Sunday 18 May 2014

18th May 2014 Birling 6.30am - 11am SE2 Clear & Rodmell

Diver sp. 1E
Gannet 10E
Little Egret 3
Grey Heron 1E
Garganey 3E (including a pair that briefly settled on the sea)
Shoveler 2E
Common Scoter 447E
Knot 4E
Sanderling 9E
Bar-tailed Godwit 6E
Pomarine Skua 2E at 7.22am
Mediterranean Gull 1E 1s
Black-headed Gull 125E
Sandwich Tern 80E
Commic Tern 26E
Little Tern 1E
Black Tern 8E
Auk sp. 2E
Guillemot 1E
Swift 1
Swallow 10

Rodmell
Hobby 1
Greenshank 1
Little Owl 1
Turtle Dove 1 flying north

Little Owl at Rodmell

Turtle Dove at Rodmell
A gunshot emanating from a 4WD presumably aimed at Woodpigeons feeding in a field flushed a Turtle Dove that flew north at fast speed probably thinking it was still running the gauntlet of the disgraceful relentless shooting throughout the Mediterranean region of this rapidly declining species during both their Spring and Autumn migrations