5th June 2010 Beachy Head

Birling Gap SE1 6.25am - 6.55am

Canada Goose 6E

Scoter 7E

Sandwich Tern 2E

Little Egret 1W along Cow Gap Beach

Sparrowhawk 2

Red-legged Partridge 1

Swift 3

Swallow 11

House Martin 1

Stonechat 7 (incl. 4 juveniles)

Whitethroat 15

Blackcap h

Corn Bunting 5

Large White 2

Peacock 2

Wall 1

Speckled Wood 3

Green Hairstreak 2

Small Heath 3

Common Blue 40

Adonis Blue 2

Male House Sparrow at Birling Gap

Peregrine beating me to another rarity at Birling Gap!

Green Hairstreak at Birling Gap

Common Toad at Birling Gap

Bob Smith and Roger Haggar looking for that early June rarity along Birling Gap Lane

Little Egret off Cow Gap

4th June 2010 Lewes Brooks

Little Egret 4

3rd June 2010 Ashdown Forest

Hobby 1

Cuckoo h

2nd June 2010 Ashdown Forest

Hobby 1

Tawny Owl h

Woodcock 3

Nightjar 1

Cuckoo 1 +1h

Great Spotted Woodpecker 1

Dartford Warbler 4

Redpoll 3

Adult Dartford Warbler

The brown mantle characterises the form found in the UK

Juvenile Dartford Warbler

John King birding on Ashdown Forest

Nightjar at Ashdown Forest

31st May 2010 Beachy NW2

Firle
Red Kite 1 ex. courtesy of being waved-down by Andy Whitcomb in the middle of the A27!

Birling Gap 6.30am - 7.15am
Heron 1
Auk sp. 2W
Razorbill 3E
Swift 646 ex. mainly moving W and N
Swallow 43
House Martin 8
Stonechat 2
Greenland Wheatear 3
Reed Warbler h
Whitethroat 7
Corn Bunting 3

Seal sp. 1 off Cow Gap

Wall 4
Common Blue 3
Dingy Skipper 1
Small Heath 1

Common Swifts over Birling Gap

30th May 2010 Beachy, Midrips & Rye Harbour NR

Birling Gap W3 Overcast 6.30am - 7am

Heron 1

Gannet 15

Shelduck 2 prospecting

Scoter 5E

Peregrine 2

Hobby 1

Kestrel 1

Sandwich Tern 1W

Razorbill 2E

Red-legged Partridge 1

Swift 4

Stonechat 3

Greenland Wheatear 3

Swallow 36

House Martin 4

Rock Pipit 1

Lesser Whitethroat h

Whitethroat 13

Blackcap h

Chiffchaff 1 + h

Long-tailed Tit 2

Corn Bunting 3

Hare 4

Red Admiral 1

Speckled Wood 1

Wall 3

Common Blue 12

Adonis Blue 10

Dingy Skipper 3

Small Heath 2

Lady Orchid 1

The Seven Sisters

Birling Gap Lane

Male Greenland Wheatear

Female Greenland Wheatear

Lady Orchid at Beachy Head

Early Purple Orchids at Beachy Head

Adonis Blue at Cow Gap

Midrips

Marsh Harrier 2

Avocet 6

Whimbrel 1

Dunlin 2

Castle Water

Bittern h booming

Marsh Harrier 1

Spoonbill 1 ex.

Cetti's Warbler 1

Spoonbill at Castle Water

First-summer Common Tern at the Ternery Pool

Note the all-dark bill, white forehead, dark lesser coverts, retained juvenile dark outer primaries, dark primary coverts, worn dark secondary bar and short tail streamers.

Common Terns at the Quarry

Black-headed Gull on the Quarry

29th May 2010 Birling Gap & Beachy Head

Birling Gap ESE2 strengthening with rain by 10am 6.45am - 8.00am & 9.45am - 10.45am

Red-throated Diver 2E w/p

Gannet c.25E

Scoter 110E, 11W

Auk sp. 13E

Guillemot 1E

Razorbill 6E

Sandwich Tern 17E

Skua sp. 1 dark phase landed on sea

Dunlin 1W

Swallow 1 in off sea

Beachy Head

Swallow 2

Wheatear 1 (including a male Greenland Wheatear ex.)

Lesser Whitethroat h

Whitethroat 2

Corn Bunting 1

Male Greenland Wheatear at Belle Tout