26th July, 2018
RB visited Shooters Bottom and Birling to Belle Tout wood
Swallow c42
Sedge Warbler 2
Reed Warbler 3
Lesser Whitethroat 3
Willow Warbler 14
29th July, 2018
LP visited the Shooters Bottom area
Swifts 60 W
Willow Warbler 1
30th July, 2018
RAB sea-watched from Birling 08.30-10.30 and then covered Belle Tout wood area and Shooters Bottom. RE also covered several areas.
Gannet 41 E and 83 W
Common Scoter 6 E
Curlew 5 Oystercatcher 4W
Bonxie 1 E (not our first July record)
Swift 6
Song Thrush 1
Stonechat 11
Common Whitethroat 9
Lesser Whitethroat 3
Willow Warbler 2
31st July, 2018 Early morning rain becoming sunny and warm SW3
Doreen and myself covered Birling scrub, Shooters Bottom, Old Trapping Area, Hotel Garden and Icky Ridge.
RE covered Birling lane, Birling to Belle Tout loop, Belle Tout wood, and Shooters Bottom, and RB also covered several sites.
Again just small numbers of warblers present with a juvenile Black Redstart, but no diurnal migration was seen.
Combined totals:
Peregrine 3
Collared Dove 2 Birling lane
Swift 4
Swallow 5
Black Redstart 1 juv. Birling
Stonechat 8
Song Thrush 1 collecting food Birling scrub
Sedge Warbler 4
Reed Warbler 1
Lesser Whitethroat 4
Common Whitethroat 24
Raven 1
Goldfinch 60
Linnet 40
Corn Bunting 3
Very good numbers of butterflies both Chalkhill and Common Blues were recorded in good numbers with several Brown Argus and 1 Wall plus other common butterflies. Doreen had 1 Hummingbird Hawk Moth.
Sedge Warbler at Birling
Chiffchaff at Birling (sorry if I woke you)
Lesser Whitethroat at Shooters Bottom
Large numbers of Common Blues present in Shooters Bottom
Underwing of Chalkhill Blue (left) and Common Blue
