Sunday 10 April 2011

10th April 2011 Beachy Head Seawatch 6.15-9.15am NE2 Clear

Red-throated Diver 4E
Black-throated Diver 1 s/p
Canada Goose 2E, 2W, 2 in off
Shelduck 8E
Merganser 17E
Scoter 87E, 3W
Shoveler 7E
Kestrel 1
Curlew 4E
Arctic Skua 5E
Bonxie 1E
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 ad. graellsii
Black-headed Gull 60
Little Gull 8E
Sandwich Tern 106E
Commic Tern 71E
Little Tern 2E
Tawny Owl 1
Swallow 12
Sand Martin 3
House Martin 1
Wheatear 4
Pied Wagtail 3
White Wagtail 2 (1 in rough field & 1 in B/T car park).
alba Wagtail 1
Whitethroat 11
Blackcap 7
Chiffchaff 12
Willow Warbler 3
Raven 2
Carrion Crow 11 in off sea

Small White 2
Small Copper 1
Brimstone 2
Peacock 5
Small Tortoiseshell 4

Cetacean sp. 2-3 off Birling Gap

RHC had a Common Swift over Hodcombe (our earliest ever record).

Male Blackcap in Belle Tout Wood

Raven and Carrion Crow above Whitbread Hollow

Raven at Whitbread Hollow

Small Copper at Birling Gap

Brimstone at Belle Tout

Small White in Whitbread Hollow