25th April 2011 Birling Gap Seawatch 6am - 6.30am N4-5 Clear

Gannet 50E

Scoter 14E
Red Kite 3 including a leucistic individual
Common Buzzard 1
Sparrowhawk 2
Guillemot 1E
Stone Curlew 1 ex. inadvertently flushed unfortunately flying off east
Collared Dove 1
Wheatear 10
Swallow 30

House Martin 3

Whitethroat c.30

Lesser Whitethroat 3

Blackcap h

Willow Warbler 1

Migrant Stone Curlew departing east!

Wheatear at Belle Tout

Leucistic wing-tagged Red Kite over Beachy Head

Goldfinch at Belle Tout

Hairy Dragonfly at Belle Tout

24th April Birling Gap 6am-6.30am NW1 Clear

Diver sp. 2

Manx Shearwater 1E ex. at 6.04am
Eider 8 on sea
Red Kite 4 ex. in air together
Mediterranean Gull 4E

Sandwich Tern 2E

Whimbrel h
Stock Dove 1
Swallow 7
House Martin 1
Yellow Wagtail 2h
Tree Pipit 1
Wheatear 10
Pied Wagtail 1
Alba Wagtail 1
Rock Pipit 1
Whitethroat c.50
Lesser Whitethroat 4
Willow Warbler 2

Chiffchaff 3
Raven 1

Stoat 1

Comma 1

Dingy Skipper 1

Grizzled Skipper 3

Belle Tout Lighthouse from Crowlink

Sardin Valley

Goldfinch at Belle Tout

Orange-tip at Belle Tout

Wheatear at Belle Tout

Red Kites at Beachy Head

Cowslips in Cow Gap

Wallflowers in Whitbread Hollow

Forget-me-not at Whitbread Hollow

Dingy Skipper at Whitbread Hollow

23rd April 2011 Beachy Head. NE1 Clear sunny & hot

Sea-watched with RDME between 06.15-10.00 with a break for an hour while we looked for the Ortolan Bunting. WE also covered most of the sites on the Headland.

Red-throated Diver 2E

Black-throated Diver 1 ex. on sea departed east

Canada Goose 5 in off

Scoter 89E

Shoveler 2E

Tufted Duck 1E

Auk sp. 2E, 2 on sea

Bonxie 1E

Arctic Skua 5E

Mediterranean Gull 1E (1w)

Black Headed Gull 41 E

Little Gull 7E

Sandwich Tern 27E

Whimbrel 13E

Curlew 1 E

Red-legged Partridge 2

Swallow 6 in off

Alba Wagtail 1 in off

Willow Warbler 4

Chiffchaff 1

Whitethroat 25

Lesser Whitethroat 4

Ortolan Bunting 1 female ex. (8.10am-8.30am then flew off high inland)

Willow Warbler at Birling Gap

Male Whitethroat at Birling Gap

Male Stonechat with white rump.

Female Ortolan Bunting at Birling Gap

Green Hairstreak at Belle Tout

Grizzled Skipper near Belle Tout

Pheasant at Birling Gap

Black Throated Diver on the sea off Birling

Black-throated & Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap