2003 SDFM = Southdown farm. NMR = Not my record back
Jan Black-headed gull numbers up to 1000 on the pig field.
22-1 Peregrine on Woodpigeon kill in Hotel field.
Feb Most gulls moved off only small groups of Lapwing on field.
24-2 3 Peregrines displaying over cliffs.
15-3 Snipe, Mallard and Canada geese on pond.
15-3 2 White wagtail with 8 Pied on Decca + 11 Stock dove.
20-3 Fall of Chiffchaff, approx 15 singing birds. Cirl buntings singing all over farm.
22-3 mWheatear.
28-3 2 Sandwich tern off shore.
31-3 Pair of Snipe still on ponds, c6 Wheatear on Decca.
3-4 First Swallow
17-4 Large numbers of Willow warbler, Whitethroat and House martin arrived.
23-4 Short-eared owl hunting in Decca.
2-5 Sedge warblers singing on farm
5-5 Yellow wagtail Soar Mill Cove
9-5 Whimbrel flew over going south
24-5 Turtle dove on a farm track
15-6 Now a pair of Turtle dove on the farm
24-6 m Hobby hunting over pig field and farm house
20-7 Black-headed gulls returning
21-7 Ringed plover calling over pig field
25-7 Yellow wagtail calling over pig field
29-8 After rain, 15 Ringed plover, c30 Wheatear, 8 Yellow wagtail and f Merlin.
19-9 juv Rose coloured starling in pig field.
21-9 flushed a Quail from stubble field
22-9 20+ Meadow pipit and 70+ Linnet in old pig field.
27-9 c200 Linnet on the farm, 100 in sunflower stubble.
1-10 Barn owl roosting on farm
4-10 c1000 Linnet using stubble fields,8 Grey plover flew over.
6-10 juv Hobby on the farm
16-10 2 Golden plover in Decca, mMerlin, c30 Stock dove on sunflower stubble, 1
House martin and 5 Lapwing
17-10 8 Ring ouzel, 2 Firecrest,2 Redwing and up to 10 Chiffchaff in willows
Oct Skylark numbers increasing, around 70-90 in Decca field.
15-11 Up to 300 Wood pigeon and Stock dove on sunflower stubble,
c200 Skylark also.
20-12 Black redstart in farm yard.