RE and two members of the BHRG were ringing and watching in Whitbread Hollow until the rain started, and LP and colleague birded from the radio mast near the Hotel to Birling Gap covering the majority of the Headland sites and then they returned via Bullock Down.
Good numbers of common night migrants were seen which also included a Turtle Dove in the Old Trapping Area and 6 Grasshopper Warblers were trapped in Whitbread Hollow.
Diurnal Passage included very small numbers of hirundines and a number of flyover Yellow Wagtails.
Sparrowhawk 1 Headland
Wood Pigeon 150 Hollow
Turtle Dove 1 in the Old Trapping Area. (Our first for this year)
Tawny Owl 1 Hollow
Green Woodpecker 1 Hollow
Sand Martin 6
Swallow 20
Yellow Wagtail 22 (16 flyover and 6 in with cattle)
Black Redstart 1 Headland
Common Redstart 5 (2 Hollow and 3 Headland)
Whinchat 3 Headland
Wheatear 14 Headland
Song Thrush 1 Hollow
Grasshopper Warbler 6 trapped Hollow (5x1styr and 1 adult)
Sedge Warbler 1 Hollow
Reed Warbler 20 Hollow
Lesser Whitethroat 3 Headland
Common Whitethroat 160 (100 Hollow and 60 Headland)
Garden Warbler 2 Hollow
Blackcap 150 Hollow
Willow Warbler 32 (20 Hollow and 12 Headland)
Spotted Flycatcher 1 Hollow
Long-tailed Tit 2 Hollow
