11th May, 2019 Beachy Head Calm and overcast with mist out to sea. N 1-2

We did a brief sea-watch form 06.30-07.00 and then covered Radio mast bushes, Hotel Garden, Icky Ridge, Cliff Path to Hollow and back along the top ridge of bushes, Old Trapping Area, Shooters Bottom and Belle Tout wood. RAB covered a similar area and also Whitbread Hollow.
As expected, little was seen on the sea-watch although the 4 Eiders were unexpected. Very few in the way of new arrivals with the Hobby and Redpoll being the best.
Combined totals:

Fulmar 5
Eider 4 W (2 drakes and 2 duck)
Common Buzzard 4 Headland
Kestrel 1
Hobby 1 E along the Cliff path
Sandwich Tern 3 E
Stock Dove 2 feeding on the road near Birling Manor
Green Woodpecker 1 Hollow
Swallow 17 (1 in off the sea)
Blackbird c18 mainly males
Song Thrush 5
Common Whitethroat 24 (10 Hollow and 14 Headland) majority singing males
Garden Warbler 1 Cliff Path
Blackcap 6 (5 Hollow and 1 Headland)
Chiffchaff 10 all singing males
Willow Warbler 1 Cliff path
Long-tailed Tit 3 (2 Shooters bottom and 1 Hollow)
Carrion Crow 1 in off the sea
Goldfinch 15
Lesser Redpoll 1 along the Cliff path
Corn Bunting 9

Common Blue butterfly 2
Bottle-nosed Dolphin 1 off Birling

Good numbers of Early Purple Orchids are now showing.

Our first Common Blues of this year.