21st April 2019

Not a lot of visible migration today apart from a few birds moving NE, most notable were four Whimbrel, 11 Blackbirds, 14 Carrion Crows, three Yellow Wagtails and a Serin.  Apart from that there was a trickle of the usual Swallows, Chaffinches and Linnets.
Elsewhere in the area were 12 Whitethroats, eight Lesser Whitethroats and a 'continental' Coal Tit.
As we left, at around 12:00, a Red Kite flew NE.

Richard, Gerald, Nigel, Simon, Paul Holt, Jack 

20th April 2019

A moderate N wind kept things quite cool early on. Chaffinches were moving NE and Jack and I had 442 between 06.30 and 09.00 with 10 Siskins and a couple of Bramblings, Around the area there were eight Lesser Whitethroats, 10 Whitethroats, a Willow Warbler, 20 Swallows, three House Martins and a Sand Martin.

Just before Midday, Tony picked up four Red Kites over The Rough which came towards me in Kingsdown and drifted out over the coast.

19th April 2019

With the wind from a NE direction we decided to stand at the cliff-top and watch the visible migration. However before that Richard had seen three Cattle Egrets fly S at 06:40 (a new bird for Bockhill) also he and Nigel had two Whitethroats, a Lesser Whitethroat, a Sand Martin, a Fieldfare and a Chiffchaff in the Paddock. From 07:30 - 10:00 on the cliff-top we had 17 Lesser Black-Backed Gulls, 13 Swallows, three House Martins, a Yellow Wagtail, a Ring Ouzel,129 Chaffinches, 10 Goldfinches and 35 Linnets moving NE. Apart from that a Marsh Harrier and three Goosanders flew S and a Wheatear came in and landed on the Bluebird Café.

Richard, Nigel, Jack

Marsh Harrier, Wheatear, Whitethroat - Nigel

13 April 2019

A cold N/NE wind hindered much bird-finding.

Single Chiffchaff, Blackcap, Swallow and Wheatear were the only migrants. The Ravens were harassing the gulls. Nearer the ground we found a Tawny Mining Bee.

Nigel, Jack, Brendan, Richard

Wheatear - Nigel

Tawny Mining Bee - Nigel

6th April 2019

From 08:00 - 10:00 Nigel and I had a seawatch in the Bay and, although visibility was not very good, we saw four Red-throated Divers, 22 Gannets, four Brent Geese, two Shovelers, 14 Common Scoters, two Whimbrel, one Great Skua, eight Common Gulls, 12 Black-Headed Gulls, one Little Gull, 77 Sandwich Terns and four Common Terns.

Nigel,Jack