29th August, 2019 Beachy Head Sunny with light SW 1 increasing 3

RAB visited the Headland this morning and covered Shooters Bottom and valley opposite and Belle Tout wood and scrub. He also did a raptor watch from 10.50-11.30.

Red Kite 1 behind Hotel Garden @11.15 before departing E
Sparrowhawk 1 female
Common Buzzard 3
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1
Wryneck 1 still present in Shooters Bottom near the water trough
Green Woodpecker 1 B/T wood
Swallow 30+
Yellow Wagtail 25+ with cattle near Cornish Farm track
Common Redstart 5 Shooters Bottom
Wheatear 3
Reed Warbler 3 Shooters Bottom
Lesser Whitethroat 4
Common Whitethroat 30+ Headland
Blackcap 5
Willow Warbler 3
Spotted Flycatcher 1 Shooters Bottom
Long-tailed Tit 1

Taken by Richard Butler

Wryneck in Shooters Bottom