Tuesday 3 March 2020

3rd March, 2020 Beachy Head Part cloudy, clear, cold W 3-4

We sea-watched from 07.00-08.00 but very little seen, we then covered Birling lane, Belle Tout wood and the Old Trapping Area but other than a few Blue Tits the sites were almost birdless

Red-throated Diver 1 E
Common Scoter 2 E
Peregrine 1 pair mobbing a Raven over Birling
Curlew 2 E
Mediterranean Gull 1 E
Common Gull 25 W
Green Woodpecker 1 B/T wood
Meadow Pipit 1 flew over the road
Pied Wagtail 1 Birling
Stonechat 3
Blue Tit 8 on the Headland
Raven 3 including 1 sat in B/T wood (Can't record ever seen a Raven sat in B/T wood).
Goldfinch 8 Old Trapping Area

On the 18/2 2 Red Kites near Hodcombe departed W
29/2 3 Chiffchaffs in Hodcombe, with 4 in B/T wood on the 1/3 and 1 in B/T wood on the 2/3.
2/3 3 Common Buzzards high over the Headland.

Raven sat in Belle Tout wood