Belle Tout at sunset

Sunset at Beachy Head

My 8 month old dog, Bracken, is the reason I was out to see the sunset.

Birling Gap residents

 House Sparrow

 Pied Wagtail, adult and juvenile

Stonechat, juvenile above and adult male

 Juvenile Corn Bunting

Horsehoe Plantation

Autumn Migrants

 Sedge Warbler

Black Redstart

Raptors over Hill Road

At hot day spent under shade in my back garden, hoping for a Honey Buzzard. No luck, but four species of raptor and a pair of Ravens did pass over.

Goshawk. Bullet shaped body, rounded tail and prominent white 'thighs' and the fact that it dwarfed the mobbing Jackdaws all add confidence to this id.

Sparrowhawk. Much smaller with narrower body

Common Buzzard

Kestrel

Hardhead Thistles

At Beachy Head. the wild flowers this year have been astonishing

Wasps collecting wood pulp

These wasps must still have an active nest, despite the lateness of the year

Juvenile Stonechat

At Beachy Head

Pied Flycatchers

In the garden of the Beachy Head pub

Common Blues

On the Downs above Hill Road

Speckled Wood

In the woods above Hill Road

Whinchats and Wheatears

At the top of Eldon Bottom, on the Downs just above Hill Road, I found a group of Whinchat and Wheatear. Same time and place as last year.

Wheatear (top) and Whinchat (bottom)

Wheatear

Whinchat

Willow Warbler

Juvenile Robin

This juvenile appears to be nearly in adult plumage.

Autumnal Sky

Seed heads on a noticibly cooler evening, at Warren Hill, Beachy Head. 

Painted Lady - again

I can't resist photographing theses butterflies, and seem to have become obsessed with the patterns on the underwing.

Pannel Valley

 Greenshank

Spotted Redshank

Lapwing

Adult and juvenile Little Ringed Plover

Garden Tiger

At East Dean