Saturday 22 September 2012

22nd September 2012 Beachy NE1 Clear

Sparrowhawk 2+
Merlin 1
Kestrel 2-3
Golden Plover 1N
Great Spotted Woodpecker 2
Swallow c.75
House Martin c.1,500 mainly E
Wheatear 1
Pied Wagtail 1S
Meadow Pipit c.40N
Sedge Warbler 1
Blackcap 5
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Whitethroat c.10
Chiffchaff c.20
Willow Warbler 1
Goldcrest 1 & 1h
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Siskin 2 & 7h
Jay 1 ex.

Jay over Chat Vale
RJF recently recorded several flocks of Jays on the move in northeast France so will this prove a forerunner to an influx from the Continent... as in 1983, when the first birds were detected in late September peaking with large flocks seen arriving in early October, when 300 were seen at Beachy on the 4th alone.