11th June Beachy 2005 Sunny and calm 6.30am – 10.00am, Dungeness & Chailey Common

Heron 1

Little Owl 1 dead Cow Gap – only head found
Swift 12W
Whitethroat c.10

Dungeness 11.30am – 1.00pm

Barnacle Goose c.5
Greylag Goose c.65 Scotney
Hobby 1 Camber
Ringed Plover 1
Wheatear c.5 including juv’s being fed
Trumpeter Finch 1 1s male

Chailey Common 8.45pm – 9.15pm

Barn Owl 1 near Ditchling Common
Nightjar 1 ex. views of a displaying male

Trumpeter Finch at Dungeness (John Malloy)

5th June 2005 Beachy Overcast SW2-3

Gannet 3W, 14E

Scoter 27
Peregrine 2
Sandwich Tern 8W, 4E
Auk sp. 1W
Swift 7
Cuckoo 1
Blackcap 1
Firecrest 1

4th June Beachy Overcast SW4-5

Great Crested Grebe 1W

Gannet 18E
Manx Shearwater 2
Scoter 60E
Sandwich Tern 5
Arctic Skua 1
Bonxie 1
Swift 5
Swallow 10
House Martin 2
Cuckoo 1

30th May 2005 Beachy 6.30am – 12.00pm. Overcast, calm

Heron 1

Common Buzzard 1E Beachy Head Hotel
Peregrine 2
Collared Dove 2
Swift 40
House Martin 3
Red-rumped Swallow 1 ex. found over 'corner field' at Birling before it departed west
Swallow 15
Black Redstart 1
Whitethroat 2
Yellowhammer 1

29th May 2005 Beachy 6.30am – 12.00pm. Calm and Sunny

Great Crested Grebe 1W

Commic Tern 7W
Sandwich Tern 2
Arctic Skua 3
Swift 100
House Martin 2
Swallow 2
Whitethroat 4
Firecrest 1 singing Old Trapping Area
Yellowhammer 1

28th May 2005 Shoreham by Sea 6.30am – 8.00am, Southease 8.30am – 10.30am. Overcast with cold strong west wind

Hobby 1 Southease
Gull-billed Tern 1 2-s with noticeable contrast between dark-washed outer primaries and whiter inner primaries

Gull-billed Tern at Shoreham (Paul Norris)

26th May 2005 Shoreham

Bee-eater 2 ex.

Bee-eaters at Shoreham (Tim Corke)