Monday 31 August 1998

31/8/98 Beachy Head. Light southeasterly and sunny.


Gannet 15
Quail 1 flushed from slope leading down to Cow Gap
House Martin 5
Meadow Pipit 4
Tree Pipit 1
Yellow Wagtail 4
Redstart 4
Stonechat 8
Wheatear 3
Grasshopper Warbler 1 White House willowherb patch
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 2
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Whitethroat 30
Willow Warbler 5

Sunday 30 August 1998

30/8/98 Beachy Head. Calm and overcast.


Sparrowhawk 1
House Martin 20
Meadow Pipit 1
Yellow Wagtail 2
Robin 8
Redstart 6
Stonechat 8
Wheatear 4
Sedge Warbler 2
Reed Warbler 2
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Whitethroat 20
Blackcap 3
Willow Warbler 20
Spotted Flycatcher 6

Sunday 23 August 1998

23/8/98 Beachy Head 6.30a.m. - 11.00a.m. Overcast eventually with rain NW breeze.


Sparrowhawk 2
Swift 1
Tree Pipit 3
Yellow Wagtail c.13
Grey Wagtail 3
Redstart 1
Whinchat 2
Stonechat c.10
Wheatear 2
Grasshopper Warbler 1 in hand. Grey individual.
Reed Warbler c.5
Lesser Whitethroat c.10
Whitethroat c.15
Garden Warbler c.3
Blackcap c.5
Willow Warbler c.50
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Long-tailed Tit c.6

Saturday 22 August 1998

22/8/98 Beachy Head 6.30a.m. - 11.00a.m. Sunny with light NW wind.


Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Swift 2
Swallow 2
House Martin c.5
Tree Pipit 12
Rock Pipit 1
Nightingale 1 in hand
Whinchat 1
Stonechat c.10
Wheatear 6
Sedge Warbler 2
Lesser Whitethroat c.30
Whitethroat c.20
Blackcap c.3
Willow Warbler c.40
Spotted Flycatcher 1

Monday 17 August 1998

17/8/98 Lizard 9.30a.m. - 10.30a.m., Portland 3.00p.m. - 4.00p.m.

Manx Shearwater 2 Lizard
Rock Pipit 2 Lizard
Long-tailed Rosefinch 1st year male Portland

Sunday 16 August 1998

16/8/98 Scillonian Pelagic Trip 5a.m. to 10p.m. Sunny and calm.

Fulmar c.100
Great Shearwater c.10
Sooty Shearwater c.3
Manx Shearwater c.3
Balearic Shearwater 1
WILSON'S STORM PETREL 1 - 3 ex
Storm Petrel c.250
Gannet c.150
Great Skua c.10
Sabine's Gull 4 adults
Kittiwake c.3

Saturday 15 August 1998

15/8/98 Pendeen 6a.m. - 7 a.m. Cape Cornwall to Sennen to 2p.m. Sunny and calm

Manx Shearwater 2
Shag c.10
Stonechat c.10
Raven 2

Saturday 8 August 1998

8/8/98 Beachy Head 6a.m. - 10a.m. Calm and hot

Swift c.50
Nightingale 3h
Sedge Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 6
Whitethroat 4
Blackcap 1

Friday 7 August 1998

7/8/98 Pett 6.30 - 7.00pm, Rye 7.30 - 9.00pm. Calm and sunny

Little Grebe c.12
Black-necked Grebe 1 partial summer plumage
Little Stint 2 Pett
Dunlin c.50 Pett
Black-tailed Godwit c.10
Common Sandpiper 2
Wheatear c.4