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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JamesMac" data-source="post: 3556808" data-attributes="member: 142128">Thanks Delia, Pagham Harbour is definitely one of my favourite reserves and the current facilities there such as the visitor centre are excellent. Medmerry certainly has a lot of potential even though it's only been around for a short amount of time; it was the breeding site of the first pair of Black-winged Stilts to ever breed in Sussex! Hence the name 'Stilt Pool' for the lagoon at the far north-west of the reserve, this was where they built their nest.Pagham Harbour and the Selsey Peninsula are excellent for overshoot migrants such as Spoonbills and although these were the first of the year there is no doubt there will be more. There was a Hoopoe the day before I visited, as well as three Purple Heron flyovers this year so far. A Cattle Egret was reported yesterday I think and it's still quite early for a number of nice overshoot species so I'm looking forward to seeing what is reported in the coming weeks and months! James</blockquote>