JFC's Birding: 7th October, 2019 Beachy Head Overcast mild W 1

An overcast calm morning. We covered Shooters Bottom, Old Trapping Area, Hotel Garden, Cliff Path and Belle Tout wood. ASC was covering most of the sites on the Headland walking from radio mast bushes to B/T wood, AR covered Francis Bottom, Cow Gap and Gully, Cliff Path. MM was covering Birling lane area and Belle Tout wood. RE was ringing in Whitbread Hollow.
Still good numbers of Chiffchaffs, and Blackcaps with an increase in Goldfinches. Highlights included 21 Ring Ouzels, and 5 Firecrests still reasonable numbers of Swallows and House Martins and several parties of Blue Tits moved along the Cliff Path.
Combined totals:

Little Egret 2 Birling
Sparrow Hawk 2 Cow Gap
Kestrel 2 (1 Hollow, 1 Headland)
Merlin 1 Birling (MM)
Stock Dove 1 Headland
Tawny Owl 1 Hollow
Green Woodpecker 3 (2 Hollow and 1 Headland)
Great-spotted Woodpecker 3 (1 high N over OTA, and 2 Hotel Garden)
Swallow c200
House Martin c290
Meadow Pipit 10 W
Grey Wagtail 1 N
Pied Wagtail c40 W
Robin 15 Headland
Ring Ouzel 21 (6 Headland, 2 Hollow, 13 Cliff Path)
Blackbird 15 Shooters Bottom and Cliff Path)
Mistle Thrush 3 (2W and 1 E)
Song Thrush 20 (2 Hollow trapped, continentals, 5 high W, 13 area)
Blackcap 105 (25 Headland, 80 Hollow)
Chiffchaff 220 (70 Hollow, 150 Headland)
Goldcrest 22 (6 Hollow, 16 Headland)
Firecrest 5 (2 Birling, 1 B/T wood, 1 Hollow, 1 Cow Gap area)
Long-tailed Tit 12 Francis Bottom
Blue Tit c45+ (Parties of 12, 7 and 17 moving along the Cliff Path)
Great Tit 8 moving with the Blue Tits
Starling 150 high W over Headland
House Sparrow 7 along the Cliff Path
Goldfinch c400 chiefly moving along the Cliff Path.
Linnet c50 Headland
Reed Bunting 3 Headland

Painted Lady 1
Red Admiral 4