Sunday 13 April 2014

13th April 2014 Beachy W1 Overcast soon clearing

Tawny Owl h
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 drumming
Swallow 10
White Wagtail 1 female
Wheatear 3
Redstart 2 males
Blackcap 5
Lesser Whitethroat 2h singing
Willow Warbler 45
Chiffchaff 5
Raven 1

Brimstone 4
Peacock 5
Small Tortoiseshell c.15
Speckled Wood 3
Large White 2
Small White 2
Small Copper 3
 
Willow Warbler in Chat Vale
the initial overcast conditions were presumably responsible for grounding a small fall and many were in song as they quickly made their way inland



Female White Wagtail at Birling
what now feels like quite a prolonged spell of grounded alba although not in the numbers being experienced in the northwest where in excess of 100 were counted on a single beach on the Wirral late last week
 

Male Wheatear at Birling
 
Small Copper at Chat Vale