Monday, 14 October 2013

14 October 2013 Beachy Head Overcast cool W 1-2

Visited most of the sites on the Headland and met up with a number of other birders. Bob was ringing in Whitbread Hollow. Small fall of Chiffchaffs with a small selection of other migrants but no diurnal migration of note recorded. Birds ringed in brackets:

Sparrowhawk 3
Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 1
Peregrine 2
Tawny Owl 2
Swallow 30
Black Redstart 1
Ring Ouzel 4
Blackbird 16
Song Thrush 13
Reed Warbler 1 (1)
Common Whitethroat 1
Blackcap 20 (8)
Chiffchaff 54 (15)
Goldcrest 1 (1)
Firecrest 2
Long-tailed Tit 1
Raven 2
Greenfinch 6
Goldfinch 50
Bullfinch 2
Reed Bunting 1