Wednesday 21 April 2010

21st April,2010 Beachy Head

Ring Ouzel (DC)

Sunset over Seaford Head (DC)

RKH visited the Headland this morning and recorded the following:
6 Wheatears, 2 Redstarts, 3 Ring Ouzels (2 west of the wood & 1 in the Old Trapping Area), also 2 Lesser Whitethroats in Chat Vale.

DC went up in the evening. A short sea-watch produced singles of Arctic & Great Skuas, 9 Sandwich Terns & 28 Whimbrel. Migrants seen included 1 female Redstart, 4 Ring Ouzels (3 near Belle Tout & 1 Shooters Bottom), with a Lesser Whitethroat singing under Belle Tout Lighthouse.