8 Nov 2014 Beachy Head Overcast cool SSW 8

Gale force winds and we sea-watched from Birling from 08.00-09.00 and from below Cow Gap from 10.30-12.15. Also covered Belle Tout wood and the walk from Holywell to the Gully below Cow Gap. Met up with LP int the Gully.

Great-crested Grebe 1 E
Fulmar 2
Gannet 140 W
Little Egret 6+ off Birling
Brent Goose 43 W
Common Scoter 5 W
Red-legged Partridge 3
Curlew 1 W
Pomarine Skua 2 W @ 10.50 (1 Ad @ 1 Juv)
Arctic Skua 1 W
Bonxie 3 W
Mediterranean Gull 1 Ad w/p W
Common Gull 20 W
Herring Gull 350 resting in fields near Birling.
Kittiwake 120 W
Guillemot 8 W
Tawny Owl 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1
Rock Pipit 2
Stonechat 2
Goldcrest 2
Long-tailed Tit 6
Corn Bunting 5

( Both taken by David Cooper)

Little Egrets off Birling

 

Gannets off Cow Gap