13 September, 2018 Beachy Head Fine and sunny NW 1-2

We covered Shooters Bottom, and field opposite, Old Trapping Area, Hotel Garden and Icky Ridge we then joined SL for an hour raptor watch. SL covered Birling Gap area, Shooters Bottom. RE also covered Birling lane, Belle Tout wood and the Cornish Farm Track. Several other birders present on the Headland.
Reasonable numbers of common night migrants on the Headland, including an arrival of Meadow Pipits, and Swallows and Martins over the top fields.

Sparrowhawk 2 over top fields
Common Buzzard 5 Headland
Kestrel 5 Headland
Hobby 1 Headland
Peregrine 1 Headland
Sandwich Tern 1 off Birling
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1 Headland
Sand Martin 30+ Headland
Swallow c350 Headland
House Martin c500 Headland
Tree Pipit 1 near Shooters Bottom
Meadow Pipit 230 Headland (60 in off the sea and then N).
Yellow Wagtail 16 (1W)
Black Redstart 1 Birling
Common Redstart 3 Headland
Whinchat 3 Headland
Wheatear 5
Reed Warbler 8 Headland
Lesser Whitethroat 6 Headland
Common Whitethroat 50 Headland
Blackcap 100 Headland
Chiffchaff 60 Headland
Willow Warbler 4 Headland
Firecrest 1 Headland
Spotted Flycatcher 2 Headland
Jay 1 Birling
Raven 2

Small Heath 15
Small Copper 3
Migrant Hawker 2

Common Whitethroat amongst the hawthorn berries.

Blackcap feeding on the elder berries

Reed Warblers in Shooters Bottom

Kestrel

Spotted Flycatcher

 Still the odd Willow Warbler on the Headland.