Another visit to the patch this evening couldn't resist this Convolvulus hawk-moth
Two visits to the patch today, before and after the rain, the latter visit being more productive with good numbers of hirundine on the move, and good numbers of both Yellow Wagtail and Med Gull in the fields north of Climping Beach. The old camp produced 3 Redstart and Spot Fly feeding along the rife.
Redstart - 4
Spotted Flycatcher - 3
Lesser Whitethroat - 1
Yellow Wagtail - c.120
Blackcap - 4
Swift - 1
Reed Warbler - 2
Whitethroat - 10
Wheatear - 13
Willow Warbler - 5
Chiffchaff - 2
Buzzard - 1
Little Egret - 2
Grey Heron - 1
Sandwich Tern - 11w
Gannet - 2e
Med Gull - c.100
A Red Underwing found this morning before the rain(RP) and a Convolvulos Hawkmoth also found in the dunes. (RK)
Hello Bo, I am down for a week and was at the patch this
morning. Very quiet West Beach but lively at old Camp Site, Climping. Most
interesting was a roosting Barn Owl at the back of the Golf Course in a large
hawthorn. Totals were (RG)
Greenshank heard
Barn Owl 1Willow Warbler 6
Blackcap 8
Whitethroat 24
Lesser Whitethroat 2
Garden Warbler 1
Grasshopper Warbler 1
Tree Pipit 1
Yellow Wagtail 5+
Wheatear 4
Whinchat 2
Spotted Flycatcher 4