23 August, 2018 Beachy Head Overcast with occasional drizzle and sea mist. W 5

A drab dreary day with sea-mist rolling in. We covered Shooters Bottom, Old Trapping Area, Toilet Block bushes,  Hotel Garden and Icky Ridge. LP covered a number of sites. Also met up with Colin Holter who joined me on the Headland.
Small arrival of night migrants in the murky conditions, and the Melodious Warbler showed well on its fourth day on the Headland.
Fulmar 2
Sparrowhawk 1
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1
Common Redstart 1
Whinchat 1
Wheatear 14
Melodious Warbler 1 (JFC, DRC, CH)
Common Whitethroat 4
Blackcap 1
Willow Warbler 12
Spotted Flycatcher 2

Melodious Warbler - note the bluish legs, strong yellowish bill,

fairly short primary projection and no white panel in the wing.

Spotted Flycatcher in the Hotel Garden.

Wheatear at Birling.