11th August, 2015 Beachy Head Early morning rain becoming dry but overcast, warm N 1

Just as we arrived it stopped raining and we covered a number of the headland sites. Just small numbers of common night migrants present and virtually no diurnal migration logged.

Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 1
Tawny Owl 1
Pied Wagtail 5
Stonechat 18
Song Thrush 4
Sedge Warbler 5
Lesser Whitethroat 4
Common Whitethroat 33
Garden Warbler 2
Blackcap 1
Willow Warbler 42
Starling c100+
Greenfinch 1
Goldfinch 20
Linnet 30

Family party of 4 Song Thrushes in Shooters Bottom

 

Sedge Warblers at Birling

 

Tawny Owl (grey colour phase)