We sea-watched from 06.55-08.00 but again virtually no movement recorded. Has to be one of the poorest start to the Spring sea-watches which I can recall. We then covered Belle Tout wood, the Old Trapping Area and Shooters Bottom. RE covered Birling lane, Birling to Belle Tout loop, Cornish Farm track and Whitbread Hollow and LP covered the Michael Dean area.
Generally, the area was very quiet with a small increase in Stonechat numbers and a party of c25 Corn Buntings near the Birling Water treatment works.
Red-throated Diver 1 E
Fulmar 8
Gannet 6
Common Scoter 1 E
Green Woodpecker 4 (2 Headland, 2 Hollow)
Meadow Pipit 2
Pied Wagtail 2 Birling
Stonechat 8
Song Thrush 1
Chiffchaff 1 Michael Dean
Goldcrest 1
Raven 4+ Birling area
Goldfinch 4
Corn Bunting c25 near Birling water treatment works
On the 6th March, a Firecrest was present in the scrub near Belle Tout wood.
