19th June 2011 Birling Seawatch 7am-9am 4.30pm-5.30pm WNW5-6 Clear

Manx Shearwater 7E, 5W
Whimbrel 4W
Guillemot 1E, 1 on sea
Sandwich Tern c.10
Crossbill 3W ex.


Hummingbird Hawk Moth 1
Dark Green Fritillary 10
Marbled White 5

Seaford Head from Birling Gap

A Skylark's nest 

18th June 2011 Birling Gap Seawatch WSW6 7am - 7pm

Manx Shearwater 6E, 7W
Scoter 10E
Auk sp. 4E
Sandwich Tern c.45E, c.15W
Commic Tern 1W
Mediterranean Gull 12E (11ad 1 2s)
Arctic Skua 3E
Bonxie 6E

16th June 2011 Blackdog & Ythan Estuary

Blackdog

Red-throated Diver c.10

Eider c.500

Common Scoter c.1,200

Velvet Scoter c.120

AMERICAN WHITE-WINGED SCOTER 1 imm. drake ex. 

Surf Scoter 1 adult drake

Teal 3

Arctic Skua 2+

Razorbill c.6

Guillemot c.40

Bottle-nosed Dolphin c.5

Immature drake American White-winged Scoter 

Ythan Estuary
King Eider 1 adult drake
Little Gull c.4
Little Tern 1

Dunes at the mouth of the Ythan Estuary

Adult drake King Eider

12th June 2011 Beachy Head W1 becoming SSW3 Overcast

Scoter 36E
Auk sp. 1W, 2E
Arctic Skua 1W d/p
Sandwich Tern 5E
Commic Tern 25E
Lesser Whitethroat 1

Lesser Whitethroat at Birling Gap

An interesting weak-billed singing male with a pale grey iris, poorly demarcated ear-coverts, brown upperparts and sandy-suffused underparts

Hare at Beachy Head



11th June 2011 Beachy Head N1 Clear and cool

Grey Heron 1 juv. in off at Birling Gap and then E and W

Common Scoter 12E, 8 on sea

Sparrowhawk 1

Swift 2W

Willow Warbler 2 late arrivers 

Hare 2

Marbled White 1

Dark Green Fritillary c.6

Common Scoter off Birling Gap 

 Juvenile Grey Heron over Birling Gap

Lizard Orchid 

Seaford Head and Hodcombe Farm from Chat Vale 

 Hodcombe Farm from Chat Vale

6th June 2011 Hartlepool Headland Calm and sunny

WHITE-THROATED ROBIN 1 female ex. BOURC/IRBC 513

First-summer female White-throated Robin at Hartlepool Headland

Twitching from atop ladders!

5th June 2011 Beachy Head N6 Overcast with rain

Gannet 15
Scoter 4E
Swift 82E
House Martin 3 arriving
Swallow 6

4th June 2011 Beachy Head NNE5 Overcast then sunny

Lapwing 2

Collared Dove 1

Swift 5 arriving

House Martin 3 arriving

Swallow 10

Stonechat 8

Reed Warbler h singing

Whitethroat 15

Lesser Whitethroat h

Blackcap 1 male

Chiffchaff 2h

Crossbill 7W then N ex. landed briefly in Belle Tout Wood

Linnet 15

Goldfinch 8

Corn Bunting 1

Dark-green Fritillary 1

Small Tortoiseshell 2

Meadow Brown 1

Speckled Wood 6

Large Skipper 6

Small Heath 5

Common Swift arriving over Birling Gap

Dark-green Fritillary at Belle Tout

Female Stonechat at Belle Tout

Bee Orchid variation at Belle Tout

Crossbills over Belle Tout

Lapwing at Belle Tout