31/5/98 Beachy Head 6am - 10.30am. Salthouse, Norfolk 2pm - 5pm.

Avocet c.2 Salthouse
Spotted Flycatchers 2 Beachy
CHESTNUT BUNTING 1 prob first year male (P.Leader pers. comm.). Salthouse Garden

Male Chestnut Bunting at Salthouse (Alan Tate http://www.aabirdpix.com/ )
Nowhere near as pleasing as an Autumn bird on Out Skerries the time of year and location felt as good as you could hope for a Spring male. It was only viewable from inside Duncan MacDonald's house so thanks to him for accommodating so many visitors keen to see this Asian Bunting that is surely s likely as a number of other Far Eastern vagrants that have now reached the British Isles.

30/5/98 Beachy 6am - 10.30am, Pevensey 10.45am - 11.30am, Arlington 12.00-12.15. Beaulieu Heath, New Forest 3.30pm - 8pm. East wind and overcast.

Whooper Swan 1 Arlington - fairly tame! Brownish neck, adult like bill.
Hobby 2 (1 in off sea at Birling, 1 Pevensey)
'Channel' Wagtail hybrid  1 male resembling 'Syke's' Pevensey
Dartford Warbler 3 New Forest (missed Red-footed Falcon by 20 minutes)

29/5/98 Ashdown Forest 8.30pm - 9.30pm.

Hobby 1
Woodcock c.6
Nightjar 1
Tree Pipit 1

28/5/98 Elmney 6pm - 8.30pm. NE wind sunny.

Black-winged Stilt 1
Avocet 4
Temminck's Stint 1
Spanish/Ashy-headed Wagtail hybrid 1 ear coverts concolorous with crown, short white supercilium above and behind eye. Good white throat.

27/5/98 Pevensey Levels 7pm - 9.30pm. NW wind cloudy.

Hobby 6
Long-eared Owl 1 ex.
Cuckoo c.2
'Channel' Wagtail 1 male hybrid resembling 'Syke's' Wagtail

26/5/98 Pevensey Levels 7pm - 9.30pm. NW wind overcast but dry.

Hobby 4
Long-eared Owl 1ex views. Found whilst scanning thickets along road to Cooden. Chestnut wing patches in flight obvious. Pattern of undersides of primaries barred.
'Channel' Wagtail 1 male hybrid resembling 'Syke's' Wagtail in song from fenceposts.
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 4

25/5/98 Beachy Head 6.45am - 9am. Cliffe Pools (C) Kent 12.00 - 2pm. Wind light northerly. Cloudy and cool.

Great Crested Grebe 1C
Pochard 1 C
Tufted Duck c.5 C
Little Gull 1 imm C
Black-headed Gull c. 50C
Common Tern c.5 C
Turtle Dove 1
Swift c.10B   c.150C
PALLID SWIFT 1C milky brown with noticeable darker primaries. Pale throat not particularly obvious. Scaling to underparts seen at close range on one occasion. Appeared smaller, slighter and shorter-tailed than Swift. On one occasion chased by Swift. Watched for 40 minutes hawking along cliff of flooded disused quarry.
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 in flight near Cliffe Village
Swallow c.10B
House Martin c.4B
Whitethroat c.10
Willow Warbler 1