Tuesday 8 May 2012

8 May 2012 Beachy Head Early drizzle becoming fine Wind Nil

We joined RDME in the sea-watch hut in early drizzle from 05.40-07.10 and then went and covered a number of sites before returning for a further sea-watch 09.20-12.05 after the drizzle had cleared. RKH & RES joined us for some of the time:

Black Throated Diver 1 E
Gannet 42 E
Shag 2 E (our first for the year)
Brent Goose 5 E
Shelduck 3 E
Eider 2 E (drake and sub-adult drake)
Common Scoter 147 E
Whimbrel 5 W
Curlew 1 W
Pomarine Skua 3 E (2@ 09.50 & 1 @ 09.55)
Arctic Skua 3 E
Bonxie 2 E
Mediterranean Gull 8 E (2 1stS's. 1 Ad & 5 2nd S's)
Black Headed Gull 42 E
Sandwich Tern 12 E
Commic Tern 11 E
Auk Sp. 3 on the sea
Swallow 10 in off the sea
Black Redstart 1 at Birling
Wheatear 1
Song Thrush 2
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Garden Warbler 1
Blackcap 2