Shooters Bottom

Early mornings at Shooters Bottom at the start of August finds the resident birds sharing the habitat with migrants, preparing to head south across the Channel.

The Migrants:

Willow Warbler

Lesser Whitethroat

Nightingale

The Residents:

Juvenile Green Woodpecker.

Juvenile Goldfinch

Peregrine

Stonechat

Common Blue

Early morning on the South Downs near Beachy Head, with the vegetation looking brown due to the long, hot summer.