Monday 4 November 2013

2 November 2013 Beachy Head Cloudy with sunny periods W-NW 2-3 increasing later

RDME was ringing in Whitbread Hollow and RJF,JK and SL were covering the Headland. Little evidence of any diurnal migration although reasonable numbers of Lesser Redpolls were present in the Hollow and RJF and JK had our second Pallas's Leaf Warbler for the Autumn moving up the lane at Birling, otherwise 2 Firecrests, 3 Black Redstarts and 31 Swallows were seen.
Birds ringed in brackets:

Sparrowhawk 1
Tawny Owl 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1
Stock Dove 14
Swallow 31
Robin 25 (5)
Black Redstart 3
Ring Ouzel 1 heard
Song Thrush 3 (3 Continental birds)
Blackcap 7 (5)
Pallas's Leaf Warbler at Birling.
Chiffchaff 10 (1)
Goldcrest 7
Firecrest 2 (1)
Raven 1
Chaffinch 20+ (7)
Goldfinch 240
Lesser Redpoll 50 (17)