Sunday, September 1, 2019

1st September 2019 - Beachy Head, Newhaven Tide Mills and Swanborough Hill

Far quieter at Beachy Head today than the previous weekend but I managed to glimpse the Wryneck in Shooters Bottom which was found earlier in the week by John and Doreen Cooper. Also in Shooters Bottom were a Grasshopper Warbler, a Whinchat, 20 each of Whitethroat, Blackcap and Willow Warbler and singles of Sedge Warbler and Lesser Whitethroat.

With Beachy Head not really producing the goods which decided to have a look at Newhaven Tide Mills here we found two Lesser Whitethroats, two Whinchats and a Sedge Warbler.

Afterwards, we decided to walk up onto the downs onto Swanborough Hill to look for the Montagu's Harrier which had been video recorded earlier in the week. Despite a lengthy walk around the area the best we could come up with were 15 or so Buzzards,  three Ravens and four Wheatears.

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