Saturday 19 May 2012

19 May 2012 Beachy Head Overcast becoming sunny SW 3 - 1-2

Met up with RDME and we sea-watched from 05.25-08.30. RDME then walked the lane at Birling and onto Whitbread Hollow. We covered most of the sites on the Headland including the Cliff Path and The Rides. Met up with SL & MD:

Gannet 102 E
Brent Goose 12 E
Shelduck 2 E
Eider 1 drake E
Common Scoter 100 E
Velvet Scoter 1 E
Red Breasted Merganser 1 E
Honey Buzzard 1 high N over Top Fields @ 10.15 to 10.20
Sanderling 3 E
Curlew 2 W
Pomarine Skua 1 E @ 06.22
Arctic Skua 6 E
Bonxie 1 E
Mediterranean Gull 3 W
Little Gull 1 E
Black Headed Gull 6 E
Sandwich Tern 86 E
Commic Tern 249 E
Little Tern 1 E
Black Tern 7 E
Auk Sp. 6 E
Swift 7
Bee-Eater 1 heard calling over Whitbread Hollow @ 10.15
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 Rides
Swallow 15
House Martin 1 N
Wheatear 1
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Blackcap 2
Chiffchaff 4
Long Tailed Tit 1
Tree Creeper 1
Corn Bunting 1

Wall Brown 6 along Cliff Path
Holly Blue 1
Small Heath 1
Small Copper 1
Dingy Skipper 1
Green Hairstreak 2 Old Trapping Area

Stoat 1

Field Mouse-Ear Good clump in flower along road verge near Old Trapping Area



Field Mouse-Ear near Old Trapping Area