Saturday 8 March 2014

8th March 2014 Birling 6.45-10.45am SE3 Misty

Red-throated Diver 32E
Great Crested Grebe 41E
Heron 1E
Little Egret 2E
Gannet 14E
Canada Goose 13E, 13W
Brent 95E
Shelduck 1E
Scoter 29E
Mallard 9E
Shoveler 68E
Wigeon 2E
Pintail 40E
Teal 112E
Peregrine 1
Kittiwake 13E
Common Gull c.50
Mediterranean Gull 16E
Black-headed Gull 40E
Curlew 9E, 3W
Auk sp. 5E, 3W
Skylark 9 over
alba Wagtail 1N
Meadow Pipit 5N

Harbour Porpoise 1

Chiffchaff 1
Firecrest 1

Brimstone 2 drive home
Comma 1 Burgess Hill

Mediterranean Gulls off Birling

Great Crested Grebes off Birling
Great Crested Grebes are nocturnal migrants so we seldom witness anything of their Spring migration so seeing 41 pass east today was a pleasant surprise

Chiffchaff in Belle Tout Wood
 

Comma in Burgess Hill
Emerging from hibernation in March this would appear to be a male of the nominate form c-album