Cuckmere Haven and Seven Sisters
4 Spoonbills were seen in the Cuckmere valley yesterday so I decided to go and see if they were there today.
My mind was also on finding a Wheatear so I decided to look on the Seven Sisters - weather permitting, since the forecast was for rain later in the day.
- I had no luck with either of my target species.
Best of the rest included:-
- A single Greenshank, sheltering from the wind with the Redshanks.
- A lovely close view of a Peregrine as I walked along the Seven Sisters looking for Wheatears. It was on the ground, right on the edge of the cliff. I was able to get within 40 metres before it flew away in a westerly direction. On the return leg I found it on the next hilltop in almost identical conditions before it flew east, presumably back to it's original position.
- A pair of Stonechats on the eastern path leading back to the car park.
Today's species list:
| Black-headed Gull |
| Blackbird |
| Blue Tit |
| Carrion Crow |
| Chaffinch |
| Common Gull |
| Cormorant |
| Dunnock |
| Goldfinch |
| Great Black-backed Gull |
| Greater Canada Goose |
| Greenfinch |
| Greenshank |
| Grey Heron |
| Herring Gull |
| Jackdaw |
| Little Egret |
| Little Grebe |
| Magpie |
| Mallard |
| Meadow Pipit |
| Mute Swan |
| Oystercatcher |
| Peregrine |
| Redshank |
| Robin |
| Rook |
| Shelduck |
| Skylark |
| Song Thrush |
| Stonechat |
| Teal |
| Wigeon |
| Woodpigeon (34) |
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