9th March 2002 Beachy 7.15am - 12.15pm. Brief sea-watch followed by walk around Belle Toute area then cow Gap and Hollow. Calm and sunny at dawn becoming very strong W Force 6 and cloudy

Fulmar 1

Cormorant 2W and 4E
Little Egret 2 Upper Cuckmere chasing one another in flight
Grey Heron 1 roadside
Canada Goose c.15 Cuckmere including 2 resembling Lesser
Brent Goose c.15E
Mallard 2 Cuckmere
Wigeon c.20 Cuckmere
Teal c.15 Cuckmere
Kestrel 1
Peregrine 2
Pheasant c.8
Oystercatcher h
Black-headed Gull c.50 including a single V formation of c.20 moving E
Common Gull c.50 mainly adults
Herring Gull c.35 including mainly adults but a single 3^rd-w. and a few 1^st-w.
Stock Dove 1
Wood Pigeon c.5
Green Woodpecker 1
Skylark c.20 with many singing. No passage.
Rock Pipit c.3 petrosus
Meadow Pipit c.15 but only a couple seen possibly moving
alba Wagtail sp. 2 heard moving over but failed to see them against blue skies
Wren 2
Dunnock c.12 with a few singing
Robin c.3
Stonechat 2
Redwing 7 - calling bird in bushes just west of Belle Toute attracted down a flock of 6 from the North which briefly landed in trees before departing to the west.
Mistle Thrush 3 rides above Hollow
Blackbird c.5
Great Tit c.3
Long-tailed Tit 1 Cow Gap with probable second bird heard alongside it
Magpie c.8
Jackdaw c.30
Rook c.5
Carrion Crow c.15
Starling c.10
House Sparrow c.6
Chaffinch c.8
Linnet 2
Goldfinch 8
Greenfinch 1
Corn Bunting 1 plus 1h - both in song