Birds ringed in Whitbread Hollow are included in brackets:
Heron 1
Buzzard 5
Sparrowhawk 5
Merlin 1
Kestrel 5
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Swift 3
Swallow c.300
Sand Martin 3
House Martin c.500
Skylark c.15
Meadow Pipit c.500 many flying west
Tree Pipit 1
Yellow Wagtail 18W
Grey Wagtail 1
Whinchat 4
Wheatear 12
Reed Warbler 1 (1)
Whitethroat 8 (2)
Garden Warbler 3 (1)
Blackcap 250 (94)
Chiffchaff 75 (14)
Willow Warbler 1 (1)
Blue Tit 200+ many small flocks 15 -25 strong moving west
Lapland Bunting 5 ex. (2W then N at 7.25am, 1 at 8.15, 1 at c.9am (RJF), 1W at 10.05)
Reed Bunting 2
Chaffinch 10
Linnet c.150
Raven 5
RJF also recorded 2 Redstarts, 1000 + Swallows, & 226 Blue Tits chiefly moving West. RHC had around 100 Blue Tits many were seen moving through his garden, but RDME who was ringing in Whitbread Hollow just recorded 10 during the morning.
I have now looked up previous influxes of Blue Tits at Beachy Head since 1960 and this present influx is the largest to date. Although we have had several days in the past of around 150-170 birds on a day.
Red Admiral 4
Small Heath 3
Small Copper 3
Adonis Blue 1
Wheatear at Birling Gap
Great Spotted Woodpecker near the Old Trapping Area
Mustang over the Top Fields
Long Down Woods and Stubble Field
