21st August, 2018 Beachy Head Overcast with sunny periods, warm WSW 3-4

We covered Shooters Bottom, Old Trapping Area, Toilet block bushes, Hotel Garden. RKH, RES and KH were also covering sites on the Headland, and RE was ringing and watching in Whitbread Hollow. A disappointing morning with just small numbers of night migrants and once again no sign of any hirundine passage which is beginning to get quite worrying.
Combined totals:

Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1
Tawny Owl 1 Hollow
Nightingale 1 Hollow
Common Redstart 1 male Toilet block bushes
Stonechat 6
Sedge Warbler 1
Reed Warbler 21 (20 Hollow and 1 Headland)
Lesser Whitethroat 4 Headland
Common Whitethroat 27 (15 Headland and 12 Hollow)
Garden Warbler 2 Headland
Blackcap 21 (20 Hollow and 1 Headland)
Chiffchaff 4 (3 Hollow and 1 Headland)
Willow Warbler 54 (34 Headland and 20 Hollow)
Jay 1

Late news for yesterday: AR visited Whitbread Hollow and Cow Gap area and recorded the following: I have amended the totals on yesterday's blog.
Song Thrush 1
Blackcap 11
Garden Warbler 1
Common Whitethroat 31
Lesser Whitethroat 1
Willow Warbler c11+
Spotted Flycatcher 1

                                                                                   

Two Foxes in Shooters Bottom.

                                                                  Bee Sp. on the Headland