18th February 2007 Beachy Head Seawatch 7.30am-9.00am NE2 Cloudy and cool

Brent Goose 31E

Wigeon 90W
Red-throated Diver 1W, 1E
Diver sp. 2W
Great Crested Grebe 2W
Fulmar 6
Ganet 2W, 4E
Cormorant 3
Little Egret 2
Peregrine 3
Oystercatcher 13
Curlew 5W having been disturbed off beach
Black-headed Gull 30, 8W, 5E
Common Gull 10, 5W
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2 adult winter graellsii
Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Kittiwake 2W, 1E
Razorbill 9W, 7E
Auk sp. 3W, 7E
Rock Pipit 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Blackbird 1 taken by a Great Black-backed Gull as it approached from the south at Birling Gap
Jackdaw 20
Rook 2
Carrion Crow 2
Starling 3
House Sparrow 6

17th February 2007 Beachy Seawatch 7.25am – 8.40am NE1 cloudy becoming sunny and warm

Brent Goose 36E

Eider 1E drake
Scoter 25W, 27E
Red-throated Diver 1W, 1E
Diver sp. 2W, 6E
Great Crested Grebe 1E
Fulmar 6
Cormorant 2
Peregrine 2
Oystercatcher 29
Curlew 7W having been disturbed from the beach
Mediterranean Gull 1E adult summer
Black-headed Gull 10
Common Gull 2W, 64
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1W, 1 graellsii
Herring Gull 50
Great Black-backed Gull 28W
Kittiwake 1 adult found dead at Birling Hotel, 1 first-winter sat on the cliff edge just south of Birling Gap and 4W offshore
Auk sp. 5E
Tawny Owl 1
Green Woodpecker 2
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Skylark 1, heard singing
Meadow Pipit 1E, 1 in display
Rock Pipit 2
Pied Wagtail 2
Wren 2
Dunnock 3
Robin 5
Stonechat 4
Blackbird 5
Song Thrush 3
Blue Tit 2
Great Tit 7
Magpie 8
Jackdaw 20
Carrion Crow 8
Starling 8
House Sparrow 11
Chaffinch 5
Greenfinch 3
Goldfinch 6, 1W

11th February 2007 Beachy Seawatch 7.45am – 9.00am SW5 Squally showers

Brent Goose 19E

Red-throated Diver 1W
Fulmar 5
Gannet 1E, 5W adults
Curlew 3E
Black-headed Gull 1
Common Gull 5
Herring Gull 25
Great Black-backed Gull 20
Kittiwake 2, 1juv. E
Rock Pipit h
Pied Wagtail 1
Jackdaw 5

3rd February 2007 Beachy Head Seawatch 7.50 – 9.05am. Walked Lane, Belle Tout area. Calm, clear and cold with frost inland at dawn

Brent Goose 2W

Red-throated Diver 4E, 1 on sea
Great Crested Grebe 3 on sea
Fulmar 5 offshore
Gannet 9E, 4W
Cormorant 2W
Oystercatcher 10
Curlew heard at Birling Beach and 1E
Black-headed Gull 5
Common Gull 50
Lesser Black-backed Gull 1 adult intermedius
Herring Gull 35E, 5W, 50
Great Black-backed Gull 235
Kittiwake 1
Guillemot 1E
Razorbill 1 on sea
Auk sp. 21E, 59W
Wood Pigeon 1
Green Woodpecker h, 1
Skylark several heard in song
Rock Pipit 1
Pied Wagtail 1
Robin 5
Stonechat 3
Blue Tit 5
Great Tit 5
Magpie 1
Jackdaw 20
Rook 1 in off
Carrion Crow 1
Starling 2
Chaffinch 1

Newick Sewage Farm 1.30pm – 2.30pm.

Meadow Pipit 20
Grey Wagtail 1
Pied Wagtail 25
Chiffchaff 4
Siberian Chiffchaff 1
Greenfinch 20
Yellowhammer 2

30th January 2007 Farnham GPs, Yorkshire

Little Grebe 2

Great Crested Grebe c.10
PACIFIC DIVER 1 juv.
Tufted Duck c.5
Goldeneye 10

Pacific Diver at Farnham Gravel Pits (Peter Beesley)

Bingley, West Yorkshire

Red Kite 1

American Robin 1

American Robin at Bingley (Mike Weedon)

Near Heathrow

Ring-necked Parakeet c.20

28th January 2007 Beachy Seawatch 8.45am-9.45am WNW3-4 Overcast and cold

Brent Goose 6W

Wigeon 1W
Red-throated Diver 4E, 2W, 1 on sea
Great Crested Grebe 1W
Fulmar 10
Gannet 14
Little Egret 2
Black-headed Gull 40
Common Gull 5
Herring Gull 6
Great Black-backed Gull 150
Kittiwake 15
Guillemot 1W
Razorbill 31W
Auk sp. 130W
Rock Pipit h
Pied Wagtail 1
Stonechat 1
Jackdaw 10

Lesser Canada Goose 3 found in the Upper Cuckmere. Most closely resembling parvipes). Two-thirds the size of Canada Geese, smaller-billed, being dark-breasted. Just south of Charleston reedbed.

Three Lesser Canada Geese in the Upper Cuckmere (Ian Barnard)

looking typically alert and wary . . .

27th January 2007 Beachy Seawatch 8.30am – 9.30am. NW2 Mild

Red-throated Diver 5E

Diver sp. 1 on sea
Great Crested Grebe 1 on sea
Fulmar 5E, 1W, 7 on sea, 5 along cliffs of Seven Sisters
Gannet 3W
Cormorant 1E, 3W, 1 on sea
Peregrine 1
Oystercatcher 1E, 6W
Black-headed Gull 2W, 8
Common Gull 1E, 5W
Herring Gull 15W
Great Black-backed Gull 70
Kittiwake 2W, 3E
Auk sp. 1E, 3W
Rock Pipit 1
Pied Wagtail h
Stonechat 2
Jackdaw 25
Rook 3
Carrion Crow 1