10 August 2013 Beachy Head Overcast cool becoming warm NE 3

A somewhat slow start on the Head but migrants became more in evidence after the sun came out and it warmed up. We covered all the areas on the Headland and members of the BHRG were ringing in Whitbread Hollow. The highlight being a Pied Flycatcher trapped in the Hollow and our highest number of Willow Warblers for the year so far.
Birds trapped in brackets.

Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1 juv.
Swift 12
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1
Sand Martin 24
Swallow 20
Nightingale 2
Common Redstart 1
Stonechat 11
Wheatear 1
Sedge Warbler 3 (1)
Reed Warbler 9 (5)
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Common Whitethroat 42 (2)
Garden Warbler 5 (2)
Blackcap 5 (1)
Chiffchaff 4 (4)
Willow Warbler 115 (31)
Pied Flycatcher 1 (1)
Raven 3
Bullfinch 3 (1)

Clouded Yellow 1
Wall 2
Common Blue 10
Marbled White 2
Dark Green Firtillary 1
Painted Lady 7
Comma 2
Red Admiral 6
Emperor Dragonfly 3
Common Blue Damselfly 1

Oystercatchers over the sea off Birling

Garden Warbler at Birling

Garden Warbler in the Hotel Garden

 

Reed Warbler at Birling

Willow Warbler - Our best day so far this Autumn for Willows.

 

Common Whitethroat in the Hotel Garden

Wall Butterfly at Belle Tout

Small Copper in The Old Trapping Area

Common Blue Damselfly in the Old Trapping Area