17th April 2011 Birling Gap Seawatch NE1 Misty but clear skies 6.30am-10am & 3.30pm-7.05pm

Diver sp. 5E

Red-throated Diver 4E

Black-throated Diver 2E

Grey Heron 1E

Gannet 25E

Brent Goose 16E

Egyptian Goose / Ruddy Shelduck 1W very distant!

Shelduck 4E

Scoter 77E

Velvet Scoter 2E

Merganser 1E

Eider 11E

Garganey 6E (2 drakes)

Red Kite 1W at midday (PN & MN)

Bonxie 4E

Arctic Skua 10E

Pomarine Skua 2E at 4.55pm ex.

Black-headed Gull c.200E

Mediterranean Gull 26E

Little Gull 44E

Sandwich Tern 21E, 2W

Commic Tern 1E

Whimbrel 40E

Curlew 1E

Bar-tailed Godwit 47E

Avocet 1E landed on the sea briefly and attempted feeding Phalarope-manner!

Tawny Owl h

Swallow 13 in off

Wheatear 4

Willow Warbler 4

Blackcap 3

Whitethroat 10

Seal 1

Harbour Porpoise 1

Cetacean sp. c.3

Speckled Wood 1

Green Hairstreak 1 Shooters Bottom

Small Copper 1

Willow Warbler showing characters of acredula at Birling

Male Wheatear at Birling

Ringed female Chaffinch at Birling

A flock of 10 Mediterranean Gulls passing Birling

Seal off Birling Gap

Beachy's best answer to the Dungeness Killer Whales!