Seaford Head & Cuckmere Haven 24/3/15

The combination of rain and a light northerly wind dropped a good number of Chiffchaffs on the headland, with some even seen flying in off the sea. Other than this just a handful of other species seen. Most of the headland was covered including the golf course.

A walk down the Cuckmere this afternoon was painful. Very little evidence of any new arrivals, with just the Greenshank lingering, this time on the scrape. Totals are: 

Seaford Head

Chiffchaff - 41

Siskin - 1 N

Blackcap - 1 male (first of the spring)

Wheatear - 1

Black Redstart - 1 fem

Meadow Pipit - 50 N

Fieldfare - 1

White-fronted Goose - 1 still on west side of Cuckmere. 

Cuckmere Haven

Scandinavian Rock Pipit - 3

Greenshank - 1

 the bottom of Hope Gap

Harry's Bush looking very bleak 

Greenshank on the scrape - been present for around six months now