Wednesday saw a sunny but rather tedious day at Pulborough with just single Ruff, a distant Peregrine, a couple of kite and the first two House Martins of the year plus five Swallows but no other new-in birds and precious little insect life; Carey failed to find anything and even the presence of Matt Phelps made no impact!! Following this a dreadful drive back involved the outer and inner ring roads at Chichester, two passes of the theatre and eventually heading out on the Funtington road and rejoining the main road at Emsworth turn off - presumably all a result of half-term and a good reason to avoid next week.
Today at TH was sunny but cool and produced the first Slow Worm ( a tiny three-incher) and Green-veined White of the year (below) plus a Water Vole on the loo!! Two hundred and thirty (ish) Med Gulls were on the causeway and similar numbers were in the air from arrival to departure. On the west side a Sedge Warbler was singing rather half-heartedly and a Chiffchaff was collecting gull down feathers for a nest.
