Saturday 15 February 2003

15th February 2003 Barcombe 8.15am – 9.15am, Bulverhythe Beach and Playing Fields 10.00am – 11.30am, Coombe Haven 11.45 – 1.00pm, Newhaven 2.00 – 3.00pm, Rodmell 3.30pm – 4.15pm. Sunny at dawn with sharp frost becoming cloudy with moderate cold Easterly wind

Great Crested Grebe 2E Bulverhythe Beach
Cormorant 1 adult E Bulverhythe Beach
Mute Swan c.30 Rodmell
European White-fronted Goose 1 Bulverhythe Recreation Pitches then in flight north over Pebsham tip. Pink bill. Very approachable appearing a tired migrant recalling those at other sites in previous few days.
Shelduck 1 Rodmell
Pintail 2 drakes Newhaven
Sparrowhawk 1 Barcombe
Pheasant 1 Barcombe
Moorhen 2
Oystercatcher c.10 Bulverhythe Beach
Ringed Plover c.5 Bulverhythe Beach
Grey Plover 1 Bulverhythe Beach
Golden Plover c.5 Rodmell
Lapwing c.200 Rodmell
Sanderling 1 Bulverhythe Beach
Purple Sandpiper 2 Bulverhythe Beach. Legs set back, neatly decurved bill, Scaps pale-fringed.
Turnstone c.10
Green Sandpiper 1 Rodmell. Flight call a loud ‘tulip’
Snipe c.15 Coombe Haven
Black-headed Gull c.200 Newhaven
Common Gull c.300 Newhaven
Herring Gull c.25 Bulverhythe, c.1,000 Pebsham Tip, c.50 Newhaven
Yellow-legged Gull 1 adult (michahellis) Newhaven. Upperparts slightly darker than argenteus Herring Gulls. Legs bright yellow. Head white, small eye. Bill yellow with red spot towards tip of lower mandible and restricted dark mark. Primaries showed large area of white at tip including on underside. Steep forehead.  
Lesser Black-backed Gull c.50 Newhaven
Great Black-backed Gull c.25 Newhaven
Guillemot 1 on sea off Bulverhythe Beach
Collared Dove 2
Meadow Pipit c.5 Bulverhythe
Pied Wagtail c.5
Wren c.2
Robin c.2
Song Thrush c.5
Redwing c.10
Fieldfare c.5
Goldcrest 1 Barcombe 1 Burgess Hill
Long-tailed Tit c.2
Bearded Tit 3 (2 superb males both ringed) reedy ditch at Bulverhythe Playing Field
Magpie c.10
Rook 1 Rodmell
Chaffinch 2
Goldfinch c.6 Coombe Haven
Reed Bunting c.3
Yellowhammer 1 male Barcombe