Sunday 10 March 2002

10th March 2002 Beachy 7.15am - 11.00am. Strong SW wind, cloudy and cold. Unpleasant. Sea-watch for c.30 minutes and walked Belle Toute area

Fulmar c.5
Gannet 3 ad. W
Cormorant 2E
Canada Geese c.15 Cuckmere
Shelduck 2 Cuckmere
Wigeon c.20 Cuckmere
Teal c.5 Cuckmere
Eider 1 fem E
Scoter 10E 2W
Peregrine 1
Black-headed Gull c.30
Common Gull c.5 including 3 1st-w.
Herring Gull c.100 many in newly sewn field
Yellow-legged Gull 1 ad. s. Cuckmere stood alongside Herring and LBBG’s. Mantle blue-grey and noticeably darker than Herring. Small amount of white seen on primaries when it flew briefly. Legs bright yellow.
Lesser Black-backed Gull c.15 graellsii stood in fields at Cuckmere - adults.
Great Black-backed Gull c.20 in fields at Cuckmere 3rd-w. and adults.
Kittiwake c.20E
Wood Pigeon 5
Green Woodpecker 1
Skylark 5 + others heard singing
Meadow Pipit 5 including 1 performing parachute display
Dunnock c.2 + a couple heard singing
Robin c.3
Great Tit c.5
Blue Tit c.3
Magpie c.2
Jackdaw c.50
Rook c.50
Carrion Crow c.15
Starling c.5
House Sparrow 3
Chaffinch c.5
Goldfinch 5
Corn Bunting h singing