Beach benefits

Having done my morning visit to the patch, I took the family to West Wittering for an afternoon of fun on the fine sandy beach and despite not doing any birding, there were some nice things to see.

Mediterranean Gulls were everywhere and not shy about coming to scavenge scraps from anyone, so it was fun just trying to catch a shot of them as they floated nearby.

For an inland birder, it was also interesting getting a jizz impression of them in flight, which I felt was more buoyant, obviously the call was prominent, as well as enjoying noting the different ages, juvenile to adult, there had to have been a minimum of 10 and probably quite a few more.

Also present were Little and Sandwich Tern, Oystercatcher over towards the lagoons and no doubt a good look would have yielded all sorts more.