Saturday, 1 January 2011

1st January 2011 Birling Gap 8am-10am N1

Great Crested Grebe 1 on sea
Red-throated Diver 9E, 416W (including largest flocks of 53, 50 & 46)
Black-throated Diver 2W
Gannet 1E, 19W (including 1 imm.)
Fulmar 12 mainly W
Cormorant 2E, 8W
Geese sp. 4E
Goosander 2W then E and then 1W all redheads
Scoter 5E
Wigeon c.40E, 16W
Mallard 3W
Teal 2W
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Herring Gull 25
Common Gull 400
Black-headed Gull c.25
Kittiwake 10W
Razorbill 16E, 39W
Guillemot 1E, 2W, 1 on sea
Auk sp. 67E, 58W
Curlew 1W
Oystercatcher 5
Pheasant 10
Woodpigeon 2
Green Woodpecker 1
Blackbird 10
Song Thrush 3
Starling 10
Skylark 16 flew out to sea off Birling, 90 in field
Rock Pipit 2
Meadow Pipit 1
Wren 2
Robin 1
Dunnock 1
Blue Tit 5
Great Tit 1
Jackdaw 25
Carrion Crow c.10
Rook 2
Raven 1
Magpie 6
House Sparrow 5
Goldfinch 11
Chaffinch 2

Grey Seal 1

Adult winter Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap

Adult winter and juvenile Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap

Juvenile Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap