Thursday, 23 July 2020

23rd July, 2020 Beachy Head Overcast with sunny periods SW 1-2 increasing to 3

Doreen and myself covered Birling scrub and tamarisk bushes, Shooters Bottom, Radio mast bushes, Hotel Garden, and Old Trapping area. RE covered Birling lane and Birling to Belle Tout loop.
Once again the bushes were quiet although a small arrival of 10 Lesser Whitethroats which included several in immaculate plumage, although Willow Warblers barely made double figures.
No overhead movement was logged.
Combined totals:

Little Egret 3 on Birling beach
Kestrel 1
Green Woodpecker 1 B/T wood
Pied Wagtail 4 Birling
Nightingale 2 still in Shooters Bottom
Stonechat 6 Headland
Song Thrush 4 Birling to Shooters Bottom
Reed Warbler 1 Birling
Lesser Whitethroat 10 Headland
Common Whitethroat 18 Headland
Willow Warbler 10 Headland
Raven 2 Birling
Starling 150 Birling
Linnet 35 Headland





Various Lesser Whitethroats on the Headland




A showy 1styr Willow Warbler in Shooters Bottom