27th March 2011 Beachy Head Seawatch 7.30am-9.15am ENE3 Overcast

Red-throated Diver 15E, 1 on sea

Great Crested Grebe 2E

Gannet 11E

Brent Goose 43E

Merganser 4E

Scoter 64E

Mallard 5E drakes

Shoveler 9E

Red Kite 1N juv. ex. over top of Birling Lane

Peregrine 1E notably dark on the underparts

Auk sp. 11E

Razorbill 1 on sea

Grey Plover 2E

Sandwich Tern 10E

Tawny Owl 1 grey phase

Woodpigeon 30E

alba Wagtail 3N

White Wagtail 4

Black Redstart 4 (including 1 singing Birling Gap)

Stonechat 7

Wheatear 15 ex.

Robin 3

Chiffchaff 3

Blackcap h singing

Goldcrest 5

Corn Bunting 1

Lapland Bunting 1 ex. fvo at 1.20pm

Siskin 1h

Carrion Crow 2 in off

Raven 1

Stoat 1

Juvenile Red Kite over the Birling Gap Lane

Aged by virtue of the visible pale tips to its greater coverts, pale vent and pale buff head.

Male Wheatear at the Birling Gap Lane

White Wagtail at Belle Tout

This individual's plain grey mantle is shown to good effect and its grey rump between its two middle tertials is just visible.