Rye Harbour Sightings
29th January 2008, TuesdayNow entering its sixth week, the Shore Lark is still present today on the Beach Reserve, feeding with Skylarks in its favourite spot near the Red-roofed Hut. Also on the Beach Reserve, high tide found a good range of waders on Flat Beach including 500+ Lapwing, 180 Dunlin and smaller numbers of Golden Plover, Grey Plover, Ringed Plover and Redshank. Offshore there were 150+ Common Scoter, 28 Red-throated Diver, 10-15 Auks and two Kittiwake, while on Long Pit the Long-tailed Duck and two Scaup were present late morning.
