With the wind now in the S-SE it was surprising how few night migrants were seen and the lack of any meaningful diurnal migration movement. The highlight of the morning was a female type Merlin above Belle Tout wood, and a fine adult male Black Redstart showing briefly in the Hotel Garden and a female at Birling, an Autumn White Wagtail was photographed at Birling, and in the Hollow 6 Lesser Redpolls but only small numbers of Chiffchaffs and Blackcaps were present.
Combined totals:
Sparrowhawk 2 (1 Hollow and 1 Birling)
Common Buzzard 1 Hollow
Kestrel 2 Hollow
Merlin 1 female type above Belle Tout wood (AQ)
Peregrine 1
Tawny Owl 3 Hollow
Great-spotted Woodpecker 1 flying W over Birling
Skylark 15 E
Swallow 35 E
House Martin 2
Meadow Pipit 25
Rock Pipit 2 Birling
Yellow Wagtail 1 Birling
Grey Wagtail 1 Birling
Pied Wagtail 8 Headland
White Wagtail 1 at Birling (I/d from pics.) (SL and JG)
Robin 20 Hollow and Headland
Black Redstart 2 (1 ad. male Hotel Garden and 1 female at Birling)
Blackbird 15 Hollow and Headland
Song Thrush 3 (2 Headland and 1 continental trapped Hollow)
Blackcap 43 (40 Hollow and 3 Headland)
Chiffchaff 30 (20 Hollow and 10 Headland)
Jay 2 Hollow
Raven 2 Hollow
Lesser Redpoll 6 Hollow
Linnet Flock of 300 set-a-side field
Peacock 1
Clouded Yellow 6
Speckled Wood 5
Small Copper 2
Small Heath several
Common Blue 2
Red Admiral 4
Common Darter 1
taken by Simon Linington.
White Wagtail at Birling
Peacock
taken by Doreen Cooper
Two of the original Beachy Birders - JFC and AQ.
