Saturday 10 April 2021

9th April, 2021 Beachy Head Wind SW 1-2

 RAB carried out a sea-watch from 07.30-09.00 and then covered Belle Tout wood, Shooters Bottom, Old Trapping Area, Hotel Garden, Icky Ridge, Radio Mast bushes and Sheep fields. LP also visited various sites on the Headlansd.

Sea-watched from 07.30-09.00, Observers RAB. Red-throated Diver 6 E, Gannet 70 E, Canada Goose 1 W, Brent Goose 29 E, Common Scoter 91 E, Red-breasted Merganser 2 E, Common Gull 11 E, Kittiwake 7 E,  Auk Sp. 2 E

Small fall of Willow Warblers with the first Common Whitethroat for the year. Combined totals of RAB and LP: Common Buzzard 2,  Swallow 4, House Martin 1, Wheatear 6, Song Thrush 2, Common Whitethroat 1 (Hotel Garden), Chiffchaff 2,  Willow Warbler 30+.

2 Black Redstarts and our first Tree Pipit for the year were recorded yesterday.