Category Archives: beachy head birding

Light ENE wind, clear slightly hazy at sea. A splendid flock of Grey Plover passing Birling Gap this morning. A decent seawatch attended by a number of us (CB, KG,RL, LP,JW) slow at times but some quality and a decent … Continue reading →

Mostly clear, light NE breeze. A quiet morning enlivened at 07.30 as a calling Little Bunting dropped into a patch of Cow Parsley close to the RAF monument. The harsh morning light casting the bird into silhouette and it took … Continue reading →

Calm with a slight northerly breeze, murk clearing later. Whinchat above Belle Tout wood. A few birds about this morning but not enough really! Combined sightings included, 5+ Spotted Flycatchers, 5 Wheatear, 2 Whinchat, 4 Willow Warbler, 2 Garden Warbler … Continue reading →

A mostly overcast morning with a light but cold NW wind. Looking east towards Hastings and Dungeness. My first morning out since returning from Tarifa, where both bird migration and the warmth of the sun were very much evident and … Continue reading →

Bright morning, mostly clear light west wind. A morning of very low migrant numbers with a little bit of variety. Highlights being a reeling Grasshopper Warbler, male Common Redstart and RE had a Whinchat all in the Birling area. Elsewhere … Continue reading →

Overcast gale force SW wind. A poor week of weather with constant gale force wind and bouts of heavy rain. There seemed to be a few more migrants around this morning, specifically in the shelter below Belle Tout lighthouse east … Continue reading →

Light SSW wind. I joined the others for about an hour at Birling Gap but the sea was quiet and I drifted off to look in the bushes. The only oddity this morning was a Fieldfare which dropped into Shooters, … Continue reading →

Strong and blustery south wind, broken cloud bright at times. Another Brent Goose photo! Yes, well everything else moving on the sea is at considerable distance. I won’t gripe, before you know it’ll all be over and the goose flights … Continue reading →

Broken cloud moderate southerly. Reflecting the comparative lack of variety here’s another shot of Brent Geese moving east this morning. I joined the others from 06.45 until 08.30 for a seawatch highlights being the first Velvet Scoter and Arctic Skuas … Continue reading →

light/Moderate SE wind, overcast. Dark-bellied Brent Geese heading east. I joined the others at about 7am for a seawatch which produced a semi-decent goose count and a 154 Common Scoter although I went off to look about the headland seeing … Continue reading →