Between 07.00 and 07.10 100 Swifts moved W over Birling, and a few new returning migrants were seen.
Cormorant Party of 9 E
Little Egret 2 on Birling beach
Kestrel 2 (1 Hollow and 1 Headland)
Peregrine 1 Icky Ridge
Collared Dove 2 W over Birling
Swift 106 (100 W between 07.00 and 07.10 and 6 over the Hollow)
Green Woodpecker 2 (1 Headland and 1 Hollow area)
Great Spotted Woodpecker 1
Sand Martin 2 over Birling
Swallow 7
Pied Wagtail 4
Nightingale 1 Shooters Bottom
Stonechat 10
Song Thrush 1 Shooters Bottom
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Sedge Warbler 3 (2 Headland and 1 Francis Bottom)
Reed Warbler 3 (1 Headland and 2 Hollow)
Lesser Whitethroat 1 Shooters Bottom
Common Whitethroat 22 (15 Headland and 7 Cow Gap area)
Garden Warbler 1 Cow Gap area
Blackcap 6 (1 Headland and 5 Cow Gap Area)
Chiffchaff 1 Hollow
Willow Warbler 1 Hollow
Jay 1 Hollow
Goldfinch 41(30 Headland and 11 Hollow)
Linnet 20 Headland
Corn Bunting 4
Grey Seal 5 off Cow Gap
Meadow Brown 40
Gatekeeper 150
Brown Argus 1
Common Blue 1
Chalk Hill Blue 15
Small Blue 1
Marbled White 15
Small Skipper 5
Essex Skipper 1
Dark Green Fritillary 2 both very worn
Speckled Wood 1
An early morning movement of Swifts over Birling.
I was hoping to do a Spurn and find one of the Swifts to be a Pallid.
Reed Warbler showing nicely in Shooters Bottom
Burnet Moth
Marbled White
Essex Skipper in the Old Trapping Area
A worn Dark Green Fritillary, coming to the end of its season.
Small Blue at Belle Tout
On our way home we again called into Newhaven Harbour but just selection of Herring Gulls and Black-headed Gulls and no sign of the 2 Yellow-legged Gulls.
