and Shooters Bottom. RAB covered the scrub above the Cliff Path, Hotel Garden and Icky Ridge, Old Trapping Area and Shooters Bottom. He then went for a long walk from Warren Hill, down into Crapham Bottom and back over long Down and over the top fields. RB joined him covering some of the sites. LP paid a brief visit to Shooters Bottom.
It was nice to meet up with Paul and Gareth James and they kindly provided me with their sightings all from the Headland.
A reasonable fall of common migrants which included our largest daily number of Sedge Warblers this year, with reasonable numbers of Reed Warblers, Wheatears, Willow Warblers and Lesser Whitethroats, with the highlight being 3 Pied Flycatchers and 5 Redstarts.
Combined totals:
Fulmar 1 off Shooters Bottom
Sparrow Hawk 1 male Shooters Bottom
Kestrel 2
Swift 5W
Swallow 15
House Martin 5 E
Nightingale 2 Shooters Bottom
Common Redstart 5 (4 Shooters Bottom, 1 Crapham Bottom)
Whinchat 2 (1 Shooters Bottom, 1 Top fields)
Wheatear 22 Headland and Top fields
Sedge Warbler 12 Headland
Reed Warbler 8 Headland
Lesser Whitethroat 12 Headland
Common Whitethroat 56 Headland
Garden Warbler 2 Headland
Blackcap 2 Shooters Bottom
Willow Warbler 40+ Headland
Pied Flycatcher 3 (2 Shooters Bottom, 1 Hotel Garden)
Lesser Whitethroat at Birling.
It has a nasty looking tick by its eye
Common Whitethroat at Birling
Sedge Warbler at Birling, our best day this year so far.
Unfortunately, they were not to keen to have their photograph taken.
Blackcap in Shooters Bottom
Pied Flycatcher in the Hotel Garden
