Spoonbill at Rye Harbour

27th February 2008, Wednesday

A Spoonbill (below) was present on the new pits adjacent to Lime Kiln Cottage late afternoon. The bird flew in from the east at about 4.30pm and was still present at dusk among increasing numbers of Curlew and Lapwing (apologies for the poor quality of the image).
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Another shot, this time showing the ’spoon’