of three Sanderlings on the beach at Selsey Bill this afternoon.
#birds #ukbirds
October 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
First Fieldfare back at Pagham hbr
October 19, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Sooty shearwater east 1524, juv pom skua east 1550 at the Bill
October 19, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Well, that was a nice surprise! Our second Clifden Nonpareil of the year in our Selsey garden trap this morning. VC13
#moths #mothing #teammoth
October 15, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Glossy Ibis & Ring Ouzel at North Wall Pagham Hbr today
October 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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www.dutchbirdalerts.nl/alerts/197817

Pacific Diver off the Dutch coast today. One to get the East coast sea-watcher’s pulses going.

📸 Lars Buckx
October 10, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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A Red-throated Diver at Church Norton this afternoon.
#birds #ukbirds #nikon #D2x
October 11, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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One very happy moth-er here 🤗 Our first ever Merveille du Jour in our Selsey garden trap VC13. A mint chocolate chip moth, exclaimed my daughter.
#moths #mothing #teammoth #merv #teammerv
October 11, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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A Dartford Warbler skulking in the bushes at Church Norton this morning.
#birds #ukbirds
October 8, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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A Kingfisher zooming past at Church Norton this afternoon.
#birds #ukbirds
October 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
105 Cattle Egrets, new record count, into roost at Owl Copse Pagham Hbr this evening per SH
October 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
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Weekly Report : 29 September - 5 October is now live on the Recent Sightings page;
www.sos.org.uk/recent-sight...
Recent Sightings – The Sussex Ornithological Society
www.sos.org.uk
October 6, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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The Whooper Swans at Church Norton, Pagham Harbour this morning.
#birds #ukbirds #nikon #z8 #birdphotography
October 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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A pair of Whooper Swans in Pagham Harbour near Church Norton this morning.
#birds #ukbirds #nikon #z8 #birdphotography
October 6, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Two Whooper Swans in Pagham Hbr this morning found by LP/MJa
October 6, 2025 at 10:05 AM