A Grey Phalarope visited the Patch briefly and the first two Sandwich Terns of the year arrived. There were also a first-winter Caspian Gull and three adult Mediterranean Gulls at the Patch and an Arctic Skua also flew east. Quiet on the land except for a trickle of Chaffinches passing through.
Dave Walker from DBO website
One of the few smaller fungi in our local woods and gardens with fruit bodies at present is the peeling oysterling Crepidotus mollis. Each cap is about 1cm across, much like small oyster mushrooms. These were growing on a fallen branch in Killingan Wood,Sedlescombe.
We have a very active and hungry song thrush in our garden who has been battering our resident snails on stones. Two species are favoured, the white-lipped snail Cepaea hortensis and the brown-lipped snail C. nemoralis. With luck some of the larger shells may be used as nests by solitary bees later in the summer.
At Glyne Gap this morning there were 2 snow bunting, 3 purple sandpiper and a black redstart on the beach and 2 sandwich tern offshore. Also offshore were 4 slavonian grebes and a velvet scoter.
More info at wildhastings.
A pair of s/p Med Gulls looking splendid in the sunshine this morning on the roost field at the E end of the marsh, along with BH & Common Gulls and Curlews.