Sunday 18 February 2018

18th February, 2018 Beachy Head Sunny, mild and clear with a very light S breeze

A beautiful calm sunny morning. We sea-watched from 07.25-08.30 but surprisingly virtually nothing on the move, other than a large flock of 85 Cormorants moving high over W, one of the largest flocks I have seen going past Beachy, perhaps this flock is from Dungeness where in excess of 2,500 have been seen recently.

Red-throated Diver 1 E
Great-crested Grebe 3 on the sea
Cormorant single flock of 85 W
Fulmar 10
Gannet 6
Kittiwake 8 E
Auk Sp. 1 E

On our way home we called into Newhaven Harbour as the tide was right, but only a few gulls feeding on the exposed beach and little of interest with no white wingers.