31st May 2010 Beachy NW2

Firle
Red Kite 1 ex. courtesy of being waved-down by Andy Whitcomb in the middle of the A27!

Birling Gap 6.30am - 7.15am
Heron 1
Auk sp. 2W
Razorbill 3E
Swift 646 ex. mainly moving W and N
Swallow 43
House Martin 8
Stonechat 2
Greenland Wheatear 3
Reed Warbler h
Whitethroat 7
Corn Bunting 3

Seal sp. 1 off Cow Gap

Wall 4
Common Blue 3
Dingy Skipper 1
Small Heath 1

Common Swifts over Birling Gap

30th May 2010 Beachy, Midrips & Rye Harbour NR

Birling Gap W3 Overcast 6.30am - 7am

Heron 1

Gannet 15

Shelduck 2 prospecting

Scoter 5E

Peregrine 2

Hobby 1

Kestrel 1

Sandwich Tern 1W

Razorbill 2E

Red-legged Partridge 1

Swift 4

Stonechat 3

Greenland Wheatear 3

Swallow 36

House Martin 4

Rock Pipit 1

Lesser Whitethroat h

Whitethroat 13

Blackcap h

Chiffchaff 1 + h

Long-tailed Tit 2

Corn Bunting 3

Hare 4

Red Admiral 1

Speckled Wood 1

Wall 3

Common Blue 12

Adonis Blue 10

Dingy Skipper 3

Small Heath 2

Lady Orchid 1

The Seven Sisters

Birling Gap Lane

Male Greenland Wheatear

Female Greenland Wheatear

Lady Orchid at Beachy Head

Early Purple Orchids at Beachy Head

Adonis Blue at Cow Gap

Midrips

Marsh Harrier 2

Avocet 6

Whimbrel 1

Dunlin 2

Castle Water

Bittern h booming

Marsh Harrier 1

Spoonbill 1 ex.

Cetti's Warbler 1

Spoonbill at Castle Water

First-summer Common Tern at the Ternery Pool

Note the all-dark bill, white forehead, dark lesser coverts, retained juvenile dark outer primaries, dark primary coverts, worn dark secondary bar and short tail streamers.

Common Terns at the Quarry

Black-headed Gull on the Quarry

29th May 2010 Birling Gap & Beachy Head

Birling Gap ESE2 strengthening with rain by 10am 6.45am - 8.00am & 9.45am - 10.45am

Red-throated Diver 2E w/p

Gannet c.25E

Scoter 110E, 11W

Auk sp. 13E

Guillemot 1E

Razorbill 6E

Sandwich Tern 17E

Skua sp. 1 dark phase landed on sea

Dunlin 1W

Swallow 1 in off sea

Beachy Head

Swallow 2

Wheatear 1 (including a male Greenland Wheatear ex.)

Lesser Whitethroat h

Whitethroat 2

Corn Bunting 1

Male Greenland Wheatear at Belle Tout

27th May 2010 Steep Down, Lancing

Buzzard 1

Quail h ex.

Corn Bunting 3

26th May 2010 Barcombe & Arlington Reservoirs

Barcombe

Shoveler 1 drake

Gadwall 1 drake

Wigeon 2 (a pair)

Tufted Duck 34

Hobby 1

Swift c.200

Sand Martin 2

House Martin c.200

Swallow c.10

Whitethroat 1

Yellowhammer 2

Arlington

Cuckoo h

Turtle Dove 1

House Martin c.50

Swallow c.50

Reed Warbler h

Blackcap 1

Reed Bunting 1 male

25th May 2010 Ashdown Forest

Hobby 1

Cuckoo 2h

Stonechat 6

Turtle Dove 1 fvo

Wood Warbler 1

Willow Warbler h

Reed Bunting 1

Wood Warbler on Ashdown Forest

Fallow Deer on Ashdown Forest

23rd May 2010 Birling Gap, Beachy Head & Pulborough Brooks

Upper Cuckmere

Green Sandpiper 1

Birling Gap 6.45am - 7.45am E1 Clear, sunny and hot

Scoter 2

Shoveler 4E

Garganey 2E ex. pair

Auk sp. 3

Whimbrel 1E

Oystercatcher 3

Turnstone 6E

Black-headed Gull 4E

Sandwich Tern 2

Commic Tern 4E

Little Tern 1E

Beachy Head

Heron 1

Peregrine 1

Hobby 1N

Kestrel 2

Collared Dove 1

Swift 8

Sand Martin 1

House Martin 2

Swallow 74

Stonechat 4

Black Redstart 1

Whitethroat 17

Blackcap 5h singing

Chiffchaff 2h singing

Spotted Flycatcher 1

Serin 1 ex. Belle Tout at 10am

Corn Bunting 5

Peacock 1

Wall 8

Speckled Wood 1

Small Heath 10

Dingy Skipper 10

Pulborough Brooks RSPB

Little Egret 2

Nightjar h

Nightingale h

Magpie over Belle Tout

Corn Bunting at Belle Tout

Dunnock at Belle Tout

Wallflower at Whitbread Hollow

Small Copper at Beachy Head

22nd May 2010 Beachy Head and Downs above Amberley

Beachy Head NE2-3 Fog Patches Seawatch 6.30am - 6.45am

Gannet 6

Sandwich Tern 4W

Marsh Harrier 1 in off the sea over Birling Gap at 7.10am

Swift 2

Swallow 30

House Martin 1

Stonechat 6 including 2 juveniles

Reed Warbler 1h singing

Lesser Whitethroat 1h singing

Whitethroat c.25

Blackcap 5h singing

Chiffchaff 1h singing

Corn Bunting 3 singing

Grizzled Skipper 1

Dingy Skipper 5

Small Copper 1

Small Heath 5

Common Blue 4

Wall 1

Red Admiral 1

Marsh Harrier arriving in off the sea over Birling Gap

Grizzled Skipper at Belle Tout

Wall Brown at Chat Vale

Peregrine over Chat Vale

Stoat in Cow Gap

Dingy Skipper in Whitbread Hollow

Small Heath in Whitbread Hollow

Downs above Amberely

Brimstone 1

Orange Tip 1

Comma 1

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary 1 ex.

Common Blue 1

Small Blue c.10 ex.

Duke of Burgundy Fritillary on the Downs above Amberley

Little Blue on the Downs above Amberley

19th May 2010 Chailey Common

Woodcock 1 roding
Tawny Owl h
Cuckoo h

18th May 2010 Steep Down, Lancing

Red-legged Partridge 4

Dotterel 2 - a pair ex.

Wheatear 2

Corn Bunting 2

Dotterel at Steep Down

16th May 2010 Beachy Head WSW1

Red-legged Partridge 2

Swallow 24

House Martin 1

Pied Wagtail 1

Stonechat 4

Wheatear 1

Whitethroat 22

Lesser Whitethroat h

Chiffchaff 2

Spotted Flycatcher 4

Small Heath 1

Spotted Flycatcher at Birling Gap