23rd January, 2011 Beachy Head, Overcast N1

Sea Watch 07.45-09.15

Red Throated Diver 12 E & 8 W

Great Crested Grebe 1 W & 5 on the sea.

Fulmar 8

Gannet 120 feeding off shore

Cormorant 20 E & 2 W

Peregrine 1 male hunting over the sea and attacked a Fulmar.

Curlew 2

Kittiwake 15 W chiefly juvs.

Auk sp. 41 E & 60 W

Razorbill 442 E & 40 W

Other sightings:

Skylark 25

Raven 1

22nd January, 2011. Birling Gap

Sea-watched from 07.45-09.15, Overcast cold with N2 wind:

Red-throated Diver 5E, 1 on sea
Great Crested Grebe 1E, 1W, 2 on sea
Fulmar c.8
Gannet 10E, 5W, c.40 on sea
Cormorant 7W
Teal 3E
Razorbill 296E, 210W, 5 on sea
Guillemot 3E, 3W
Auk sp. 50E, 20W
Lesser Black-backed Gull 3 adult intermedius
Greater Black-backed Gull c.100
Common Gull c.800
Black-headed Gull 35W, c.30 on beach
Kittiwake 4E, 5W
Curlew 1E, 2W

Greater Black Back, Common & Black Headed Gulls on the beach.

2 Adults & 1 1st W. Greater Black Back Gulls.

1st W Greater Black Back Gull.

Greater Black-backed Gulls at Birling

Great Crested Grebes off Birling

19 January, 2011 Beachy Head. Sunny with frost Light winds.

Went with Doreen and did a 90 minute sea-watch, we then walked the area from Birling to B/T lighthouse onto the wood and walked the field opposite. Also visited Shooters Bottom, Old Trapping Area & Hotel Garden. Again no sign of any Dartfords above B/T wood or in Shooters Bottom and no sign of any Black Redstarts or the Tawny Owls.

Red Throated Diver 5 (4 W & 1 on sea)

Great Crested Grebe 1 on sea

Fulmar 7

Gannet 60+ feeding off Birling

Cormorant 31 W

Common Gull 800+ off Birling

Kittiwake 25 W

Auks c500 of which 70 were i/d as Razorbills, 300 on the sea & 130 W.

Skylark 40 in usual field

Peacock Butterfly 1 in fine sunshine flying around the gorse above B/T wood.

15th January, 2011 Beachy Head Overcast cold SW6-8

RDME sea-watched between 08.00-09.00 from Birling and recorded the following:

Diver sp. 19 E (probably all Red Throats)

Gannet 4 E & 20 W

Brent Geese 5 E

Auk sp. 1

9th January 2010 Birling Gap 8am - 9am W2-3 Sunny

Red-throated Diver 2E, 4W

Gannet 11E, 11W

Fulmar 1E, 2W

Cormorant 1E, 5W

Common Gull c.50

Kittiwake 2E, 12W

Razorbill 22W

Auk sp. 1E, 18W

Red-legged Partridge 1

Curlew 1W

Starling c.250

Skylark 2W, 50

Meadow Pipit 3

House Sparrow 15

Goldfinch 5

Linnet 2

Jackdaw at Belle Tout

Common Gulls on Birling Gap beach

8th January 2011 Birling Gap SW6 8am - 10am Overcast with some rain

Diver sp. 2W
Cormorant 2W
Gannet 40E, 52W
Fulmar 12E, 12W, 4 sat on sea
Brent 10E
Common Gull c.75
Kittiwake 5E, 40W
Bonxie 1E at 8.45am
Auk sp. 1E, 1W, 15 sat on sea
Guillemot 1W
Razorbill 1W
Oystercatcher 4E
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Skylark 50
Meadow Pipit 2
Long-tailed Tit 6
Goldfinch 5

Female Great Spotted Woodpecker in Belle Tout Wood

Long-tailed Tit in Belle Tout Wood

4th January,2011 Birling Gap Overcast cold SSW3

Doreen & myself did a sea-watch between 08.00-09.30. Very little Diver activity today maybe due to a change in the wind direction from North to South. We did not visit any other sites on the Headland and the following species were seen on the sea-watch:

Red Throated Diver 7 E & just 1 on the sea.

Fulmar 12 mainly moving W.

Gannet 52 E & 68 W (including 6 Juv's)

Cormorant 18 (including a flock of 11 high E)

Pintail 6 E (including 3 drakes)

Bonxie 1 E @ 09.10

Common Gull 400 in the fields near Birling (virtually all adults)

Kittiwake 14 E (including 4 Juv's).

Auk Sp. 12 E & 154 W

Guillemot 2 on the sea (both in summer plumage)

Razorbill 50 E (very close) & 7 W with 10 on sea. (virtually all were still in full winter plumage).

Rock Pipit 2 in the car park.