Beachy Head 3rd August, 2009

Looking over Belle Toute wood towards Cornish Farm.

Northern Wheatear above Belle Toute wood.

Two pictures of a Grasshopper Warbler at Birling Gap.

Three pictures of a Sedge Warbler at Birling Gap.

Sorry John, I am not an Aquatic!!

Four pictures of various Reed Warblers taken in Shooters Bottom.

Common Swift over the Headland.

Robin at Birling Gap.

Two shots of a Silver Spotted Skipper by Belle Toute wood.

Peacock butterfly in the Hotel Garden.

Gatekeeper (aka the Hedge Brown).

Arrived with Doreen at 06.15 hrs. to a fine sunny morning with a slight SW breeze. Walked the whole area in just over 5 hours. Another morning with fair numbers of migrants present, although fewer Willow Warblers in the Birling Gap area, than yesterday. Saw Nick Pope at Shooters Bottom, and had a chat with RDME who was ringing in Whitbred Hollow. Bob had another successful morning ringing about 60 birds mainly Willow Warblers but with a nice selection of other migrants. We met up with PN at Belle Toute wood who had just seen a Hobby at Shooters Bottom.

Swift 40

Sand Martin 5

Nightingale 2 croaking in Shooters Bottom.

Wheatear 7

Grasshopper Warbler 5

Sedge Warbler 6

Reed Warbler 9

Lesser Whitethroat 5

Common Whitethroat 66

Garden Warbler 2

Blackcap 1

Willow Warbler 20

Butterflies:

Peacock 3

Small Tortoiseshell 4

Clouded Yellow 5

Adonis Blue 1

Chalk Hill Blue 80

Silver Spotted Skipper 3 (Our first for the year).

Painted Lady 50