Saturday 10 December 2011

10 December, 2011. Beachy Head. Early morning frost & ice then fine sunny & warm NW 1

We visited Beachy today and covered Birling, Belle Tout wood, the rough field & Hotel Garden.
RDME also visited today covering Whitbread Hollow & Cow Gap including Cow Gap beach.

Fulmar 6 off Birling
Little Egret 1 on Cow Gap beach.
Common Scoter 15 on the sea off Birling.
Peregrine 1
Red-legged Partridge 1
Common Gull 200 around Birling
Stock Dove 25
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Skylark 35
Rock Pipit 1
Wren 5
Stonechat 2
Blackbird 15
Mistle Thrush 1
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 1
Tree Creeper 1
Raven 1
Linnet 26
Bullfinch 2

Fox 1




Tree-creeper still present in Belle Tout wood today.


A December Chiffchaff at Birling.


Record shot of a Mistle Thrush feeding in the rough field.

1 of 200 Common Gulls around Birling.