Friday 29 March 2002

29th March 2002 Beachy 6.15am - 2.45pm. Light SE breeze being clear blue skies and becoming warm


Red-throated Diver c.15E
Diver sp. c.10E
small Grebe sp. 1 on sea and then flew east. White trailing edge to secondaries and suggestion of white leading edge so probably Slavonian though white leading edge may have been a trick of the light.
Great Crested Grebe 1 ad. s. on sea
Fulmar c.15
Gannet c.2E
Cormorant c.2
Grey Heron 2 roadside
Brent Geese c.400E
Pintail c.6E
Shoveler c.20E
Teal c.8E
Pochard 1 probable female E
Scaup 1 fem E
Eider 3E
Scoter c.350E
Velvet Scoter c.16E
Red-breasted Merganser c.15E
Sparrowhawk 1 Burgess Hill
Peregrine 1
Pheasant c.6
Oystercatcher h
Avocet 5E
Black-headed Gull c.50E
Common Gull c.5
Herring Gull c.25
Lesser Black-backed Gull c.10 including both graellsii and intermedius
Great Black-backed Gull c.20
Kittiwake c.10
Sandwich Tern c.15E
Woodpigeon c.10
Green Woodpecker 1 + 1h
Skylark c.10 with many singing
Swallow 1 in off sea at Birling
Rock Pipit 2
Meadow Pipit c.12
Wren 1
Dunnock c.5
Robin c.3
Black Redstart 2 including an ad.m.
Wheatear c.10
Stonechat c.6
Song Thrush 2
Mistle Thrush 1
Blackcap h
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff c.10
Goldcrest 2
Great Tit c.5
Blue Tit 1
Magpie c.5
Jackdaw c.20
Rook c.5
Carrion Crow c.15
Raven 1 flew along Chat Vale and over cliff edge. Large size immediately apparent. Hackles clearly visible. Long wedge-shaped tail.
House Sparrow c.6
Chaffinch c.8
Linnet c.10 with some in song
Corn Bunting 1