Cadborough Cliff, Rye
14th June 2008, SaturdayCommon whitethroats are nesting all along the Cadborough cliff, and a number of newly fledged birds are on the wing. Linnets and Chiffchaffs are also present in good numbers there. Walking into Gibbets marsh a Turtle dove was purring from the poplars where there is often a territory or two - but I have not seen the species further along the cliff today. Hobby falcons seen twice and adult Mediterranean gull overhead. A Cetti’s warbler nearby singing from near the Tillingham canal TQ915202 - a nesting species for Rye Town! The hoverfly Merodon equestris on the wing - a golden haired morph imitative of the carder bees. At Winchelsea a cleg fly (the horse fly Haematopota pluvialis, see here) - more widespread generally than the more local species photographed so well recently - thanks for that great picture Sam! Celery leaved buttercup in the ditch at Gibbets and Hedge woundwort now in flower at Winchelsea.
Andrew Grace by e-mail