Saturday 15 March 2014

15 March 2014 Beachy Head Overcast clear cool W3 increasing to 4+

Spent an hour sea-watching between 06.50-07.50 but virtually no movement recorded. We then covered all the main birding sites on the Headland but other than 30 Meadow Pipits arriving in off the sea no new migrants were seen.

Red-throated Diver 2 E
Great-crested Grebe 1 E
Gannet 2 E
Brent Goose 1 E
Pintail 1 E
Common Scoter 26 E
Sparrowhawk 1
Peregrine 1
Curlew 10 W
Razorbill 1 on sea
Meadow Pipit 30 in off the sea NW
Alba Wagtail 1 over Birling
Stonechat 5
Song Thrush 2
Chiffchaff 1
Raven 3+
Linnet 4 W

 Meadow Pipit near Birling

Raven over the Head