I was out at 05:30 yesterday morning where I spent some time walking from Bishopstone up to the pier and back, checking the bushes as best I could along the Downs as I passed by both ways. Birds noted included 4 Shelduck, 2 Mallard, 2 Pheasant, 30 Woodpigeon, 1 Collared Dove, 38 Redshank, 7 Turnstone, 13 Black headed Gull, 17 Mediterranean Gull west, 1 Great Black backed Gull, 2 Lesser Black backed Gull, 2 Sandwich Tern (103) were flying between buoys offshore, 8 Great crested Grebe, 16 Cormorant, 2 Little Egret and 1 Green Woodpecker. There were 4 Jackdaw, 5 Blue Tit, 5 Great Tit, 1 Skylark, 110 Sand Martin, 10 Swallow, 5 Chiffchaff, 5 Cetti's Warbler, 6 Blackcap, 8 Whitethroat, 1 Firecrest, 10 Starling, 1 Song Thrush, 2 Meadow Pipit, 3 Chaffinch, 1 Greenfinch (104), a scarce bird seemingly in the area despite them breeding 800m away, 16 Linnet and 11 Goldfinch. Nocmig recording Monday night only produced 1 Oystercatcher.
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