Monday 15 August 2011

15th August, 2011. Beachy Head. Fine Sunny & warm. N veering to SW 2

We covered virtually all the sites on the Headland and met up with RES, RKH & RB.
RDME was ringing in Whitbread Hollow and the following are our combined totals, with birds ringed in brackets.

RJF & JK had the following yesterday in Cow Gap: 2 Grasshopper Warblers & 3 Whinchats.

Shag 1 juvenile on the sea off Birling
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Tawny Owl 1
Sand Martin 40+
TreePipit 1
Yellow Wagtail 3
Common Redstart 5 (1)
Wheatear 5
Grasshopper Warbler 1 (1)
Reed Warbler 3 (3)
Lesser Whitethroat 5 (2)
Common Whitethroat 145 (30). Only 1 re-trap from the 79 birds ringed yesterday.
Garden Warbler 1 (1)
Blackcap 3 (1)
Willow Warbler 50 (2)
Raven 2



Sparrowhawk over the Hotel Garden




Wheatear at Birling.









Some of today's Willow Warblers taken during the early morning at Birling.

Small Tortoiseshell near Birling.

Juvenile Swallow taken in the Rides on the 14th by RJF.