10th March, 2018. Beachy Head Overcast, cool with murk out to sea. S 1-2 increasing to 4, rain later.

We sea-watched from 06.30 to 08.30 with what I would consider to be a typical mid-March sea-watch. We then covered Old Trapping Area, Hotel Garden, Icky Ridge area, Shooters Bottom, the Old Trapping Area, and  Belle Tout wood. 2 very active female Stonechats briefly in the Old Trapping Area were almost certainly new migrants. A Great Spotted Woodpecker flew into Belle Tout wood was our first for the year.

Red-throated Diver 23 (21 E and 2 on the sea)
Great-crested Grebe 2 on the sea
Gannet 37 (27 E and 10 W)
Brent Goose 139 E
Common Scoter 107 E
Sparrowhawk 1 in the Hotel Garden
Kestrel 1
Curlew 1 E
Mediterranean Gull 2 ad's E
Herring Gull c250 E out to sea including good numbers of immatures.
Kittiwake 6 E
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1 flew into B/T wood
Meadow Pipit 1
Stonechat 2 females briefly in the Old Trapping Area were probably new migrants.
Song Thrush 1
Long-tailed Tit 2 B/T wood
Blue Tit just 1 seen today and very few Blue and Great Tits have been seen on our visits this year.
Chaffinch 10 in Shooters Bottom
Goldfinch 2

Brent Geese on the move past Birling.