Met up with the RSPB group at Sidlesham Ferry and we had a brief look around the pool and hedgerows because there was a function at the visitor centre later. We saw a Wheatear distantly in the field behind the pool, 2 Common Sandpipers on the pool and a Bar-tailed Godwit in the channel.
We then drove to Church Norton where the tide was coming in quickly. Very few waders were showing but a Peregrine was sitting on one of the islands in the harbour.
Careful looking revealed a Whimbrel and 3 Mediterranean Gulls. In the hedgerow was a Migrant Hawker and an Emperor Dragonfly.
We had lunch in the car park then drove over to the beach car park on Pagham side only to find it closed, so we drove to Pagham church and parked there. We then walked out to the Breach Pool in a very strong SW wind.
Scanning the Little Egrets didn't reveal the reported Cattle Egret but there was a moulting adult Spotted Redshank on the pool along with a couple of Little Ringed Plovers. I walked on a bit and spotted a wader on a piece of mud the others couldn't see. I was just going to get them on it when it flew up calling and left - a Wood Sandpiper! As I told the rest of the group a Yellow Wagtail flew over.
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