8th September, 2018 Beachy Head Light overcast with sunny periods mild SW calm becoming 2.

Arrived just after sunrise and we covered Shooters Bottom, Old Trapping Area, Toilet Block bushes, Hotel Garden and Icky Ridge. RAB visited the Cattle Field and then walked to Long Down then the Toilet Block bushes, the Old Trapping Area and Shooters Bottom. RE and MB were ringing and watching in Whitbread Hollow.
A general clear out of migrants from yesterday, on the Headland. although still reasonable numbers of Swallows and House Martins over the top fields. A fall of Chiffchaffs in the Hollow and Blackcap numbers were still good.

Sparrowhawk 3-4 Headland
Common Buzzard 4 (3 Headland and 1 Hollow)
Kestrel 5 Headland
Tawny Owl 2 Hollow
Green Woodpecker 2 (1 Near Cattle Field and 1 Hollow)
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1 trapped Hollow (re-trapped from last year)
Swift 1 over Toilet Block bushes at 09.45 am.
Swallow c300
House Martin c400
Sand Martin 3
Yellow Wagtail 2
Robin 6 Hollow
Wheatear 8 Headland
Common Redstart 2 Headland
Grasshopper Warbler 1 Hollow
Sedge Warbler 1 Hollow
Reed Warbler 6 Hollow
Garden Warbler 3 Hollow
Blackcap 111(11 Headland and 100 Hollow)
Common Whitethroat 34 (24 Headland and 10 Hollow)
Lesser Whitethroat 1 Headland
Willow Warbler 3 Headland
Chiffchaff 56 (6 Headland and 50 Hollow)
Jay 2

Garden Tiger Moth 1 found dead in Whitbread Hollow

taken by DRC

Sunrise on the drive to Beachy

Taken by DRC

Cloud formation over Beachy

Sparrowhawk at Birling taken at sunrise.