28th October, 2011.Beachy Head. Overcast with drizzle. NE 2-3

We met up with PN at Birling and covered most of the sites on the Head. Good passage of Finches moving over. Saw RKH & RES in Shooters Bottom. RDME, SM & PF were ringing in Whitbread Hollow and the following are our combined totals with birds ringed in brackets:

Grey Heron 1 high over the Top fields.

Sparrowhawk 1

Kestrel 1

Tawny Owl 2

Skylark 70 in rough field.

Swallow 5

Meadow Pipit 60 (40 E)

Alba Wagtail 8 E

Wren 12 (4)

Wheatear 2

Blackbird 22 (7)

Fieldfare 2

Redwing 2

Song Thrush 7 (2 including 1 continental bird).

Blackcap 6 (5)

Yellow Browed Warbler still present at Birling but now in poor condition.

Chiffchaff 2 (1)

Goldcrest 20 (4)

Firecrest 5 (1)

Raven 2

Starling 100 (65 in Whitbread Hollow).

Brambling 3

Goldfinch 1,000 + E

Siskin 1

Linnet 700 (300 E & 400 in rough field).

Lesser Redpoll 40 (27)

Bullfinch 1

Fieldfare in Shooters Bottom

Perhaps the last of this year's Wheatears

Part of the flock of Linnets in the rough field.

Didn't realise that Chachalacas were in Belle Tout wood.