26th July 2015 Beachy Calm and overcast soon becoming SE4 with rain

Yellow-legged Gull 1 juvenile
Cuckoo 1 juvenile at Birling
Swift 1
Sand Martin 17 SE
Swallow 5
Sedge Warbler 3
Reed Warbler 4
Common Whitethroat 17
Blackcap 1
Willow Warbler 2

Juvenile Cuckoo being pursued by a Meadow Pipit at Birling

Reed Warbler at Birling

Common Whitethroat at Belle Tout

Sedge Warbler at Belle Tout

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull over Chat Vale

Laurence was just telling us about this when the Gulls took flight and it conveniently started circling over us

18th July 2015 Beachy

Little Egret 2
Common Buzzard 1
Mediterranean Gull 7E adults
Collared Dove 2W
Swift 28W
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Sand Martin 1
Swallow 10
Meadow Pipit c.40
Song Thrush 2
Whitethroat 25
Blackcap 2 singing
Willow Warbler 1
Raven 1

White-lettered Hairstreak 3-4

17th July 2015 Burgess Hill

Hobby 1

15th July 2015 Rodmell

Barn Owl 1
Sand Martin c.10

14th July 2015 Newhaven

Sandwich Tern 1

Sandwich Tern at Newhaven

Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Newhaven

 Successfully fledged juvenile Kestrels

11th July 2015 Beachy Calm

Scoter 14E
Mediterranean Gull 4W
Black-headed Gull c.70W
Whimbrel 1W
Swift c.20W
Sand Martin 12W

White-lettered Hairstreak 2

Whimbrel west past Beachy

One heard calling an hour or so later was presumably the same individual

 

 

 

White-lettered Hairstreak at Beachy



7th July 2015 Rodmell & Newhaven

Green Sandpiper 1

Newhaven Harbour
Mediterranean Gull 1 juvenile

Green Sandpiper at Rodmell

 

 

 Juvenile Mediterranean Gull at Newhaven Harbour

6th July 2015 Newhaven

Yellow-legged Gull 1 juvenile
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 juvenile
Mediterranean Gull 2

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gull at Newhaven harbour

 

Juvenile Lesser Black-backed Gull at Newhaven harbour

 

First-summer Mediterranean Gull at Newhaven harbour

 Adult summer Mediterranean Gull at Newhaven harbour

5th July 2015 Newhaven

Yellow-legged Gull 3+ juveniles


 

 

 




 

Juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls at Newhaven Harbour

4th July 2015 Beachy

Little Egret 1

Peregrine 1

Kestrel 1

Stock Dove 1

Swift 3

Common Whitethroat c.20

Blackcap 1 singing 

Raven 4

Starling 100+

Greenfinch 3

Linnet c.100

Goldfinch c.25

Corn Bunting 1

 

Bottlenose Dolphins 8-10E

 

Pyramidal Orchid at Beachy

 

 

 

Bottlenose Dolphins off Beachy

just about possible to see their characteristic bottlenoses

3rd July 2015 Southease

Squacco Heron 1 adult
Little Egret c.15



 

 


 

 

Summer-plumaged adult Squacco Heron at Southease

A summer-plumaged LGRE photographing the Squacco at Southease