13 Sand Martins in one group over the cliffs moving W, but the surprise was an adult type Nightingale calling a lot and even sang just 3 notes in Shooters Bottom which is our first for this year.
On our walk on the Headland good numbers of butterflies were seen with the highlight being 2 White-lettered Hairstreaks.
On our way home, we stopped off at Newhaven Harbour at low tide and although a number of gulls were present on the beach no sign yet of any juvenile Yellow-legged Gulls.
Common Gull 1 ad in breeding plumage in a garden at Birling
Stock Dove 1
Sand Martin 13 W
Meadow Pipit 8
Pied Wagtail 1
Nightingale 1 ad type Shooters (calling a lot and sang 3 notes)
Stonechat 6 mainly juveniles
Song Thrush 1
Common Whitethroat 23
Goldfinch 20
Corn Bunting 2
Marbled White 20
Speckled Wood 2
Small Skipper 35
Gatekeeper c80
Meadow Brown c50
White-lettered Hairstreak 2
Dark-green Fritillary 1
Red Admiral 1
Smart adult Common Gull in a garden at Birling
Common Whitethroats at Birling
Song Thrush in Shooters Bottom
Adult type Nightingale in Shooters
White-lettered Hairstreaks
