8th August, 2019 Beachy Head Overcast warm and humid. W 0-1 increasing to 2-3

We covered Birling lane, Birling scrub, Shooters Bottom and valley opposite, Old Trapping Area, radio mast bushes, Hotel Garden, Icky Ridge and Belle Tout wood and scrub. During the morning we met up with AR, KH. RKH, RES, LP who were all covering various sites on the Headland, RE and MB were ringing and watching in Whitbread Hollow.
A reasonably fall of common night migrants on both the Headland and Whitbread Hollow. 3 Tree Pipits and 1 Yellow Wagtail flew over the Headland.
Combined totals:

Fulmar 2
Sparrowhawk 2 (1 Hollow, 1 Headland)
Peregrine 2 Headland
Green Woodpecker 1 B/T wood
Swallow 2
Tree Pipit 4 Headland
Yellow Wagtail 1
Robin 24 (9 Headland and 15 Hollow, 12 ringed)
Nightingale 2 Shooters Bottom (LP)
Wheatear 5 Headland
Song Thrush 3 Hollow
Grasshopper Warbler 1 Hollow
Sedge Warbler 10 (5 Hollow and 5 Headland)
Reed Warbler 35 (5 Headland and 30 Hollow)
Lesser Whitethroat 7 (4 Headland and 3 Hollow)
Common Whitethroat 56 (36 Headland and 20 Hollow)
Garden Warbler 11 Hollow
Blackcap 20 Hollow
Chiffchaff 4 Hollow
Willow Warbler 140 (40 Headland and 100 Hollow with 67 ringed)
Long-tailed Tit 1 Hollow
Raven 2 Headland
Starling 70 Headland
Greenfinch 2 Headland

Painted Lady 6
Comma 3
Hummingbird Hawk Moth 1 Headland (LP)

Badger Hollow.

Sedge Warbler at Birling

 

Good numbers of Willow Warblers seen today

Male Common Blue