Rosy Patch

I started this morning at Botolphs Bridge Road, West Hythe finding BM and GC already on site hoping that the recent Marsh Warbler would still be singing, but no sign today.
Next stop a plod down to the The Patch. Scanning the terns on the beach a Roseate Tern stood out and a few metres further on another among c80Common Terns, c10 Sandwich Terns and a couple of Portlandica type, both Roseates were still present at 16.00hrs.Off shore a Black Tern dipping and a Little Tern. Photography was virtually impossible with the heat haze from the beach.

Roseate, Common and Portlandica Terns

2 Roseate Terns and Common Terns

 At the south end of the ARC 3 Ringed Plovers, 1 Little Ringed Plover and 1 Redshank. Numbers of duck have stated to increase with10 Shoveller, 15 Gadwall, 8 Pochard, 7 Tufted Duck. The Oystercatcher nest looks like it has been predated and no sign of any birds. In the ARC car park a Tree Sparrow posed on the information board and on the track to Hanson Hide Reed, Sedge and Cetti's Warblers, Little Grebe on one of the small pools, Cuckoo and Hobby over.