Sunday 4 May 2003

4th May 2003 Beachy 5.30am – 11.50am. Clear with light SSE wind


Black-throated Diver 1E
Red-throated Diver 1E
Fulmar c.15
Gannet c.15
Brent Goose 1E
Eider c.8E
Scoter c.50E
Velvet Scoter 2E
Sparrowhawk 2 flew east along cliff-edge
Grey Plover 2E
Pomarine Skua 5 - 6E a party of 3 sat on the water and occasionally flying east followed by 2 behaving similarly with a third bird almost certainly a Pom without a tail
Arctic Skua c.3E
Sandwich Tern c.30E
Commic Tern c.100E
Black Tern c.5E
Auk sp. C.10E
Swift c.1
Swallow c.15
House Martin c.5
White Wagtail 1 male on Birling lawns. Black crown contrasting with grey mantle.
Stonechat c.4
Whitethroat c.15
Chiffchaff h
House Sparrow c.10
Linnet c.8
Corn Bunting 1