4th August, 2019 Beachy Head and Newhaven Harbour. Overcast warm and humid. ESE 1 vearing to SW 1-2

What a difference a day makes. With ESE winds, we were hoping for another good fall of night migrants, but although some migrants were left over from yesterday, things were much quieter this morning. We covered the same sites as yesterday and met up with RE who covered several sites around Birling area and then covered Whitbread Hollow area. LP also covered Shooters Bottom and the Beachy Head pub area.
Combined Totals:

Fulmar 1
Little Egret 2 Birling beach
Common Buzzard 1 Hollow
Green Woodpecker 1-2 juvs. Headland
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1 juv. on the feeders Birling lane
Common Redstart 1 female type still Shooters Bottom
Wheatear 1 Headland
Grasshopper Warbler 1 Shooters Bottom
Sedge Warbler 2 Headland
Reed Warbler 5 Headland
Lesser Whitethroat 1 Headland
Common Whitethroat 51 (40 Headland and 11 Hollow area)
Garden Warbler 2 Headland
Blackcap 5 Headland
Willow Warbler c30 Whole area
Pied Flycatcher 1 still Shooters Bottom
Jay 1 Hollow
Starling 100 Headland

Butterflies of interest
Wall 1 Shooters Bottom
Silver Spotted Skipper 2 above B/T wood
Painted Lady 12

Juvenile Great Spotted Woodpecker on the Birling lane feeder.

Just 2 Sedge Warblers were seen today.

Wall Butterfly in Shooters Bottom

On the drive to Newhaven Harbour, a Hobby flew very close to our car whilst waiting to cross the Cuckmere road bridge.

At Newhaven Harbour with the tide approx. half way out. The usual selection of Herring gulls but no sign of any Yellow-legged Gulls. Two adult Lesser  Black Back Gulls of the English race graellsii,, small numbers of Black-headed Gulls including 1 juvenile and a single adult Sandwich Tern. (shame it wasn't a Gull-billed Tern).

Adult Sandwich Tern with Black-headed Gull.

Juv. Black-headed Gull

Adult Lesser Black-backed Gull of the race graellsii.