Saturday 1 June 2019

1st June, 2019 Beachy Head Clear, sunny warm. S 0-1

We sea-watched from 06.20-08.00 and we then covered the Old Trapping Area, Radio mast bushes, Icky Ridge, and Belle Tout wood. LP and JP also covered Whitbread Hollow and most of the sites on the Headland. Just a small movement out to sea and the Headland very quiet with just 1 Wheatear as the only new migrant.

Fulmar 10 (3 off Birling and 7 off Icky Ridge)
Gannet 7 E
Common Scoter 66 E
Kestrel 1
Black-headed Gull 3 E
Common Gull 1 E
Herring Gull c200 feeding off Cow Gap on a shoal of fish.
Sandwich Tern 1 E
Commic Tern 20 E
Wheatear 1
Raven 2

Meadow Brown 1 (Our first for the year)
Common Blue 7
Small Heath 7
Painted Lady 3 Hollow (LP)
Clouded Yellow 1 (LP & JP)
Hummingbird Hawk Moth 1 Hollow (JP)
Small Yellow Underwing in the Old Trapping Area
Silver Y Moth 1
Diamond Back Moth 12 Headland

Fox cub 1


Common Blues

Small Yellow Underwing - Panemeria tenebrata
in the Old Trapping Area
Many thanks to RKH who confirmed the identification.