Tuesday 18-Friday 21 October 2011: A peregrine was seen roosting on Southwick Power Station chimney with two present on 19th.
Sunday 23 October 2011: 07.20-15.30 at Beachy Head and Crowlink, including a seawatch and an unsuccessful look for a Pallas’s Leaf Warbler at Holywell. Birds seen included 75 Gannets, 2 Common Scoter, Great Skua, 4 Arctic Skuas, 200 Kittiwakes, 80 auks, 24 Swallows, 2 House Martins, male Dartford Warbler (in Shooter’s Bottom), 2 Chiffchaffs, 4 Goldcrests, Treecreeper, 2 Ravens, 80+ Goldfinches, Siskin and 5 Crossbills. A late afternoon visit to the Adur while the tide was still low failed to produce any colour-ringed gulls amongst the 200+ Herring, 49 Greater Black-backed and 8 Lesser Black-backs on the sandbars.
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Looking south east from above Birling |
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Habitat management or an organised bustard flush? |
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almost as likely as some of the speices reportedly seen at Beachy recently! |
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very poor photo of a male Dartford Warbler in Shooter's Bottom |
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Stonechat at Birling |
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Lesser Black-backed Gull on the River Adur |
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