Wildlife with Hugh

An early autumn walk in Chichester Harbour started with an unexpected sighting. Where a small stream enters the harbour in Bosham village a water vole sat low in a shrub and nibbled away at the foliage unperturbed by us onlookers. Water Vole. We may have overlooked the water vole had it not been for a kingfisher that previously flew up this section of stream. After a while of watching the vole it dropped in the water and swam ashore where we lost it from sight. A bright blue flash flew away from us, it turned out the kingfisher had been sitting on a sluice gate under our feet but obscured from view the entire time. Wading birds were beginning to return, in the first section of the harbour we saw a few species as well as grey herons and little egrets looking for their next meal. Oystercatcher, Turnstone, Grey Heron and Little Egret. Rounding the corner into the main channel a more diverse mix of waders were seen, including a few passage migrants such as a common sandpiper. In this patch