White-billed Diver at Selsey

13 October - a visit to Selsey Bill, West Sussex, gave good but distant views of a summer-plumaged White-billed Diver - extremely rare on the south coast. It was diving actively, but when on the surface, through the 'scope, the distinctive "banana bill" could be seen, together with the dappled upperparts and neck ring. A couple of Mediterraneam Gulls also around the beach.