30th October,2010 Beachy Head, Clear WSW 3/4

Visited a number of sites on the Head with Doreen and we also met up with RJF, JWK, MK, RKH & RES. RDME was trapping in Whitbread Hollow. Birds ringed in brackets.

Merlin 1

Common Tern 1 (1st W) feeding close in off Birling.

Swallow 2

Black Redstart 1 male still at Birling Gap.

Blackbird 25

Redwing 2

Song Thrush (1 continental bird trapped)

Blackcap 3 (1)

Chiffchaff 1

Goldcrest 14+ (3)

Firecrest 4 all in Belle Tout wood.

Long Tailed Tit 5

Tree Creeper 1 Belle Tout wood

Raven 2

Goldfinch 60

Siskin 4

Lesser Redpoll 25 (15)

Brambling heard

Firecrests in Belle Tout wood.

Lesser Redpoll trapped Whitbread Hollow (Bob Edgar).

Wren in Shooters Bottom

29th October,2010 Beachy Head, Overcast S3-5

Went to Beachy with Doreen, Terry & Jill and did the usual sites on the Headland:

Sparrowhawk 1

Kestrel 1

Peregrine 1

Tawny Owl 2

Black Redstart 1 male at Birling

Blackbird 10

Chiffchaff 2

Goldcrest 16

Firecrest 4 (3 Belle Tout wood & 1 Birling).

Long Tailed Tit 6

Linnet 25

Firecrest in Belle Tout wood

Firecrest by the side of Belle Tout wood (Terry Cooper)

Tawny Owl

Tawny Owl (Terry Cooper)

Great Spotted Woodpecker trapped in the Hollow 24th Oct.(Bob Edgar)

Firecrest trapped in the Hollow on the 21st Oct. (Bob Edgar)

Sunrise from Whitbred Hollow on the 22nd Oct. (Bob Edgar)

28th October,2010. Beachy Head

RDME visited the Head and did the area from Birling Gap to Belle Tout in very windy conditions.

RHC did a brief sea-watch from Birling but saw very little.

Sparrowhawk 1

Raven 2

Redpoll 1

Chiffchaffs 2

Goldcrests 10

Long Tailed Tit 30 Belle Tout wood to Birling Gap.

26th October,2010 Beachy Head

Unfortunately, windy today and very little seen in the bushes and no diurnal migration. We met up with Bob and did a number of sites on the Headland:

Peregrine 1

Fieldfare 1

Goldcrest 15

Long Tailed Tit 15

Tree Creeper 1

Record shots of a Fieldfare in Shooters Bottom.

24th October,2010 Beachy Head, Clear NW 2-3

Doreen and myself did most of the Headland and met up with RKH, RES, SL, NG & GG.

Bob was ringing in the Hollow. The following is a combined list of species seen with birds ringed in brackets:

Kestrel 1

Peregrine 1

Stock Dove 13 NW

Woodpigeon 1,000 NW

Great Spotted Woodpecker 4 (1)

Swallow 16

Sand Martin 1W at Birling (SL)

Ring Ouzel 3 (1 female Shooters Bottom & 2 at Birling)

Blackbird 25

Fieldfare 6 W

Mistle Thrush 4 W

Song Thrush (1 continental bird trapped).

Blackcap 5 (3)

Chiffchaff 2 (1)

Goldcrest 2 (1)

Chaffinch 120 of which 100 moved W.

Brambling 7 W

Goldfinch 200

Siskin 5+

Linnet 100 W

Lesser Redpoll 90 (52)

Reed Bunting 1 departed high N.

Corn Bunting 1

Corn Bunting near Belle Tout wood.

Woodpigeons on the move

22nd October,2010 Beachy Head Clear NW 2

Doreen and myself covered most of the sites on the Head & Bob was ringing in the Hollow. Ringing numbers in brackets:

Sparrowhawk 1

Kestrel 1

Peregrine 1

Woodpigeon 600 SW

Collared Dove 1

Greater Spotted Woodpecker 1

Swallow 1

Robin 15

Black Redstart 1 at Birling

Blackbird 20

Redwing 5

Song Thrush 7 (2 continental birds trapped)

Chiffchaff 4 (1)

Goldcrest 5 (2)

Firecrest 1 (1)

Blue Tit 25

Jackdaw 60 W over the Hollow

Raven 1

Brambling 1

Siskin 1

Reed Bunting 1

Corn Bunting 1 Chat Vale & then departed high West (our first record since the 1st Aug.).

Black Redstart at Birling.

Goldcrest on Icky Ridge

Corn Bunting in Shooters Bottom

21st October,2010.Beachy Head ,Cold,bright NW2

RDME went ringing in Whitbread Hollow this morning and recorded the following with ringing numbers in brackets:

Common Buzzard 1

Wood Pigeon 100

Song Thrush (1 continental race trapped)

Blackcap 5 (4)

Chiffchaff 5 (3)

Firecrest 1 (1)

Goldcrest 2 (1)

Chaffinch 50

Goldfinch 60

Siskin 1