An early start  (for me!!) locally produced two Herons and a dozen or so Shovelers but a pair of Pochard was rather more surprising.

Time to kill prior to a first return to Worthing in three years meant spending a fair stint in Arundel mostly in company of Terry,  Andy and Richard. On arrival a very vocal Raven was above the carpark with the first of many Buzzards and later a Peregrine on its usual perch. One or two Marsh Harriers were about but not coming in to roost and earlier the staff had had a Cattle Egret on site which had moved out before I arrived.

Numerous Kingfisher calls and flash-bys with this bird above eventually perched up reasonably close but not too well lit; a single redhead Goosander went down river.

Absolutely masses of midge-type flies will hopefully provide food for the insectivores especially the several (4+) Chiffchaffs and three Grey Wagtails; on return for lunch quite a few day flying moths, presumably Novembers were outside the north entrance.

The last stint on site produced 25+ Redwings, a number of Reed Buntings.
and vocal but invisible Firecrests in the entrance scrub.

After closing I parked up at the Black Rabbit where the Chi RSPB group 'management team' had just had the Cattle Egret in to roost  (damn!! Terry and I must have moved ten minutes too soon. They'd also seen the Brookland's Pallas's well.). With light going, at least six each of Buzzard and Marsh Harrier (including one obvious petite male) drifted in towards the reedbed - there could have been more harriers. A Short-eared Owl was up high chased by a crow, ten Little Egrets flew in to roost to add to a couple of birds already on site and more Kingfishers, Water Rails and a Firecrest were calling but sadly no Barn Owls in rapidly fading light. Oh and a bit of a Pied Wag roost adjacent to the carpark (50 ish).
PS And a pub quiz win paid for half the day's petrol😊