Pallid Harrier September 2019.
Below is a list of birds recorded at Beachy Head. It is the cumulative efforts of many different observers. Observations started in earnest during the early 1960’s and continue to the present day. National and county rarities are in bold.
Mute Swan
Bewick’s Swan
Whooper Swan
Greater White fronted Goose
Greylag Goose
Pink footed Goose
Bean Goose (not specified to race)
Canada Goose
Brent Goose
Red breasted Goose
Common Shelduck
Eurasian Wigeon
Gadwall
Teal
Mallard
Pintail
Garganey
Shoveler
Common Pochard
Tufted Duck
Greater Scaup
Common Eider
Long tailed Duck
Common Scoter
Velvet Scoter
Goldeneye
Smew
Red breasted Merganser
Goosander
Quail
Red legged Partridge
Grey Partridge
Pheasant
Red throated Diver
Black throated Diver
Great northern Diver
White billed Diver
Manx Shearwater
Balearic Shearwater
Sooty Shearwater
Cory’s Shearwater
Leaches Petrel
European Storm Petrel
Fulmar
Gannet
Cormorant
Shag
Little Egret
Cattle Egret
Great Egret
Grey Heron
Purple Heron
Little Bittern
Black Stork
White Stork
Glossy Ibis
Spoonbill
Little Grebe
Great crested Grebe
Red necked Grebe
Black necked Grebe
Slavonian Grebe
Lammergeier (wide ranging 2020 bird)
White tailed Eagle (recent birds from the IoW reintroduction – there are historical records)
Honey Buzzard
Black Kite
Red Kite
Marsh Harrier
Hen Harrier
Montagu’s Harrier
Pallid Harrier
Goshawk
Sparrowhawk
Common Buzzard
Rough legged Buzzard
Osprey
Water Rail
Little Crake
Corncrake
Moorhen
Coot
Common Crane
Little Bustard (historical records pre. 1900’s)
Stone Curlew
Avocet
Oystercatcher
Dotterel
Grey Plover
Golden Plover
Ringed Plover
Little ringed Plover
Kentish Plover
Lapwing
Whimbrel
Curlew
Black tailed Godwit
Bar tailed Godwit
Turnstone
Knot
Ruff
Dunlin
Purple Sandpiper
Sanderling
Common Sandpiper
Wood Sandpiper
Green Sandpiper
Spotted Redshank
Greenshank
Redshank
Snipe
Woodcock
Grey Phalarope
Pomarine Skua
Arctic Skua
Long tailed Skua
Great Skua
Razordbill
Black Guillemot
Guillemot
Puffin
Little Auk
Little Tern
Black Tern
Sandwich Tern
Lesser crested Tern
Gull billed Tern
Common Tern
Arctic Tern
Roseate Tern
Kittiwake
Black headed Gull
Little Gull
Laughing Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Common Gull
Lesser black backed Gull
Herring Gull
Yellow legged Gull
Caspian Gull
Iceland Gull
Glaucous Gull
Greater black backed Gull
Feral Pigeon
Stock Dove
Woodpigeon
Collard Dove
Turtle Dove
Common Cuckoo
Barn Owl
Little Owl
Tawny Owl
Short eared Owl
Long eared Owl
Nightjar
Common Swift
Alpine Swift
Hoopoe
Bee-eater
Kingfisher
Wryneck
Green Woodpecker
Great spotted Woodpecker
Lesser spotted Woodpecker
Kestrel
Red footed Falcon
Merlin
Hobby
Peregrine
Golden Oriole
Red backed Shrike
Woodchat Shrike
Isabelline Shrike
Great grey Shrike
Lesser grey Shrike
Jay
Nutcracker
Magpie
Jackdaw
Rook
Carrion Crow
Hooded Crow
Raven
Chough (bred on the cliffs until 1830)
Goldcrest
Firecrest
Blue Tit
Great Tit
Marsh Tit
Willow Tit
Coal Tit (inc. race P.a. ater)
Long tailed Tit (inc. race A.c. caudatus)
Bearded Tit
Penduline Tit
Woodlark
Skylark
Short toed Lark
Shorelark
Sand Martin
House Martin
Crag Martin
Red rumped Swallow
Barn Swallow
Cetti’s Warbler
Yellow browed Warbler
Hume’s leaf Warbler
Pallas’s Warbler
Western Bonelli’s Warbler
Greenish Warbler
Willow Warbler
Chiffchaff (inc. race P. c. tristis)
Wood Warbler
Radde’s Warbler
Dusky Warbler
Blackcap
Garden Warbler
Barred Warbler
Sardinian Warbler
Eastern Subalpine Warbler (at least one assigned to S. c. albistriata other records remain unspecified)
Lesser Whitethroat (inc. race S. c. blythi confirmed by DNA)
Common Whitethroat
Dartford Warbler
Grasshopper Warbler
Savi’s Warbler
River Warbler
Booted Warbler
Syke’s Warbler
Melodious Warbler
Icterine Warbler
Aquatic Warbler
Sedge Warbler
Great reed Warbler
Reed Warbler
Marsh Warbler
Blyth’s Reed Warbler
Waxwing
Nuthatch
Eurasian Treecreeper
Short toed Treecreeper
Wren
Starling
Rose coloured Starling
Ring Ouzel
Blackbird
Fieldfare
Song Thrush
Redwing
Mistle Thrush
Blue rock Thrush
Spotted Flycatcher
Robin
Common Nightingale
Thrush Nightingale
Red flanked Bluetail
Red breasted Flycatcher
Pied Flycatcher
Black Redstart
Common Redstart
Whinchat
Eurasian Stonechat
“Siberian“ Stonechat (one, probably maurus)
Northern Wheatear
Black eared Wheatear (not assigned to western or eastern)
Desert Wheatear
Isabelline Wheatear
Dunnock
House sparrow
Tree Sparrow
Yellow Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Pied Wagtail
Grey Wagtail
Richard’s Pipit
Tawny Pipit
Meadow Pipit
Red throated Pipit
Tree Pipit
Olive backed Pipit
Rock Pipit
Brambling
Chaffinch
Hawfinch
Common Rosefinch
Bullfinch
Greenfinch
Linnet
Twite
Lesser Redpoll
Common Redpoll
Common Crossbill
Goldfinch
Serin
Snow Bunting
Lapland Bunting
Corn Bunting
Black headed Bunting
Ortolan Bunting
Yellowhammer
Cirl Bunting
Reed Bunting
Rustic Bunting
Little Bunting
White throated Sparrow
Baltimore Oriole
Black and white Warbler
[Yellow billed Cuckoo picked up in Eastbourne a mile from recording boundary]
BEACHY HEAD BIRDER 