29th August 2005 Beachy 6.00am Calm and clear

Merganser 1 female on rocks off Hollow

Sparrowhawk 6
Hobby 1
Turtle Dove 1
Swift 2
Sand Martin 3
Wheatear 1
Whinchat 10
Yellow Wagtail 52
Grey Wagtail 3
Tree Pipit 2
Reed Warbler 1
Whitethroat 3
Lesser Whitethroat 6
Blackcap 1
Willow Warbler 4
Spotted Flycatcher 12

28th August 2005 Beachy Calm and clear

Little Egret 1

Heron 1
Common Buzzard 2
Osprey 1S 11.40
Sparrowhawk 2
Swift 15
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Swallow 115 (55E, 60)
House Martin 320
Sand Martin 24
Redstart 3
Whinchat 20
Wheatear 4
Grey Wagtail 1, 1W
Yellow Wagtail 25 (14W, 8E, 2N, 1)
Tree Pipit 7
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 4
Sedge Warbler 6
Whitethroat 54
Lesser Whitethroat 3
Blackcap 10
Garden Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 11
Chiffchaff 2
Spotted Flycatcher 12

27th August 2005 Beachy SW2 Overcast

Little Egret 2

Sparrowhawk 2
Swift 2
Swallow 10
Sand Martin 8
Redstart 1
Whinchat 3
Wheatear 5
Yellow Wagtail 13
Tree Pipit 4
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Whitethroat 12
Willow Warbler 2
Chiffchaff 2
Spotted Flycatcher 3

21st August 2005 Beachy NW2 Overcast

Little Egret 1

Heron 1
Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 4
Tawny Owl 1 Litlington
Sandwich Tern 5W
Swift 1
Swallow 60
House Martin 10
Sand Martin 5
Whinchat 4
Wheatear 25
Redstart 1
Rock Pipit 4
Tree Pipit 5
Meadow Pipit 5
Yellow Wagtail 73 (34W, 37E, 2)
Grasshopper Warbler 3
Reed Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 1
Garden Warbler 1
Blackcap 1 male
Whitethroat 48
Lesser Whitethroat 11
Willow Warbler 9

20th August 2005 Beachy NW3-4 Overcast

Little Egret 1

Marsh Harrier 1 female
Peregrine 1
Kestrel 5
Tawny Owl 1 Litlington
Commic Tern 10W
Sandwich Tern 5
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1h, 1
Swift 2
Swallow 20
House Martin 14E, 10
Wheatear 12
Whinchat 3
Yellow Wagtail 26
Tree Pipit 1h, 1
Meadow Pipit 5
Grasshopper Warbler 4
Reed Warbler 2
Whitethroat 19
Lesser Whitethroat 5
Willow Warbler 11
Spotted Flycatcher 2
Pied Flycatcher 1
Long-tailed Tit 6
Linnet 2E, 14W, 50
Goldfinch 3

17th August 2005 Beachy 12.30pm – 2pm Calm

Stone Curlew 1 ex. seen in flight and on the ground in the field opposite Belle Toute Wood

Swallow 20
Sand Martin 2
Wheatear 1
Sedge Warbler 1

13th August 2005 Beachy Calm and clear

Grey Heron 1 in off sea from SE

Balearic Shearwater 1W at 12.30 off Birling
Peregrine 3 including a juv. female
Arctic Skua 2 (one west and one lingering)
Great Spotted Woodpecker 5
Swift 2
House Martin 4
Sand Martin 2
Swallow 23
Whinchat 1
Wheatear 3
Redstart 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Yellow Wagtail 7
Tree Pipit 3
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 6
Garden Warbler 2
Whitethroat 22
Willow Warbler 18
Chiffchaff 1
Reed Bunting 1 male dropped into Chat Vale
Raven 1

7th August 2005 Beachy. Cold, clear N3

Gannet 35

Little Egret 2
Red-breasted Merganser 1 sat on rocks off Hollow
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 3
Collared Dove 1W
Swift 160 mainly S
Swallow 30
Sand Martin 7
Pied Wagtail 3
Wheatear 10 plus 1 dead on road
Sedge Warbler 4
Reed Warbler 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Whitethroat 29
Garden Warbler 1
Chiffchaff 2
Willow Warbler 31
Raven 2

6th August 2005 Beachy 5.45am Clear and calm

Gannet 30

Little Egret 3 including 2E
Shelduck 7E
Snipe 1W
Dunlin 1
Swift 33 including 5W
Swallow 35
Sand Martin 1
Wheatear 6
Tree Pipit 1
Sedge Warbler 7
Garden Warbler 3
Blackcap 1
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Whitethroat 20
Willow Warbler 78
Wood Warbler 3 (1 Old Trapping Area, 2 together Cliff Path)
Yellowhammer 1 juv. Chat Vale
Raven 3

5th August 2005 Ditchling Beacon 6.00pm – 9.00pm

Buzzard 1

Cuckoo 1 juv. with 2 Meadow Pipits
Wheatear 2

4th August 2005 Old Lodge, Ashdown Forest 6.30pm – 9.30pm

Hobby 1

Nightjar 1
Redstart 1
Woodlark 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler 2

3rd August 2005 Ditchling Beacon 6.00pm – 9.00pm

Heron 1 west at c.500m