Saturday 20 July 2013

20th July 2013 Beachy NE4 Clear

Fulmar 6+
Gannet 160 (with a feeding flock of 100 off Birling)
Little Egret 1 E
Tufted Duck 1 E
Common Scoter 33 E
Oystercatcher 4 W
Sanderling 4 W
Curlew 1 W
Mediterranean Gull 9 chiefly W
Sandwich Tern 3
Swift 5
Sand Martin 11
Swallow 15
Grey Wagtail 1 E
Corn Bunting 2 singing
 

Cliff fall at Birling Gap
The most impressive sight of the day was the huge cliff fall that has taken place within a few hundred meters of the steps at Birling Gap. A person stood on the fallen chalk (right hand end) puts some scale into the amount and height of the fallen chalk that completely covers the beach - hopefully nobody is beneath it!