When the Herring Gulls make an absolute racket, you can be pretty certain there is raptor flying through their airspace. Having missed out on a couple of Ospreys, I wasn't going to ignore the din from outside. And sure enough, not an Osprey, but a Red Kite slowly making its way north-east towards "The Grove".
A Red Kite making its way.............
..............north-east up the island. My first this year.
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Ferrybridge Sandflats
Also here were at least 30 Sandwich Terns, which after having a "brush up" flew off down the Fleet leaving just 18 on the sandflats.
A third species of tern was also here, with 2 Common Terns making their way east towards Lodmoor no doubt
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
Plants:
A third species of tern was also here, with 2 Common Terns making their way east towards Lodmoor no doubt
Birds Recorded:
Cormorant
1 Little Egret
Oystercatcher
1 Bar-tailed Godwit
2 Whimbrel
Black-headed Gull
Mediterranean Gull
Herring Gull
Great Black-backed Gull
2 Little Tern
2 Common Tern
30+ Sandwich Tern
Pied Wagtail
Carrion Crow
Starling
House Sparrow
Linnet
In the centre a Little Egret, to the left a Herring Gull and on the right a Carrion Crow
A trio of Oystercatchers coming into land.
This Oystercatcher has a Razor Clam (If you're a sea angler, they used to be called Razor-fish)
Here it is washing the clam
A lone Bar-tailed Godwit
A "pair!" of Whimbrel
And my attempt to show a series of images, of one of the Whimbrel coming into land.
A pair of...............
.......................Little Terns
And a Common Tern
Several Sandwich Terns having a "brush up".
Two Sandwich Terns say on a buoy.
Plants:
Thrift (Armeria maritima)
Thrift or Sea Pink as it's also known by.
General Shots:
The Fleet at low water.