BIRDWATCH at RSPB Pulborough Brooks with Peter Hughes
However, seabirds do nest in large numbers in a few nearby locations.
Significant numbers of gulls and terns nest at Pagham Harbour, Rye Harbour, Langstone and Chichester Harbours, and one of the few places that one can see cliff-nesting seabirds is at Seaford, East Sussex, where there is a colony of kittiwakes.
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Hide AdKittiwakes (Rissa tridactyla) are one of our most beautiful gulls. I know that gulls, as a group, are not always the most popular birds due to their noisy abundance in town centres and their fondness of rubbish tips. These are usually herring gulls.
Kittiwakes, however, are a seagoing species, and feed on fish and invertebrates that they snatch from the surface, and will trail fishing vessels in large numbers. They come ashore only to breed- and spend most of the rest of their lives far from land.
For full feature see West Sussex Gazette July 4