17th October, 2015 Beachy Head Overcast NE 1-2 increasing to 4

Not quite as much wind today and we covered all the main sites on the headland including the cliff path but not the Birling Gap loop. Increase in Ring Ouzels but otherwise much the same as yesterday and again virtually no diurnal migration other than hirundines recorded.

Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 4
Peregrine 2
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1
Swallow 40
House Martin 100
Ring Ouzel 10
Fieldfare 10
Song Thrush 6
Blackcap 1
Chiffchaff 12
Goldcrest 3
Brambling 1
Goldfinch 100
Siskin 2 plus others heard
Reed Bunting 1

Fieldfare at Birling

A flyover Great-spotted Woodpecker at Belle Tout 

Common Buzzard over Belle Tout

 

Kestrel in Shooters Bottom