We met up with JK at Birling and covered most of the sites on the Headland. RDME was ringing in Whitbread Hollow and the following are our combined totals with ringing numbers in brackets:
Fulmar 3
Cormorant 27 W.
Kestrel 1
Peregrine 4+ (3 were attacking a juvenile Peregrine for several minutes).
Sandwich Tern 5 E
Sand Martin 32 mainly E.
Swallow c40
Blackbird (1 re-trapped in Whitbread Hollow was first ringed in 2003).
Grasshopper Warbler 2 (1)
Sedge Warbler 1 (1)
Reed Warbler 4 (3)
Lesser Whitethroat 2 (1)
Common Whitethroat 63 (10)
Garden Warbler 2 (2)
Blackcap 4 (4)
Chiffchaff 3 (1 re-trapped was first ringed in 2010).
Willow Warbler 38 (8)
Corn Bunting 1 singing near Cornish Farm.
Brown Argus 1
Painted Lady 1
Comma 1
Red Admiral 2
Migrant Hawker 1
Juvenile Peregrine
Willow Warbler at Birling Gap.
Sub-adult Lesser Black Back Gull.
Sub-adult Lesser Black Back Gull with juvenile Herring Gull.
Clustered Bellflower
Male Linnet taken by RKH on the 29th.
Male Chalk Hill Blue taken by RKH on the 29th.
Adonis Ladybird taken by RKH on the 29th.
Harlequin Ladybird taken by RKH on the 29th.
