20th September 2003 Beachy 5.30am – 1.30pm. Calm, sunny and warm

Merlin 1 juv./fem.

Great Spotted Woodpecker h
Wryneck 1 Birling in ‘White House’ Garden
Wheatear 1
Blackcap c.20
Whitethroat c.5
Reed Warbler 1
Willow Warbler 1
Chiffchaff c.20
Goldcrest 1
Spotted Flycatcher 1

13th September 2003 Beachy 6.30am – 1.30pm. Light SE very clear

Scoter c.20E

Buzzard 1E
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Sand Martin c.2
Swallow c.50
House Martin c.50
Tree Pipit h
Meadow Pipit c.10
Yellow Wagtail c.10
Grey Wagtail 2
Redstart c.2
Wheatear 1
Whinchat c.8
Blackcap c.10
Lesser Whitethroat c.2
Whitethroat c.12
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 2
Willow Warbler c.3
Chiffchaff c.3
Goldcrest c.1

11th September 2003 Weirwood Reservoir 5.45pm 7.15pm Overcast

Heron c.5

Greylag Goose c.125
Canada Goose c.10
Lapwing c.50
Dunlin 2
Wood Sandpiper 1
Spotted Redshank 1 juv.
Greenshank c.5
Snipe 1
Ruff 1 juv.

6th September 2003 Beachy 6.15am – 1.30pm. Light N wind. Overcast

Gannet c.5
Skylark c.5
Swallow c.25
House Martin c.10
Yellow Wagtail c.35
Grey Wagtail 3
Nightingale h croaking
Redstart 1
Wheatear c.5
Whinchat c.15
Blackcap c.2
Lesser Whitethroat c.2
Whitethroat c.6
Reed Warbler h subsong
Willow Warbler c.3
Chiffchaff c.3
Goldcrest 1
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Long-tailed Tit c.8
Raven 1

3rd September 2003 Portland 1.30pm – 7.00pm. Calm and sunny

Sparrowhawk 1
Icterine Warbler 1 appeared large looking grayish with obvious pale secondary panel. Whitish underparts. 
Spotted Flycatcher 1
Pied Flycatcher 2
House Sparrow c.35
YELLOW-BREASTED BUNTING 1 ex. sulphur-yellow breast and belly. Streaking forming pactoral band across upper breast and extending down flanks. Good pale supercilium appeared grayish. Well-marked pale braces on mantle. Two white wingbars. Obvious pale spot at rear of ear-coverts. UK481.

Yellow-breasted Bunting at Portland (Alan Clewes)

31st August 2003 Beachy 6.15am – 12.30pm. Cool at first with light SE breeze

Little Egret 1 flew along beach at Birling

Grey Heron 1W in flight offshore
Sparrowhawk c.3
Oystercatcher c.12 on beach at low tide at Birling
Swift 1
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Wryneck 1 – 2 Chat Vale. Birds seen nearly simultaneously near the main path and near the western edge of the scrub opposite Hodcombe. Bird seen at western end appeared orange-throated.
Sand Martin c.100
Swallow c.15
House Martin c.2
Wheatear c.5
Whinchat c.5
Garden Warbler c.3
Blackcap c.2
Lesser Whitethroat c.3
Whitethroat c.10
Sedge Warbler c.2
Reed Warbler 1
Willow Warbler c.10
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest 1
Spotted Flycatcher c.5
Raven c.3

30th August 2003 Beachy 6.15am – 1.45pm. Cold at first with light N wind

Grey Heron 1 in flight over top fields

Barnacle Goose 1 in flight N along Cuckmere with Canada Geese leaving roost.
Oystercatcher 5 W off Cow Gap
Swift 2
Sand Martin c.15
Tree Pipit 2 on ground in Cow Gap
Nightingale 1 clean pale breast. White eye-ring. Responded to croaking tape.
Redstart c.4
Wheatear c.15
Whinchat c.5
Garden Warbler c.3
Blackcap c.2
Lesser Whitethroat c.3
Whitethroat c.15
Sedge Warbler c.10
Grasshopper Warbler 2 including good views of a bird flushed which then perched atop an Elderberry bush
Reed Warbler c.2
Willow Warbler c.10
Spotted Flycatcher c.5
Pied Flycatcher 3