A walk from Amberley to Worthing was quiet though there was a male Redstart above Amberley Mount. Otherwise always nice to see tumbling Ravens.

Grattons Park, Crawley where the stream/water is. Have seen a few postings for a black heron so thought I'd check it out. Can park next to train bridge is best access point.

Most unexpected were two Common Mynas of unknown origin feeding on the grass outside Durrington Health Centre yesterday morning.

A Lesser Whitethroat a first in my garden for me in Arundel, plus a Chiffchaff and a Red Kite circling overhead.

While on one of my established dog walking routes this morning I was a bit surprised to come across a female Black Redstart near Truleigh Hill Barn. I was hoping for an early Common Redstart, something the Merlin App was hearing most times I've been out recently but finding only Chiffchaff, Willow Warbler and once a Chaffinch I was rather skeptical!

Nothing doing at sea this morning, but at least 1 Willow Warbler was singing fitfully, a lone Swift and a Peregrine noted.

My sister reports that a pair of adult Bullfinches were feeding their 2 young in her garden this morning.

Following on from recent Crossbill sightings, this year seems to be a bumper year for them on Blackdown. We live right on the top and have been enjoying frequent overflights of them over the past couple of weeks. Flocks of up to 30 are especially active and very vocal around late afternoon to early evening. I have heard them on the National Trust land on Blackdown too, but around the Tennysons Lane car park they seem particularly active.

Still very quiet here, my usual hour seawatch from 06:00 produced just 5 Gannets and a Sandwich Tern, 3 Swifts appeared briefly and a Raven was active in the afternoon.

At Knepp Millpond, an Osprey showing from 11:00 to 11:15. It successfully caught a fish but was then pursued by a Red Kite and dropped it. Three more fishing attempts were unsuccessful after which it retired to a tree on the east side of the lake. A bit later, a Turtle Dove flew across the Hammer Pond and landed on the north side.