Monday, 6 May 2002

6th May 2002 Beachy 6.45am - 12.30pm. Drizzle at dawn becoming dry but overcast with light E wind. Beachy 5.00pm - 7.30pm. High cloud with sunny spells with light ESE


Diver sp. c.3E
Fulmar c.20
Gannet c.8E
Little Egret 3E
Grey Heron 1E
Scoter c.15E
Kestrel 2
Grey Plover 5E s/p
Bar-tailed Godwit c.150E
Whimbrel c.5E
Pomarine Skua 19E largest pack being 10 including a fine dark-phase individual
Arctic Skua c.10E with some sat on the sea for long periods
Black-headed Gull c.10E
Little Gull 1E
Kittiwake c.50 including a couple of 1st-summer individuals
Sandwich Tern c.50E
Common Tern c.50E
Guillemot c.2 on sea
Auk sp. c.10E
Green Woodpecker h
Skylark c.5
House Martin 2
Meadow Pipit c.10
Yellow Wagtail 1h
Dunnock c.5
Stonechat c.4
Garden Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1h
Whitethroat c.25
Sedge Warbler 1 + 1h
Willow Warbler c.3
Yellowhammer 2
Corn Bunting 1