4th August 2001 Beachy 6am - 12.30pm. Light westerly wind. Sunny though overcast to the south with two impressive water spouts seen off Cow Gap swirling the sea below them.

Fulmar c.10

Balearic Shearwater 2 Single flew east seen from top of Lane at 6.50am and 2 were watched following a red fishing boat for around 45 minutes from 9.45am. Appeared small alongside Herring Gulls. Noticeable brownish cast to upperparts with underparts appearing oily with pale dirty-white underwings and dusky undertail-coverts contrasting with paler belly. Appeared wholly dark at range when sat on the water.
Gannet c.50
Heron 1
Sparrowhawk 1 very lazy flight observed
Kestrel c.2
Peregrine 1
Oystercatcher c.5
Great Skua 1 juv. flew east off Birling. Restricted wing ‘flashes’
prob Arctic Skua 1 distantly west off Birling
Black-headed Gull c.100 mainly adults
Kittiwake c.30
Comic Tern 2W
Swift c.5
Swallow c.5
House Martin c.10
Garden Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Whitethroat c.15
Sedge Warbler 2
Reed Warbler c.5
Willow Warbler c.10
Corn Bunting c.5

29th July 2001 Beachy Head 5.45am - 10.30am. Hot and sunny and calm

Cuckoo 1 rufous morph female seen in flight at Birling gardens. Heavily black-barred upperparts with rufous rump.

Swift c.50
Swallow c.5
House Martin c.10
Wheatear 1
Stonechat 2
Blackcap 2
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Whitethroat c.20
Sedge Warbler 1
Grasshopper Warbler 1 field at bottom of Cow Gap
Reed Warbler 1
Willow Warbler c.20
Chiffchaff 1 adult
Yellowhammer 1

28th July 2001 Beachy Head 5.45am - 10.30am. Hot and sunny and virtually calm

Cuckoo 1 Cow Gap

Swift c.15
Green Woodpecker 4
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 juv. in Gulley with another heard in the Hollow.
House Martin c.10
Redstart 1 juv. by White House bushes
Stonechat c.5
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Whitethroat c.15
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 2
Willow Warbler c.15

3rd June 2001 Beachy 6am - 11.30am. Cold with light northerly wind. Sunny

Gannet c.10E

Hobby 2 Beachy 1 Cuckmere
Peregrine c.4
Swift c.750 with most feeding low
Swallow c.5
House Martin c.10
Reed Warbler 4h
Whitethroat c.10
Blackcap 1
Jay c.3
Corn Bunting 2

26th May 2001 Beachy 5.45am - 10.45am Beachy. Calm (westerly influence) and sunny at first with fog arriving by 10.30am. Sidlesham Ferry 2pm - 3pm sunny with heat haze. Neatherfiled Lagoons, Nottingham 6.30pm - 7.30pm. Overcast but calm

Little Grebe c.2 + h at Neatherfield

Gannet c.10E Beachy
Grey Heron 2 Sidlesham
Ruddy Duck drake at Neatherfield
Buzzard 2 roadside in Midlands
Hobby 1 Beachy 3 Cuckmere hawking insects
Peregrine 1 Beachy
Collared Pratincole 1 Sidlesham Ferry - in field to the south occasionally flying and once towering  and catching insects. Unfortunately distant with heat haze not helping. Appeared very long-tailed in flight with white trailing edge. White rump obvious in flight. Sussex addition.
Lapwing c.5 Sidlesham
Arctic Skua 1 chasing Terns off Birling
Collared Dove 2 Beachy
Little Owl 1 Drusillas
Swift c.15 Cuckmere, c.20roadside, c.2 Neatherfield.
LITTLE SWIFT 1 Neatherfield Lagoons. Small short-tailed Swift. Large white throat-patch and white forehead visible when flying head-on. Obvious white rump extending below level of wings. Wings held down when gliding. A restricted pale forewing close to the body. Upprwing covert slightly brown contrasting with black flight feathers. Leisurely slow flight. Excellent. UK471.
Swallow 1 Beachy
House Martin c.5 Beachy
Meadow Pipit c.8 Beachy
Willow Warbler h
Chiffchaff h
Raven 1 Beachy
Reed Bunting 1 Neatherfield
Corn Bunting c.5

20th May 2001 Beachy 5.45am - 11.30am. Calm, warm but cloudy

Peregrine 1 sat on cliffs near Belle Toute lighthouse

Swift c.5
Sand Martin 1
Swallow c.25
House Martin c.15
Wheatear 1
Blackcap 1
Whitethroat c.25
Willow Warbler 1 + c.5h
Spotted Flycatcher 1

19th May 2001 Beachy 5.15am - 12.30pm. Virtually calm, warm but cloudy

Shelduck 2

Scoter 7E
Turtle Dove 1
Little Owl 1 roadside near Drusillas
Swift c.50
Swallow c.30
House Martin c.10
Blackcap h
Lesser Whitethroat h
Whitethroat c.30
Willow Warbler h
Spotted Flycatcher c.5
Bullfinch 1 Burgess Hill