Seaford Head 26/8/17

A pleasant morning with Richard and John, but despite plenty of variety today, numbers of most species were exceptionally low after what was obviously a major clear out of migrants. The only notable presence was that of the Blackcaps that were moving around in one flock. Once again Hirundines were moving in good numbers with a couple more Swift thrown in.

With Laurence having seen a couple of HBs over at Beachy my neck is now slightly hurting with no reward.

This afternoon a longish bike ride out the back of Saltdean etc produced 27 Wheatears (incl. a flock of 18), numerous Yellow Wagtails and 3 Whinchat. Another good day though with still another 7 days off ahead of me.

Totals for Seaford Head are:

Wheatear - 6
Chiffchaff - 6
Yellow Wagtail - 50
Blackcap - ca. 80
Willow Warbler - 16
Green Sandpiper - 2 west
Reed Warbler - 5
Whitethroat - 12
Goldcrest - 2
Lesser Whitethroat - 4
Golden Plover - 1 heard only
Garden Warbler - 1
Snipe - 1 west
Whinchat - 1
Swift - 4
Spotted Flycatcher - 3
Redstart - 1

 sunrise on Seaford Head, although it soon clouded over adding to the difficulty of finding anything today.

 the left hand corner of this field held 18 Wheatears