Wednesday 8 February 2012

8th February, 2012 Beachy Head. Overcast, cold with snow NE 3

Sea-watched from 07.45-08.50 and we then covered virtually the whole of the Head:

Red Throated Diver 23 (10 E, 9W & 4 on the sea)
Great Crested Grebe 3 on the sea
Shelduck 2E & then W
Peregrine 2
Golden Plover 25 (10 in off the sea & 15 in the fields)
Lapwing 43 (14 in off the sea & the rest in the fields)
Snipe 1 flushed at Birling
Woodcock 12 (5 in the Birling Area, 4 B/T wood, 1 Hodcombe & 2 Old Trapping Area).
Curlew 6 in the fields
Auk Sp. 80 (62 E)
Guillemot 1 on the sea
Razorbill 53 E
Skylark 300 in field
Stonechat 1
Fieldfare 1
Redwing 8 E
Song Thrush 40
Raven 1


 Beachy in the Snow






Golden Plovers at Birling



Lapwing near Hodcombe




Woodcock 1 of 12 seen today, a record day!!