A spectacular movement of hirundines early morning moving into a brisk southerly wind. Brendan & Jack counted from the monument while Phil and Richard watched from Kingsdown Leas, and Nigel was on the undercliff. The numbers recorded were broadly the same with around 35,000 House Martins, 18,000 Swallows and a handful of Sand Martins. As the wind picked up the movement abruptly stopped around 8am.
The wind made watching the bushes quite difficult but warbler numbers seemed well down on previous days.
Watching the sea from the clifftop produced a close Balearic Shearwater and 12 Common Scoter
Brendan, Jack, Nigel, Richard and Phil
Balearic Shearwater
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