28th March 2019 Beachy Head Overcast, clear and mild wind light and variable

We arrived at Birling and a female type Black Redstart was waiting for us on the fence rail by the beach steps. We sea-watched from 06.20-07.05 but again virtually no birds were moving. I can't remember such a poor March for sea-watching. We then covered Birling lane, radio mast bushes, Icky Ridge, Hotel Garden, Old Trapping Area and Shooters Bottom. LP was covering Belle Tout wood area.
Very little seen on the Headland, a Fieldfare and female type Merlin proved to be the best.

Red-throated Diver 2 E
Tufted Duck 3 E and then back W
Common Scoter 5 E
Sparrow Hawk 1 Birling
Kestrel 1
Merlin 1 female type in fields behind Old Trapping Area (JFC)
Meadow Pipit 12 Headland
Robin 6 Headland
Black Redstart 1 female type Birling (12 different individuals seen since the 19th March)
Wheatear 1
Blackbird 12 Headland
Fieldfare 1 Birling (our first for this Spring)
Song Thrush 2 Birling
Chiffchaff 7 Headland
Goldcrest 1
Long-tailed Tit 1 Shooters Bottom
Carrion Crow Party of 12 birds in Cow Gap
Goldfinch 15

LP returned late afternoon  and had another Wheatear, 2 White Wagtails and c15 Pied Wagtails in the newly ploughed field, and 3 Mediterranean Gulls flew over the Headland.

Part of the flock of 12 Carrion Crows in Cow Gap