Monday, 20 July 2020

20th July, 2020 Beachy Head Clear and sunny NE 2-3

We covered Birling scrub and tamarisk bushes, Shooters Bottom, Radio mast bushes, Hotel Garden and the Old Trapping Area where we met up with LP who was also covering some sites.
Again the Headland had very few migrants in the bushes and around 40 Sand Martins moved E over the Headland.
Combined totals:

Kestrel 4-5 still present near the Old Trapping Area
Peregrine 1 male over Shooters Bottom
Sand Martin c40 E over Headland
Swallow 10 Headland
Pied Wagtail 6 Birling
Stonechat 6
Song Thrush 2 Shooters Bottom
Sedge Warbler 2 (Birling and Old Trapping Area)
Lesser Whitethroat 1 Shooters Bottom
Common Whitethroat 18 Headland
Blackcap 1 Birling
Willow Warbler 4
Raven 1 Birling
Starling Flock of 60 Birling

 Common Whitethroat at Birling

Lesser Whitethroat in Shooters Bottom

Comma Butterfly in the Radio mast bushes


Marbled White Butterfly