Saturday, 9 May 1998

9th May 1998 Beachy Head 6am - 11.30am. Wind moderate easterly but sunny.

Manx Shearwater 1E very distant
Gannet c.5
Brent Goose 2E
Eider c.13E
Scoter c.30E
Velvet Scoter 1E
Merganser 2E
Pomarine Skua 10E all pale phase
Arctic Skua c.5E
Little Gull 1E 1s
Sandwich Tern c.25E
'Commic' Tern c.250E
Little Tern 1E
Black Tern 2E
Puffin 1E adult in summer plumage - white facial disc clearly seen and faster flight than the two accompanying Auks.
Swift c.5
Swallow c.5
House Martin c.15
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Whitethroat c.15
Serin 1 male found at bottom of Birling Gap Lane and stayed for 15 minutes singing briefly from elder berry bushes. Bright yellow rump, yellow forehead, supercilium and upper breast, dark streaking on flanks, indistinct white wingbars. Pinkish legs.