If yesterday was Spring, this morning it felt like a return to winter at Beachy. We sea-watched from 06.30-10.10 and RHC & RKH joined us. Good variety of ducks moving today, but still no Garganey were i/d. RB was also birding some of the sites on the Headland and we also briefly visited Belle Tout wood but we were still shivering from our sea-watch and decided to head for home:
Red-throated Diver 42 (37 E & 5 on the sea)
Great Crested Grebe 6 (2 E & 4 on the sea)
Slavonian Grebe 3 on the sea (1 in virtual full s/p)
Gannet 120 E
Brent Goose 1102 E
Shelduck 15 E
Wigeon 4 E
Gadwall 5 E
Teal 40 E
Mallard 9 E
Pintail 53 E
Shoveller 66 E
Pochard 2 E (pair)
Tufted Duck 5 E
Common Scoter 728 E
Velvet Scoter 4 E
Red-breasted Merganser 8 E
Peregrine 1
Curlew 6 (5 W & 1 in off the sea)
Redshank 1 E
Mediterranean Gull 4 E
Black-headed Gull 21 E
Sandwich Tern 15 E
Auk Sp. 130 E
Guillemot 8 chiefly on the sea
Razorbill 8 E
Skylark 4 in off the sea
Alba Wagtail 2 in off the sea
Chiffchaff 4
Goldcrest 2-3 B/T wood
Firecrest 1 B/T wood
Carrion Crow 9 in off the sea
Corn Bunting 1
Harbour Porpoise 1
