Friday 21 April 2000

21st April 2000 Beachy 6.15am - 12.30pm. Sunny but with strong southerly wind


Diver sp. 1
Great Crested Grebe 1
Manx Shearwater 1 ex. close moving East
Gannet c.50 all moving west and virtually all adults.
Common Scoter c.10
Red-breasted Merganser 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 2
Whimbrel 1
Arctic Skua 3
Great Skua 3
Kittiwake c.100
Sandwich Tern c.20
Commic Tern c.10
Auk sp.1
Green Woodpecker 1
Swallow c.10
Yellow Wagtail 1
Nightingale 1 taped into view - superb.
Redstart 1 male
Wheatear 1
Subalpine Warbler 1 ex. first-year male Chat Vale - hopping around on ground most of the time.
Whitethroat c.8
Blackcap c.3
Willow Warbler c.5
Long-tailed Tit 2
Yellowhammer 1
Corn Bunting 1