RE covered sites around Birling Gap and LP and RB covered a number of sites on the Headland.
Just a small arrival of Willow Warblers and a juvenile Redstart was present on the Eastern slope past B/T wood. Otherwise another quiet day on the Headland
Combined totals:
Green Woodpecker 1 juv. Birling
Redstart 1 juvenile near B/T wood
Willow Warbler 17 (7 at Birling and 10 on the Headland)
Starling Flock of 200 mainly moulting juveniles
22nd July, 2020 Sunny and hot SE to SW 1-2
With a change in the wind direction to SE it was hoped for perhaps a reasonable fall of Willows etc, but sadly this was not the case and again the bushes on the Headland were disappointingly quiet.
We covered Birling scrub and tamarisk bushes. Shooters Bottom, Radio mast bushes, Hotel Garden, Old Trapping Area and B/T wood and scrub on the eastern side. LP and RB were also covering a number of sites on the Headland.
Combined totals:
Cormorant 17 E
Little Egret 1 Birling beach
Oystercatcher 5 on Birling beach
Green Woodpecker 1 Birling
Sand Martin 2 E
Swallow 4
Robin 15+ chiefly 1st yr birds
Nightingale 2 croaking and both were seen Shooters Bottom.
Redstart 1 juv still present in scrub on the east side of B/T wood.
Stonechat 12 Headland
Wheatear 1 B/T area
Song Thrush 4 Headland
Sedge Warbler 1 Shooters Bottom
Lesser Whitethroat 2 (Shooters Bottom and B/T area)
Common Whitethroat 25 Headland
Willow Warbler 8 Headland
Raven 1 juv. Headland
Starling 200 mainly moulting juveniles
Goldfinch 20 Headland
Linnet 50 Headland
Cormorants moving E off Birling
Sedge Warbler in Shooters Bottom
Juvenile Redstart at Belle Tout.
Part of the juvenile Starling flock
