11th March, 2011.Beachy Head.Clear, fine & mild. WSW 0-1

Doreen and myself did a sea-watch for almost 2 hours from 07.00-08.45 hrs. We then birded in Belle Tout wood, walked the rough field and then walked Shooters Bottom. RDME covered most of the Headland including the Cliff Path. PN also covered the Birling/Belle Tout area and RKH & RES also covered a lot of the Headland. The following are the combined totals of birds seen:

Red Throated Diver 20 E

Great Crested Grebe 4 on the sea.

Brent Goose 44 E

Common Scoter 6 E

Med Gull 1 ad. E

Common Gull 150 in the Birling area

Tawny Owl 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 drumming in Whitbread Hollow.

Skylark 25

Stonechat 6 (small arrival).

Firecrest 1 singing & displaying in B/T wood.

Long Tailed Tit 8+

Carrion Crow 3 came in high from the sea.

Raven 2

Starling Flock of 150 in the Top fields.

Brimstone 1 Shooters Bottom

Bottle Nosed Dolphin again seen off Birling.

Brimstone in Shooters Bottom