Sunday 13 April 2003

13th April 2003 Beachy 6.00am – 2.00pm. Cold moderate ESE. Overcast becoming sunny

Red-throated Diver c.5E
Black-throated Diver 1E adult s/p Flew high towards us with white patches on scapulars seen as it banked away.
Black-necked Grebe 1 full s/p sat on sea
Little Grebe 1 w/p sat on sea alongside Black-necked Grebe – rare at Beachy
Fulmar c.15
Gannet c.150E
Cormorant c.10E
Shoveler c.4E
Teal c.10E
Pochard 1E
Scoter c.500E
Velvet Scoter c.12E
Merganser c.10E
Kestrel 1
Pheasant c.3
Curlew 2E
Whimbrel 5E
Bonxie 3E
Arctic Skua c.25E
Black-headed Gull c.25E
Mediterranean Gull 1E 2w
Great Black-backed Gull c.25E
Sandwich Tern c.200E
Common Tern c.100E
Guillemot c.5
Cockatiel 1 Hollingbury flew across road natural-looking individual
Skylark c.10
Sand Martin 2
Swallow c.10
Rock Pipit 1
Meadow Pipit c.10
White Wagtail 1 male on lawns at Birling. Black crown sharply demarcated from grey mantle.
Wheatear 3
Stonechat c.5
Willow Warbler 1 singing in wood
Chiffchaff c.3