16th November 2003 Beachy Head 7.45am – 12.30pm. Sunny

Merlin 1

Woodpigeon c.1500
Blackcap 5 almost appeared to be arriving migrants – perhaps from the Continent hoping to Winter?
Chiffchaff 2

9th November 2003 Beachy Head 7.30am – 3.00pm. Overcast

Black Redstart 1

Chiffchaff 1
Hume’s Yellow-browed Warbler 1 Belle Toute Wood
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler 1 Belle Toute Wood
Goldcrest c.15
Firecrest 3

8th November 2003 Beachy Head 7.30am – 4.00pm. Overcast

Woodpigeon c.1000
Chiffchaff 1
Hume’s Yellow-browed Warbler 1 Belle Toute Wood
Pallas’s Leaf Warbler 1 Belle Toute Wood
Goldcrest c.10
Firecrest 2
Treecreeper 1
Brambling 3

6th November 2003 Beachy 3.15pm – 4.45pm. Light SE breeze but warm and sunny

Green Woodpecker 2
Chiffchaff 2
Hume’s Yellow-browed Warbler 1 Found by JFC. Only seen for around a minute in fading light at c.4.15pm so bare parts not determined and although plumage looked dull the light was hardly helpful! A prominent wingbar across the greater coverts and breast looked surprisingly white. Upperparts appeared olive-toned. A quick burst of around five calls heard clearly being loud, dysybillic and more Chiffchaff-like than the thin call note of yellow-browed.
Goldcrest c.15
Brambling 1

1st November 2003 Beachy 7.00am – 1.00pm. Light NW wind and clear

Swallow 1

Brambling c.6
Redpoll c.20 (c.15 being tape-lured by RDME)

26th October 2003 Beachy 6.30am – 2.00pm. Moderate N wind and very clear

Peregrine 1

Tawny Owl 2
Swallow c.5
Fieldfare 1
Redwing 1
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 1
Goldcrest c.5
Firecrest 1
Long-tailed Tit c.8
Jay c.4
Redpoll c.1
Goldfinch c.30
Siskin c.5
Brambling c.2
Corn Bunting 1 seen singing with another nearby in cabbage field opposite Belle Toute wood

25th October 2003 Beachy 7.30am – 2.45pm. Virtualy calm and sunny

Little Egret 1 Cow Gap beach

Brent Goose 1 juv. in field opposite Belle Toute Wood
Peregrine 1
Tawny Owl 2 sat together in Wood – one grayer than the other though with some chestnut in facial disc.
Swallow c.10
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff c.3
Yellow-browed Warbler 1 ex. In Belle Toute found the previous day by JFC. Grey crown with hint of a paler median crown-stripe. Supercilium and greater covert wingbar appeared white with less conspicuous median covert wingbar. Underparts appeared clean white but sullied grayish across breast. Bill and leg colour unseen. Call closely matched that of Yellow-browed Warbler on Calls of Eastern Vagrants being a high-pitched thin ‘sueeest’.
Goldcrest c.10
Firecrest 1
Coat Tit c.4 almost certainly all Continental Coal Tits
Long-tailed Tit c.5
Treecreeper 1 Belle Toute. Upper flanks appeared gleaming white.
Redpoll c.2
Goldfinch c.30
Siskin c.5
Brambling c.2