Saturday, 22 March 2003

22nd March 2003 Beachy 6.45am – 12.30pm. Newhaven 12.45pm – 1.15pm. Cold with moderate ENE wind. Clear and sunny

Red-throated Diver c.7E
Little Grebe c.2 Cuckmere
Fulmar c.5
Gannet 3E adults
Cormorant 1E adult
Little Egret 1 Cuckmere
Grey Heron 1W
Mallard 1 Cuckmere drake
Shoveler 8E 4 drake, 4 duck
Wigeon c.30 Cuckmere
Scoter 2E 1 1st-w drake with well-marked white belly
Kestrel 1
Peregrine 1 Beachy, 1 Newhaven
Oystercatcher 1 Cow Gap Beach
Green Sandpiper 1 Cuckmere by bridge just south of Drusillas
Black-headed Gull c.200 Newhaven
Common Gull c.350 Newhaven
Herring Gull c.50 Newhaven
Lesser Black-backed Gull c.20 Newhaven
Great Black-backed Gull c.10 Birling
Green Woodpecker 1
Skylark 5
Rock Pipit 2
Meadow Pipit c.5
Pied Wagtail c.5
Wheatear 1 male
Stonechat c.5
Song Thrush 1
Mistle Thrush 1 Burgess Hill
Chiffchaff 2
Goldcrest 1
Jay 1
Rook c.50
Carrion Crow c.8
Raven 2 flew east over Belle Toute calling
House Sparrow c.8
Goldfinch 2
Reed Bunting 1 Newhaven
Corn Bunting 3