No real sign of an arrival of night migrants although several new Firecrests were found and the sea-watch was generally quiet with small numbers of Kittiwakes and Brent Geese were moving E.
Combined totals:
Red-throated Diver 1 E
Great-crested Grebe 2 E
Gannet 1 E
Cormorant 4 W
Brent Goose 171 E
Common Scoter 5 E
Common Buzzard 1
Kestrel 2 (Birling and the Cliff Path)
Mediterranean Gull 1 E
Black-headed Gull 8 E
Common Gull 40 E
Kittiwake 120 E
Green Woodpecker 1
Meadow Pipit 4
Pied Wagtail 1 pair (probably the regular breeding pair at Birling).
Stonechat 13 (including a pair in Whitbread Hollow)
Chiffchaff 5
Goldcrest 4
Firecrest 7 (1 Birling, 3 B/T wood, 2 Icky Ridge, 1 Cliff Path)
Raven 2
Comma Butterfly 1
Brent Geese moving past Beachy Head this morning.
Due to my health problems during the last 10 years and the recent coronavirus, Doreen and myself now fall into the category of having to go into a period of 12 weeks isolation starting from this week-end, and therefore my blog will not be maintained as previously.
