3rd January 2011 Beachy Head Overcast N1

We did a sea-watch between 08.00 - 10.00 hrs and then walked the area from Birling Gap to Belle Tout lighthouse onto the wood and then into the field before returning back to Birling. No sign of any Dartfords or Black Redstarts.

Red-throated Diver 110E, 138W

Great Crested Grebe 8 on sea

Gannet 33E, 25W

Fulmar 3

Cormorant 16E, 11W

Brent 42E

Egyptian Goose 1W at 8.23am (only our 2nd record since 1960).

Shelduck 1W

Wigeon 4E

Scoter 7E

Merganser 3E

Sparrowhawk 1

Razorbill 5E, 4 on sea

Guillemot 10E, 1 on sea

Auk sp. 405E, 153W

Kittiwake 3E

Mediterranean Gull 1 adult winter

Oystercatcher 20W

Pheasant 18

Green Woodpecker 2

Skylark 2W, c.100 field

Meadow Pipit 1

Rock Pipit 2

Pied Wagtail 3

Grey Wagtail 1

Long-tailed Tit 4

Song Thrush 2

Starling 8

Raven 1

Rock Pipit at Belle Tout

Beachy Head Lighthouse

Adult winter Mediterranean Gull near Birling

Adult male Pied Wagtail near Birling

Some birders will go that extra mile for a better view

2nd January 2011 Birling Gap 8am - 10am NE1

Birling Gap NE1

Red-throated Diver 177E, 412W

Fulmar 1

Gannet 6E, 33W

Cormorant 20E, 4W, 67 on sea

Geese sp. 2W

Scoter 5E

Kestrel 1

Common Gull c.400

Kittiwake 1E

Razorbill 3 on sea

Auk sp. 435E, 20W

Oystercatcher 5E

Skylark 1E

Rock Pipit 1

Meadow Pipit 6E

Song Thrush 3

Blackbird 1

Wren 1

Robin 1

Raven 4

Goldfinch 11

Cormorants off Birling Gap

1st January 2011 Birling Gap 8am-10am N1

Great Crested Grebe 1 on sea

Red-throated Diver 9E, 416W (including largest flocks of 53, 50 & 46)

Black-throated Diver 2W

Gannet 1E, 19W (including 1 imm.)

Fulmar 12 mainly W

Cormorant 2E, 8W

Geese sp. 4E

Goosander 2W then E and then 1W all redheads

Scoter 5E

Wigeon c.40E, 16W

Mallard 3W

Teal 2W

Great Black-backed Gull 5

Herring Gull 25

Common Gull 400

Black-headed Gull c.25

Kittiwake 10W

Razorbill 16E, 39W

Guillemot 1E, 2W, 1 on sea

Auk sp. 67E, 58W

Curlew 1W

Oystercatcher 5

Pheasant 10

Woodpigeon 2

Green Woodpecker 1

Blackbird 10

Song Thrush 3

Starling 10

Skylark 16 flew out to sea off Birling, 90 in field

Rock Pipit 2

Meadow Pipit 1

Wren 2

Robin 1

Dunnock 1

Blue Tit 5

Great Tit 1

Jackdaw 25

Carrion Crow c.10

Rook 2

Raven 1

Magpie 6

House Sparrow 5

Goldfinch 11

Chaffinch 2

Grey Seal 1

Adult winter Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap

Adult winter and juvenile Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap

Juvenile Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap

24th December 2010 Beachy Head N2 Very cold

Red-throated Diver 1 on sea

Great Crested Grebe 4 on sea
Fulmar 1

Peregrine 2
Curlew 2W, 1E
Lapwing 1 Top Fields

Common Crane 2 adults ex. flying over top fields and then south over Belle Tout
Common Gull c.80
Skylark c.150
Song Thrush 10
Redwing 5
Long-tailed Tit 6
Linnet 3
Goldfinch 2

Raven 2

Seven Sisters from Birling Gap

Adult Common Gull over the Top Fields

Skylarks over the Top Fields

Lapwing over the Top Fields

Common Cranes over Beachy Head

Doreen and myself decided to walk into Whitbread Hollow,checking the mist-net runs for Woodcock or Water Rail, then walk into Cow Gap and down into the Gully and onto the beach, my first time into the Hollow since my transplant. Not to many bushes with berries and therefore no Waxwings and in fact very few birds seen during our walk:

Kestrel 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

Rock Pipit 1 Cow Gap beach.

Blackbird 8

Goldcrest 1

Long Tailed Tit 5

Jay 1

Raven 2 heading towards Holywell.

View from Holywell towards Langney Point.

Whitbread Hollow.

Long Tailed Tit at the start of Foyles Way.

It must be Christmas!!!

10th December, 2010 Beachy Head

RDME covered Birling and up to Belle Tout Lighthouse and back:

Long Tailed Tit 6

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

Common Gulls 100 in fields.

5th December 2010 Beachy Head NW1

Little Egret 1

Fulmar 1-2

Pheasant c.25

Red-legged Partridge 2

Herring Gull c.50

Scandinavian Herring Gull 3 adults Top Fields

Lesser Black-backed Gull c.10

Common Snipe 1

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

Skylark 5

Rock Pipit 3
Long-tailed Tit 8

House Sparrow 15

Chaffinch c.12

Linnet 10

Hare 2

Adult Scandinavian Herring Gull L.a. argentatus in the Top Fields

First-winter Common Gull in the Top Fields