6th April, 2011 Beachy Head Clear & sunny WSW 2

Doreen and myself did a sea-watch for 1.5 hrs, but it was very uneventful. We then walked virtually the whole of the Headland sites including the rough field, met up with Richard & RKH, generally very quiet although weather was beautiful and just a handful of migrants seen:

Gannet 17 E

Common Scoter 24 E

Kestrel 1

Peregrine 1

Sandwich Tern 7 E

Tawny Owl 1

Swallow 4

Black Redstart 1 Shooters Bottom

Wheatear 1

Blackcap 2

Chiffchaff 5

Willow Warbler 8

Firecrest 1 Shooters Bottom

Linnet 120 (100 in Rough field & 20 W).

Corn Bunting 1

Peacock 2

Dotted Bee-fly (Bombylius discolor) 1

Pair of Herring Gulls prospecting on the cliff edge.

Peacock - One of two seen today.

Dotted Bee-fly Bombylius discolor

Found up the Lane at Birling. It is a Nationally scarce Bee-fly

and much scarcer than Bombylius major.

(Many thanks to RKH who was able to identify it from my Picture).