Sunday 27 May 2012

27 May 2012 Beachy Head Sunny fine & warm E 1-2

We sea-watched from 06.25-08.45. Met up with PN and we then covered all the sites on the Headland apart for Shooters Bottom:

Gannet 60 E
Shelduck 2 W
Common Scoter 8 E
Bonxie 1 E
Mediterranean Gull 1 2ndS E
Little Gull 1 E
Sandwich Tern 13 E
Roseate Tern 1 Ad. E with 15 Commic Terns @ 06.45 (Our first record since 2005)
Commic Tern 121 E
Black Tern 1 E
Auk Sp. 2 E
Guillemot 1 on the sea
Razorbill 2 E
Swift 7
Swallow 12
Corn Bunting 6

Peacock 1
Orange Tip 1 East Dean Road
Wall Brown 2
Common Blue 8
Small Heath 10
Small Copper 1
Dingy Skipper 4
Green Hairstreak 1

Broad Bodied Chaser 1 female


Poppy field with East Dean in the background


David walking the poppy field



Green Hairstreak at Belle Tout



Female Broad Bodied Chaser at the Old Trapping Area