Sea-watch was very quiet and other than singing warblers virtual no new migrants. At around 1.00 pm RHC and EHC had the good fortune of finding a Craig Martin which joined the 4 pairs of Swallows which are breeding at Hodcombe. The Craig Martin spent a short while flying around Hodcombe and the field, before moving N over the field located behind Hodcombe until lost out of view.
Little Egret 2 Birling beach
Shelduck 1
Eider 1 imm. drake stood on the ledge off Cow Gap
Common Scoter 11 E
Kestrel 1
Peregrine 1
Oystercatcher 7 W
Stock Dove 1 over top fields
Green Woodpecker 1
Skylark 2 in off the sea
Swallow 8
Craig Martin 1 around Hodcombe for a short while from 1.00 pm RHC, EHC (Our 3rd record)
Lesser Whitethroat 1 singing along the Cliff Path
Common Whitethroat 8
Blackcap 6
Chiffchaff 2 singing
Willow Warbler 1 singing along Cliff Path
Long-tailed Tit Family party of 9 along the Cliff Path
Wall butterfly 5 along Cliff Path
Common Blue 1
Small Heath 5
Dingy Skipper 1 Old Trapping Area
Green Hairstreak 1 Old Trapping Area
Speckled Wood 2
Spider Sp. 1 Cliff Path
Beachy Head lighthouse
Some of the family party of 9 Long-tailed Tits.
Juvenile plumage which I am not used to seeing
Spider Sp. along the Cliff Path
Late news for the 18th was a Bee-eater which flew in calling and flew over Hodcombe and departed N. On the 22nd 4 Spotted Flycatchers were present on the Headland.
