31/1/99 Elmley RSPB 7.45am - 11.00am, Capel Fleet 11.30am - 3.00pm. Sunny and calm. Early morning frost but then warm !

Little Grebe 1

Cormorant c.5
Little Egret 2
Grey Heron c.3
Mute Swan c.20
Bean Goose 1 probable - seen briefly then facing away before flushed. Very dark headed.
White-fronted Goose c.600
Greylag Goose c.80
Canada Goose c.20
Barnacle Goose c.40
Brent Goose c.350
Shelduck c.50
Wigeon c.2000
Gadwall c.10
Teal c.500
Mallard c.150
Pintail c.20
Shoveler c.20
Pochard c.50
Tufted Duck c.5
Goldeneye 1 drake on Swale
Marsh Harrier c.5
Hen Harrier c.3 including 1 male on walk to Reserve
Sparrowhawk c.3
Kestrel c.5
Grey Partridge c.15
Coot c.20
Oystercatcher c.10
Avocet c.20
Ringed Plover c.10
Golden Plover c.2000
Grey Plover c.5
Lapwing c.10000
Dunlin c.15
Snipe 1
Black-tailed Godwit 1
Curlew c.250
Spotted Redshank 1
Redshank c.50
Turnstone c.2
Black-headed Gull c.10
Common Gull c.100
Herring Gull c.15
Great Black-backed Gull c.5
Stock Dove c.10
Woodpigeon c.50
Collared Dove c.2
Little Owl 1
Green Woodpecker c.3
Skylark c.10
Meadow Pipit c.6
Pied Wagtail c.5
Dunnock c.5
Robin c.2
Blackbird c.5
Fieldfare c.10
Redwing c.2
Chiffchaff 1
Goldfinch c.6
Reed Bunting c.10
Corn Bunting c.6

30/1/99 Ovingdean (O)10.30 - 11.00am. Crumbles 1pm.

Red-throated Diver 1 oiled

Fulmar 1 Birling Gap
Cattle Egret 1
Little Egret 1 Cuckmere
Grey Heron 2 Pevensey
Red-breasted Merganser 4
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1
Linnet 2

28/1/99 Ovingdean 12.30

Cattle Egret 1

24/1/99 Burgess Hill

Painted Lady Butterfly 1 !

9/1/99 Rye Harbour, North Point GP, Scotney GP and Dungeness ARC Pit.

Great Northern Diver 1 Scotney

Little Grebe c.5
Great Crested Grebe 2
Red-necked Grebe 1 Scotney
Bewick’s Swan c.80 Scotney
Wigeon c.60
Gadwall 1
Teal c.100
Shoveler c.6
Pochard c.200
Tufted Duck c.10
Goldeneye c.3
Smew 9 redheads Northpoint
Ruddy Duck c.6
Hen Harrier 1 ringtail
Sparrowhawk 1
Sanderling 2
Barn Owl 1 Rye
Green Woodpecker 1
Shore Lark 1
Chiffchaff h Rye

5/1/99 Burgess Hill.

Long-tailed Tit c.5

4/1/99 Southwold 11.30am - 3.30pm. Sunny and calm but cold.

No sign of reported Brunnich’s Guillemot.

Red-throated Diver c.650N in less than an hour

Black-throated Diver 1 on sea
Slavonian Grebe 2 on sea
Canada Goose 1
Scoter c.250
Iceland Gull 1 first-winter following trawler
Kittiwake c.500
Guillemot c.5
Pied Wagtail 2

3/1/99 Burgess Hill. Very windy with rain in morning

Coal Tit 1

Nuthatch h

2/1/99 Burgess Hill. Windy with some early rain.

Dunnock 2
Blue Tit c.3
Great Tit c.2
Nuthatch h
Treecreeper 1

1st January 1999 Isle of Sheppey. Very mild c.10 C sunny with fresh southerly wind. Shellness Point, Capel Fleet and Harty Ferry. All day.

Great Northern Diver 2
Little Grebe 1
Great Crested Grebe c.10
Cormorant 1
Little Egret 2+
Grey Heron c.4
Mute Swan c.10
Greylag Goose c.30
Brent Goose c.500
Shelduck c.50
Mallard c.15
Red-breasted Merganser c.3
Marsh Harrier c.3 incl. 1 male
Hen Harrier c.5
Rough-legged Buzzard 1 ex.
Kestrel c.3
Merlin 2
Pheasant c.10 incl 1 albino
Moorhen 2
Coot 1
Oystercatcher c.500
Ringed Plover c.5
Golden Plover c.2000
Grey Plover c.80
Lapwing c.5000
Knot c.75
Dunlin c.50
Bar-tailed Godwit c.50
Curlew c.25
Redshank c.15
Turnstone c.15
Black-headed Gull c.30
Common Gull c.30
Herring Gull c.20
Great Black-backed Gull c.5
Razorbill 1
Stock Dove c.2
Woodpigeon c.25
Collared Dove c.5
Skylark c.10
Meadow Pipit c.10
Rock Pipit 2
Wren 2
Robin 2
Blackbird c.10
Fieldfare c.80
Redwing 2
Mistle Thrush 1
Magpie c.10
Jackdaw 2
Rook c.10
Carrion Crow c.10
Starling c.50
House Sparrow c.5
Chaffinch 2
Greenfinch 3
Reed Bunting c.10
Corn Bunting 1