23rd March 2003 Beachy 6.10am – 1.30pm. Clear and sunny with cold E wind. Spent virtually all our time sea-watching

Red-throated Diver c.20E

Great Crested Grebe 2E
Fulmar c.10
Gannet c.15E
Cormorant 1E
Grey Heron 1E
Brent Geese c.2,270E
Shelduck c.6E
Mandarin 1 drake along Cuckmere road – right wing clipped so couldn’t fly
Gadwall 6E
Pintail 13E
Shoveler c.10E
Wigeon c.20 Cuckmere
Teal c.15E
Scoter c.500E
Velvet Scoter 3E
Merganser 3E
Peregrine 1
Red-legged Partridge 3 Ditchling Beacon
Oystercatcher 1E
Avocet 5 briefly on beach before flying E
Curlew c.6E
Black-headed Gull c.20E
Common Gull c.70
Kittiwake c.15E
Sandwich Tern 2E
Auk sp. 2E
Guillemot 1 sat close on sea
Collared Dove 2
Skylark c.3
Rock Pipit c.2
Meadow Pipit c.10
Alba Wagtail c.5
Stonechat c.4
Chiffchaff 3 plus 1 Burgess Hill
Goldfinch 1
Greenfinch 1