3rd September, 2018 Beachy Head Light overcast with sunny periods, warm NE 2

We covered Shooters Bottom and valley opposite, and then met up with RB and covered the Toilet Block bushes, Hotel Garden, Icky Ridge and we then joined GG for an hour's raptor watch. RKH, RES and KH covered some of the sites on the Headland and also at the raptor watch.
Generally very poor numbers of night migrants seen which included 7 Whinchats and a nice Pied Flycatcher which proved to be the highlight. Diurnal migration was a steady passage of Swallows and House Martins chiefly moving E, also 6 Swifts E, and 1 flyover Tree Pipit.

Doreen and myself wish Richard and Carol Butler a very happy 19th Wedding Anniversary,

Sparrowhawk 3 Headland
Common Buzzard 5 Top fields
Kestrel 2
Peregrine 1
Swift 6 E over the top fields
Sand Martin 25+E over the top fields
Swallow 700+ chiefly E over the top fields.
House Martin 500+ E over the top fields.
Tree Pipit 1 flyover
Whinchat 7 Headland
Wheatear 2 Birling
Lesser Whitethroat 1Hotel Garden
Common Whitethroat 10 Headland
Blackcap 8 Headland
Chiffchaff 1 Headland
Willow Warbler 3 Headland
Pied Flycatcher 1 Headland
Starling 300 over top fields
Linnet 15 E

 

Pied Flycatcher showing well.

Just 1 Lesser Whitethroat seen on the Headland today.

Common Buzzard over the Top fields.