Monday, 23 September 2019

23rd September, 2019 Beachy Head, Patchy cloud W 3-4

RAB covered the radio mast bushes, Hotel Garden, Icky Ridge, Old Trapping Area, Shooters Bottom and Belle Tout wood. LP also covered some sites on the Headland including Belle Tout and RE and 2 members of the BHRG were ringing in Whitbread Hollow.
A reasonable fall of Chiffchaffs although reduced numbers of Blackcaps were seen, also 3 Firecrests and 3 Grasshopper Warblers. Very little in the way of diurnal migration was recorded.
Combined totals:

Sparrow Hawk 1 Headland
Kestrel 1 Hollow
Peregrine 2
Tawny Owl 1 Hollow
Swallow 70
Sand Martin 4
House Martin 6
Grasshopper Warbler 3 Hollow
Reed Warbler 1 Hollow
Common Whitethroat 1 Headland
Garden Warbler 1 Hollow
Blackcap 51 (50 Hollow, 1 Headland)
Chiffchaff 88 (70 Hollow, 18 Headland)
Firecrest 3 (Icky Ridge, Old Trapping Area, and B/T wood)
Goldcrest 1
Long-tailed Tit 11 Shooters Bottom
Raven 1
Jay 2 Hollow