Saturday 23 February 2002

23rd February 2002 Beachy Head 9.30am - 10.45. Birling Gap Lane and Belle Toute area. Medium westerly wind but mild

Fulmar 1
Cormorant 1
Grey Heron 1 Cuckmere
Mute Swan 1 Cuckmere
Canada Goose 2 ‘Lesser’ Canada Geese at Charleston. Slightly smaller than normal Canada Goose appearing shorter and straighter-necked, lacking obvious white breast. White chinstrap smaller than typical form. Black neck-sock shorter becoming brown-tinged at lower edge. Perhaps slightly greyer-mantled than typical form.
Canada Goose c.35 Cuckmere
Wigeon c.25 Cuckmere
Teal c.20 Cuckmere
Kestrel 1 roadside
Black-headed Gull c.75 including a few in first-winter plumage and the odd adult beginning to attain s/p.
Common Gull c.100 mainly adult w/p with a few 1st-w individuals seen
Green Woodpecker 1 Cuckmere
Skylark 1
Rock Pipit 1
alba Wagtail 1 flew high west over Birling - first migrant of the year perhaps?
Dunnock 2
Robin 1
Stonechat 1
Song Thrush 3
Blackbird 2
Blue Tit 1
Jackdaw c.10
Rook c.30
Carrion Crow c.2
House Sparrow c.6
Chaffinch c.10
Goldfinch c.5
Greenfinch 2