Monday 21 April 2003

21st April 2003 Beachy 6.00am – 3.15pm. Light SE becoming SW. Warm and sunny

Red-throated Diver c.6E
Black-throated Diver 1E distant bird but white on scapulars visible – however, looked large.
Fulmar c.15
Manx Shearwater 1E
Gannet c.75E
Canada Goose 2 flew in off
Brent Geese c.100E
Shelduck 3E
Gadwall 1E
Eider c.25E
Scoter c.1000E
Velvet Scoter c.35E
Merganser c.8E
Kestrel c.2
Peregrine 3 vocalising in air together over Birling
Pheasant c.3
Oystercatcher h
Curlew 1E
Whimbrel 2E
Bonxie c.6E
Pomarine Skua 14E all close with pale and dark morphs seen. Excellent.
Arctic Skua c.30E
Black-headed Gull c.20E
Common Gull c.20E
Mediterranean Gull 5E (4 adults and 1 1st-w)
Little Gull 150E (counted) mainly adults with odd 1st-w and 2nd-w
Little Tern c.5E
Sandwich Tern c.350E
Commic Tern c.200E
Black Tern 2E
Auk sp. c.15
Wryneck 1 bottom of lane at Birling – different bird to 18/4 – throat paler-yellow with fine barring
Skylark c.8
Sand Martin 1
Swallow c.10
Pied Wagtail c.3
Yellow Wagtail 1
Redstart 1 male
Wheatear 3
Stonechat c.4
Mistle Thrush 1 Cow Gap, 1 Burgess Hill
Blackcap 1 + 2h
Willow Warbler 1h
Chiffchaff c.3h
Linnet c.20
Goldfinch c.4