Sunday 17 February 2013

17 Feb 2013 Beachy Head Clear sunny becoming warm ESE 1-2

We sea-watched from 07.40-11.10. Good passage of Pintail, Curlew and an early Arctic Skua. Briefly checked Birling Lane and Belle Tout wood.

Red-throated Diver 70 (62 E 5 W & 3 on the sea).
Great-crested Grebe 1 on sea.
Gannet 10 E
Brent Goose 110 E
Shelduck 2 E
Wigeon 15
Gadwall 4 E
Teal 54 E
Mallard 2
Pintail 76 E
Shoveler 12 E
Common Scoter 19 E
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1
Curlew 96 E
Arctic Skua 1 d/p ad E @ 08.00.
Mediterranean Gull 2 E
Little Gull 5 E and then landed on the sea.
Black-headed Gull 66 E virtually all adults.
Herring Gull Many hundreds chiefly immatures E.
Kittiwake 17 E
Auk Sp. 180 E
Guillemot 6
Razorbill 116 E
Meadow Pipit 4 in off the sea.


Curlew moving east off Birling Gap


Snowdrops at the top of Birling lane.