Sunday, 7 July 2013

7th July 2013 Beachy & West Rise N2 Clear

Gannet c.30 E
Common Scoter 25 E
Kestrel 1
Mediterranean Gull 2 W adults
Common Gull 1 adult
Sandwich Tern 5 E
Stock Dove 1 over Birling
Swift 84 E
Sand Martin 51 E
Swallow c.50 chiefly E
Whitethroat 8
Linnet 40
Corn Bunting 1 singing


Adult Common Gull at Birling
Presumably an early returning migrant and clearly quite a dark-mantled individual. I wonder how far it had come...
 
West Rise Marsh
Bearded Tit 1
 
Red-eyed Damselfly at West Rise (JFC)