Male Lesser Emperor resting on the power station perimeter wall this morning courtesy of Owen
Half abhor looking at the sea this mornings a few Mediterranean Gulls a long way off shore, a couple of Gannets, a Sandwich Tern, a few Common Terns and some Harbour Porpoises, not much to get excited about. The beach was packed with fisherman hauling in many Mackerel, one chap pulled in 7 in one cast.
A quick look at the ARC saw the usual wild fowl including large numbers of eclipse Pochard, Gadwall and a Great White Egret.
A tatty Gem was about the only quality in the moth trap this morning
A Plumed Fan-foot a regular visitor my trap
The visitor centre car park this afternoon at 15.30 this afternoon. This image tells me there is something wrong withe reserve, that at 15.30 on a glorious holiday Sunday afternoon there are so few visitors. 100s of thousands of people drive past the entrance to the reserve each year to go to the beach where they can walk for free and get a meal. Now that Rye Harbour has opened its new centre where the public can get a meal, have a walk and yes see lots of birds, so no surprise that the RSPB car park is all but empty.
A single Ruff at Firth and 2 Common Sandpipers roosting on the Tern raft at Dennis's were the highlight of a complete circuit of the reserve this afternoon, pulses of Sand Martins were moving SW as is usual this time of year, c250 Lapwing were roosting on the shingle with c40 Oystercatchers, also a familiar sight this time of year. Burrowes was mainly silent though without the screech of dozens of Common Terns, some may have moved over to the ARC, but it is still a sad sight to see no nesting Terns on Burrowes when there used to be several 100s of pairs.
Marsh Frog in the ditch by Lydd FC
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