28th April 2010 Rottingdean SE1-2 5.30am - 7.30am & Ditchling Beacon

Rottingdean
Red-throated Diver 2E
Shelduck 8E, 3W
Merganser 3E
Scoter 152E
Velvet Scoter 4E
Whimbrel 3E
Bar-tailed Godwit 124E
Mediterranean Gull 2E adult Summer
Sandwich Tern 49E
Commic Tern 1E
Arctic Skua 1E
Bonxie 2E

Ditchling Beacon
Grey Partridge 2
Red-legged Partridge c.10
Wheatear 1 male
Lesser Whitethroat h singing
Corn Bunting 2 singing
Yellowhammer 1

25th April 2010 Birling Gap & Beachy

Birling Gap Seawatch 5.30am - 8.00am & 9.20am - 12.20pm E1 becoming W3 Overcast with showers

Red-throated Diver 1E

Gannet 54E

Brent 171E

Shelduck 3E

Merganser 2E

Scoter 456E

Shoveler 2E

Auk sp. 4E

Bar-tailed Godwit 20E

Whimbrel 11E

Commic Tern 266E

Sandwich Tern 151E

Arctic Skua 27E

Bonxie 5E

Swallow 3 in off

Beachy Head

Tawny Owl 1 grey phase

Collared Dove 1

Swallow 1

Stonechat 6

Wheatear 2

Whitethroat 14

Lesser Whitethroat 2

Willow Warbler 1

Raven 2

Linnet 10

Goldfinch 10W

Tawny Owl in Belle Tout Wood

Charleston Reedbed

Reed Warbler 1

24th April 2010 Birling Gap & Beachy Head ESE1 Clear

Birling Gap Seawatch 6.00am - 11.00am

Red-throated Diver 2E

Black-throated Diver 3E ex.

Great Crested Grebe 1E, 1 on sea

Gannet 45E

Brent Geese 76E (including 2 leucistic and 1 with a white flank patch)

Canada Goose 4W, 2E

Shelduck 25E

Scoter 604E

Velvet Scoter 2E

Merganser 7E

Shoveler 5E

Pintail 2E

Auk sp. 23E

Whimbrel 51E

Curlew 1E

Bar-tailed Godwit 20E

Avocet 4E

Pomarine Skua 1E dark ex. (6.20am)

Arctic Skua 22E (4 pale, 18 dark)

Bonxie 6E

Black-headed Gull 27E

Little Gull 290E ex.

Mediterranean Gull 1E (1s)

Common Gull 35E

Sandwich Tern 320E

Arctic Tern 2+E

Commic Tern 1,504E

Little Tern 22E

Black Tern 3E

Yellow Wagtail 1 in off

Sand Martin 1 in off

Swallow 2 in off

Beachy Head

Buzzard 2

Swallow 4

Whitethroat h

Willow Warbler 4

Chiffchaff 1

Small Tortoiseshell 1

Brimstone 2 at Belle Tout Wood

Orangetip Butterfly 5 on drive home

Birling Gap Seawatch 5.00pm - 8.20pm

Red-throated Diver 3E

Diver sp. 5E

Manx Shearwater 12E at 8.05pm in a single flock. Ex.

Gannet 26E

Long-tailed Duck 1E drake s/p ex. at 6.48pm

Merganser 2E

Whimbrel 138E

Bar-tailed Godwit 1E

Grey Plover 2E

Sandwich Tern 121E

Commic Tern 296E

Common Gull c.50E

Mediterranean Gull 2 adult Summer in off the sea

Little Gull 22E

Arctic Skua 34E

Swallow 1 in off

23rd April 2010 Pulborough Brooks RSPB Reserve

Little Egret 3

Snow Goose 2 white morph

Mandarin 1 female

Pintail 3

Gadwall 1

Shoveler 5

Wigeon c.10

Teal c.25

Swift 6

Swallow c.20

House Martin 2

Sand Martin 2

Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing

Snow Geese at Pulborough Brooks RSPB

22nd April 2010 Burgess Hill

Stock Dove in back garden

21st April 2010 Birling Gap & Beachy Head

Birling Gap SE1 6.20pm - 7.05pm

Great Crested Grebe 1W

Gannet 2W

Scoter 4E

Arctic Skua 1E dark morph

Bonxie 1E

Sandwich Tern 9E

Whimbrel 28E

Beachy Head

Kestrel 1

Redstart 1 female west of Belle Tout Wood

Wheatear 1 male

Ring Ouzel 4 ex. (2 males and 1 female west of Belle Tout Wood and 1h in Chat Vale)

Whitethroat 1

Lesser Whitethroat h singing under Old Belle Tout Lighthouse

Linnet 9

Female Ring Ouzel at Belle Tout

Sunset over Seaford Head

20th April 2010 Arlington Reservoir

Bonaparte's Gull 1 adult Summer
Common Tern 2
Common Sandpiper 4
Swallow 20
House Martin 8
Blackcap 3h
Willow Warbler 2h
Reed Bunting 1 male

Adult summer Bonaparte's Gull at Arlington Reservoir

19th April 2010 Rottingdean 5.45am - 7.45am NE1

Gannet 4E, 1W
Little Egret 1 in off
Brent 22E
Canada Geese 3W
Shelduck 10E
Merganser 5E
Scoter 77E
Bonxie 7E
Little Gull 9E
Mediterranean Gull 1E adult summer
Sandwich Tern 15E
Commic Tern 17E
Common Tern 5E
Arctic Tern 2E
Curlew 1
Whimbrel 47E
Bar-tailed Godwit 1E
Common Sandpiper 1 on concrete sea defences
Swallow 1 in off
Yellow Wagtail 1 in off

18th April 2010 Birling Gap, Beachy Head & Arlington Reservoir

Birling Gap Seawatch 6.15am - 9.30am E1

Red-throated Diver 7E

Little Egret 1E

Gannet 8E

Brent 324E including a 'pale brown' leucistic individual

Shelduck 6E, 2W

Merganser 9E

Eider 7E

Scoter 451E

Teal 5

Merlin 1W female

Whimbrel 7E

Oystercatcher 6W

Black-headed Gull 24E

Mediterranean Gull 4E adults

Little Gull 146E

Arctic Skua 1E

Sandwich Tern 33E

Pomarine Skua 1E pale morph ex.

Swallow 7 in off

Willow Warbler 1 in off

Harbour Porpoise 3

Beachy Head

Nightingale 1 singing and glimpsed several times just west of Belle Tout

Wheatear 5

Stonechat 2

Common Redstart 1 male

Whitethroat 2

Blackcap 1 male

Willow Warbler 25

Arlington Reservoir

Buzzard 1

Little Ringed Plover 1

Bonaparte's Gull 1 adult Summer ex.

Little Gull 26

Swallow 5

Lesser Whitethroat h

17th April 2010 Birling Gap & Beachy Head

Birling Seawatch 6.15am - 9.15am NE1

Red-throated Diver 2E

Black-throated Diver 2E (1 close full s/p - ex.)

Great Crested Grebe 1E

Shag 2E adults

Brent 32E

Canada Goose 2W

Greylag Geese 4W

Merganser 22E

Scoter 36E

Pintail 1E

Teal 2E

Shoveler 6E

Whimbrel 40E

Bar-tailed Godwit 6E

Grey Plover 4E

Sandwich Tern 8E

Black-headed Gull 40E

Mediterranean Gull 6E adults

Bonxie 2E

Arctic Skua 1E dark morph

Skylark 2

Swallow 5 in off

Harbour Porpoise 1E

Beachy Head

Kestrel 1

Whimbrel 2 top fields

White Wagtail 1W plus 3 alba Wagtails north

Stonechat 5

Whitethroat 2 singing

Blackcap h

Chiffchaff h

Weasel 1

Small Tortoiseshell 4

Peacock 3

Small White 1

Male Whitethroat just east of Belle Tout Wood

Male Common Starling in Chat Vale

Birling Gap Hotel - due to close on Tuesday 20th April 2010

Two Whimbrel in the Top Fields

Cowslip at Beachy Head Top Fields

14th April 2010 Old Lodge

Woodcock 2 roding

Tree Pipit 1

Willow Warbler 2h

Chiffchaff 2h

Linnet 20

Siskin 1

13th April 2010 Chelwood Gate

Woodcock 1 roding

Pied Wagtail 13

Willow Warbler 3h

Chiffchaff h

Redpoll 20

12th April 2010 Ferring

Long-tailed Duck 1 drake attaining s/p

Drake Long-tailed Duck off Ferring Beach

11th April 2010 Birling Gap, Beachy & Pevensey

Birling Gap NE3 Overcast 6.15am - 8.30am

Gannet 5E, 14W

Scoter 92E

Merganser 4E

Shoveler 51E

Whimbrel 22E

Curlew h

Bar-tailed Godwit 2E

Mediterranean Gull 9E all adult Summer

Kittiwake 70E

Sandwich Tern 6E

Bonxie 1W

Auk sp. 13E, 6W

Beachy

Stonechat 6

Whitethroat 1

Chiffchaff 2

Raven 2-3

Pevensey Marshes

Gadwall 2

Marsh Harrier 1 adult male

Greenshank 1

Swallow 6

Tree Sparrow 5

Tree Sparrow on Pevensey Marshes

10th April 2010 Birling Gap & Beachy Head

Birling Gap Seawatch 6.15am - 8.15am ENE1 Clear

Red-throated Diver 1E, 2 on sea

Gannet 12

Mute Swan 4E then W

Canada Goose 1 on sea then flew west

Shelduck 5W

Red-breasted Merganser 18E

Scoter 132E

Shoveler 22E

Teal 9E

Gadwall 3E

Mallard 2E

Common Gull 250

Black-headed Gull 12E

Mediterranean Gull 2E (2nd-S & ad S)

Kittiwake 675E

Sandwich Tern 4E

Carrion Crow 1 in off

Beachy Head

Grey Heron 1

Kestrel 1

Peregrine 1

Stock Dove 1

Swallow 1

Pied Wagtail 1

White Wagtail 2 ex.

Stonechat 7

Wheatear 3

Black Redstart 1 female

Whitethroat 1 male

Blackcap 4

Chiffchaff 10

Willow Warbler 3

Long-tailed Tit 2 rides

Raven 2

Small White 4

Small Tortoiseshell 6

Peacock 3

Female Stonechat near Belle Tout Lighthouse

Male Stonechat near Belle Tout Lighthouse

Dunnock near Belle Tout Lighthouse

Kestrel at Belle Tout

Male White Wagtail at Birling Gap Lane

Small White at Birling Gap Lane

The new road to Old Belle Tout Lighthouse

Black Redstart in the Old Trapping Area

Wheatear in Cow Gap

Peacock in Whitbread Hollow

5th April 2010 Birling Gap & Beachy Head

Birling Gap Overcast W3 6.30am - 7.30am

Gannet 3E, 3W

Brent 87E

Scoter 21E

Curlew 1E

Sandwich Tern 2E

Brent Geese passing Birling Gap

Beachy

Stock Dove 2

Sparrowhawk 1

Peregrine 1

Stonechat 2

Skylark 2W

Blackcap h

Chiffchaff 11

Long-tailed Tit 2

Jay h

Raven 2

Goldfinch 2

Hare 1

Chiffchaff at Belle Tout Wood

Long-tailed Tit in Cow Gap

Robin in Whitbread Hollow

Carrion Crow in Whitbread Hollow

Cowslip in Whitbread Hollow

4th April 2010 West Dean Woods & The Burgh

West Dean Woods

Red Kite 1

Red-legged Partridge 1

Woodlark 1 singing

Willow Warbler 1

Chiffchaff 5

Firecrest 4

Coal Tit 10

Marsh Tit 10

Crossbill 8

Siskin h

Wild Daffodils in West Dean Woods

Woodlark at West Dean Woods

The Burgh

Red Kite 1

Red-legged Partridge 2

Yellowhammer 20

Reed Bunting 10

Yellowhammers at The Burgh