Monday, 3 January 2011

3rd January 2011 Birling Gap 8am - 10am Calm

Barn Owl 1 roadside near Plumpton

Red-throated Diver 110E, 138W
Great Crested Grebe 8 on sea
Gannet 33E, 25W
Fulmar 3
Cormorant 16E, 11W
Brent 42E
Egyptian Goose 1W at 8.23am
Shelduck 1W
Wigeon 4E
Scoter 7E
Merganser 3E
Sparrowhawk 1
Razorbill 5E, 4 on sea
Guillemot 10E, 1 on sea
Auk sp. 405E, 153W
Kittiwake 3E
Mediterranean Gull 1 adult winter
Oystercatcher 20W
Pheasant 18
Green Woodpecker 2
Skylark 2W, c.100 field
Meadow Pipit 1
Rock Pipit 2
Pied Wagtail 3
Grey Wagtail 1
Long-tailed Tit 4
Song Thrush 2
Starling 8
Raven 1

Cuckmere
White-fronted Goose c.45
Barnacle Goose c.8

Rock Pipit at Belle Tout

Beachy Head Lighthouse

Adult winter Mediterranean Gull near Birling

Adult male Pied Wagtail near Birling

Barnacle Geese in the Cuckmere

Adult White-fronted Geese in the Cuckmere

Sunday, 2 January 2011

2nd January 2011 Birling Gap 8am - 10am, Pett, Midrips & Scotney NE1

Ditchling Common
Woodcock 1

Firle
Buzzard 1

Birling Gap NE1
Red-throated Diver 177E, 412W
Fulmar 1
Gannet 6E, 33W
Cormorant 20E, 4W, 67 on sea
Geese sp. 2W
Scoter 5E
Kestrel 1
Common Gull c.400
Kittiwake 1E
Razorbill 3 on sea
Auk sp. 435E, 20W
Oystercatcher 5E
Skylark 1E
Rock Pipit 1
Meadow Pipit 6E
Song Thrush 3
Blackbird 1
Wren 1
Robin 1
Raven 4
Goldfinch 11

Part of the flotilla of Cormorants off Birling Gap

Common Gull flock along the road to East Dean

Pevensey Marshes
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Snipe 1
Redwing 2
Fieldfare 2
Mistle Thrush 1

Pett Levels
White-fronted Goose 25
Barnacle Goose 105
Pochard 5
Jay 1

Barnacle, White-fronted and Greylag Geese at Pett

Adult White-fronted and Greylag Goose at Pett

Adult White-fronted Goose at Pett

Flock of Barnacle Geese at Pett

Adult Black Brant at Pett

Pale-bellied Brent Goose at Pett

Northpoint Pit
Smew 1 redhead

Midrips
Scoter 15
Shelduck c.40
Gadwall 1
Teal 15
Pintail 1
Wigeon c.300
Marsh Harrier 5
Knot 3
Lesser Black-backed Gull 2
Reed Bunting 3

Scotney
White-fronted Goose 40
Barnacle Goose 80
Pochard 50

Saturday, 1 January 2011

1st January 2011 Birling Gap 8am-10am, Eastbourne & Pett N1

Tawny Owl 1 roadside
Heron 1

Great Crested Grebe 1 on sea
Red-throated Diver 9E, 416W (including largest flocks of 53, 50 & 46)
Black-throated Diver 2W
Gannet 1E, 19W (including 1 imm.)
Fulmar 12 mainly W
Cormorant 2E, 8W
Geese sp. 4E
Goosander 2W then E and then 1W all redheads
Scoter 5E
Wigeon c.40E, 16W
Mallard 3W
Teal 2W
Great Black-backed Gull 5
Herring Gull 25
Common Gull 400
Black-headed Gull c.25
Kittiwake 10W
Razorbill 16E, 39W
Guillemot 1E, 2W, 1 on sea
Auk sp. 67E, 58W
Curlew 1W
Oystercatcher 5
Pheasant 10
Woodpigeon 2
Green Woodpecker 1
Blackbird 10
Song Thrush 3
Starling 10
Skylark 16 flew out to sea off Birling, 90 in field
Rock Pipit 2
Meadow Pipit 1
Wren 2
Robin 1
Dunnock 1
Blue Tit 5
Great Tit 1
Jackdaw 25
Carrion Crow c.10
Rook 2
Raven 1
Magpie 6
House Sparrow 5
Goldfinch 11
Chaffinch 2

Grey Seal 1

Adult winter Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap

Adult winter and juvenile Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap

Juvenile Red-throated Divers off Birling Gap

Eastbourne
Collared Dove 2
Waxwing 27
Redwing 5

First-winter Waxwings in Eastbourne

Pett
Black Brant 1 ex.
Pale-bellied Brent c.7
Dark-bellied Brent c.40
Barnacle Geese c.150
Red-breasted Goose 1 ad.
Canada Geese 50
White-fronted Geese c.200
Pink-footed Geese 6 ex.
Tundra Bean Geese 2 ex.
Greylag 5
Mute Swan 2
Wigeon 1,000+
Bar-tailed Godwit 1
Grey Plover 5
Lapwing 300
Redshank 5
Curlew 80
Dunlin 20
Turnstone 1

Black Brant, Dark-bellied Brent and White-fronted Geese at Pett

Pink-footed, Barnacle, Dark-bellied Brent and White-fronted Geese at Pett