26th April 2004 Rottingdean 4.15pm – 7.45pm. Light SE breeze, hazy with sun

Sanderling 6E

Bar-tailed Godwit c.100E single flock
Whimbrel c.3E
Arctic Skua 2E
Pomarine Skua 21E
Little Gull c.20E
Mediterranean Gull 2E both 2s
Sandwich Tern c.8E
Commic Tern c.29E

25th April 2004 Beachy 5.30am – 12.15pm. Sunny being virtually calm

Great Crested Grebe 1 on sea

Fulmar c.20
Gannet c.50E
Cormorant c.5
Little Egret 2E quite distant
Shoveler c.12E
Teal c.12E
Scoter c.35E
Velvet Scoter c.12E
Merganser c.6E
Peregrine 1
Oystercatcher c.8
Dunlin 1E
Bar-tailed Godwit c.150E
Curlew 1E
Whimbrel c.10E
Bonxie 1E
Arctic Skua c.6E
Black-headed Gull c.25E
Mediterranean Gull 2E adults s/p
Little Tern c.7E
Sandwich Tern c.20E
Commic Tern c.50E
Collared Dove 1 in Belle Toute
Swift 1
Skylark c.5
Sand Martin 1
Swallow c.20
House Martin 1
Pied Wagtail c.3
Redstart 1
Blackcap h
Whitethroat c.20
Willow Warbler 1
Raven 2
Linnet c.25
Goldfinch c.10
Greenfinch c.3

24th April 2004 Beachy 6.30am – 1.30pm. Sunny with light onshore SE breeze from c.9am to high tide just after midday

Red-throated Diver c.2E
Black-throated Diver c.4E
Great Northern Diver 1E (11.30am) Only seen in silohette but looked very large with long large triangular feet projecteing well beyond the rear of the bird. Head and neck looked solid. Head held slightly ‘down’. Flew quite high above the surface of the sea.
Fulmar c.20
Gannet c.50E
Cormorant c.5
Brent Goose c.6E
Eider c.12E
Scoter c.50E
Common Buzzard 2 circling over Burgess Hill
Avocet 2E
Bar-tailed Godwit c.100E with many in fine s/p
Whimbrel c.20E
Bonxie 3E
Arctic Skua c.12E
Black-headed Gull c.35E
Mediterranean Gull 1E 1^st-s
Sandwich Tern c.50E
Commic Tern c.50E
Guillemot c.3 on sea
Sand Martin 1
Swallow c.20
Blackcap 1
Whitethroat c.15
Willow Warbler 1
Tree Sparrow 1 calling from the tops of bushes alongside Belle Toute Wood
Linnet c.20
Goldfinch c.10

23rd April 2004 Rottingdean 6.00am – 6.15am. Sunny with light NW instead of forecast SE! Ditchling Common 6.30am – 7.30am

Shelduck c.3E

Scoter c.8E
Grey Plover 1E s/p
Blackcap 1
Whitethroat 2
Willow Warbler c.5
Chiffchaff c.5
Reed Bunting 1
Yellowhammer 1

17th April 2004 Beachy 6.00am – 12.00pm. Cold with light NW beoming S briefly before WSW and increasing. Overcast

Great Crested Grebe 1E

Fulmar c.10
Gannet c.5
Scoter 3W, 3E
Sparrowhawk 1
Peregrine 2
Pheasant 3 includind darl almost wholly black female? In Hollow
Common Gull c.40
Kittiwake 1 1^st-s badly oiled east along cliffs
Stock Dove 1
Green Woodpecker 1 found dead just east of Belle Toute Wood
Skylark c.5
Swallow 2
Black Redstart 1 male
Wheatear c.5
Stonechat c.6
Blackcap h
Whitethroat 2
Willow Warbler c.5
Chiffchaff c.2
Goldcrest c.3 including one in song
Linnet c.20
Corn Bunting 2 including one carrying nest material

16th April 2004 Rottingdean 6.15am – 8.00am. Clear with light SE 10-15

Red-throated Diver 1E

Diver sp. 1E possibly Black-throated but couldn’t discern any white shoulder patches.
Great Crested Grebe 1W
Gannet 13E
Brent Goose 44E
Pale-bellied Brent Goose 1E
Shelduck 20E
Gadwall 2E
Shoveler 33E
Teal 6E
Scaup / Tufted Duck 4E (2 drake, 2 duck) couldn’t discern grey mantle
Eider 11E
Scoter 502E
Velvet Scoter 10E
Long-tailed Duck 2E (6.30am & 7.45am) both females, both with flocks of Scoter. Second very close with pale face easily discernable.
Merganser 5E
Red-legged Partridge 1 Ditchling Beacon
Curlew / Whimbrel 2E
Whimbrel 23E
Bonxie 3E
Arctic Skua 10E
Common Gull c.25E mainly 1^st-s
Little Gull 48E
Little Tern 7E
Sandwich Tern 38E with many missed as flying along the beach!
Commic Tern 9E
Arctic Tern 7E a tight fast-flying flock appearing very short-necked, long tailed and upperwings clean lacking any trace of a dark wedge.
Auk sp.1E

11th April 2004 Beachy 7.00am – 12.00pm. Clear with cold NE breeze

Kestrel 1

Swallow 2
White Wagtail 1 flew north along gulley and below eye level so pale grey mantle clearly seen
Stonechat c.5
Willow Warbler c.2
Chiffchaff c.2