2nd September, 2011.Beachy Head. Warm & sunny with sea-mist. Wind 0-1

Generally quiet today with only a few hirundines in misty conditions. Met up briefly with PN & MN and I covered all the usual sites on the Head. RDME & JE were ringing in Whitbread Hollow and the following are our combined sightings with numbers ringed in brackets:

Fulmar 1

Little Egret 5 E off Birling.

Sparrowhawk 1

Kestrel 1

Greenshank 1 over the Head.

Sandwich Tern 1

Tawny Owl 1

Swift 1

Skylark 25 in rough field.

Swallow 60

House Martin 80 E

Meadow Pipit 50

Whinchat 3

Wheatear 4

Song Thrush 1

Grasshopper Warbler 2 (2)

Sedge Warbler 1

Reed Warbler 5 (4)

Lesser Whitethroat 2 (2)

Common Whitethroat 55 (4)

Blackcap 52 (38)

Chiffchaff 5 (1)

Willow Warbler 6 (1)

Corn Bunting 1

Small Heath 10

Painted Lady 1

Red Admiral 1

Small Copper 4

Comma 2