Rye Harbour Sightings

31st August 2008, Sunday

wheatear

A good range of birds on Flat Beach this morning included 120+ Ringed Plover, 20 Dunlin and four Golden Plover roosting near the road, four or five Wheatear (above), a couple of Yellow Wagtail and a Whinchat (at the corner of the Flat Beach fence). The last three species were also represented on Harbour Farm along with two Whimbrel, four Grey Partridge, two Little Egret and a Curlew, while three Pintail were present on Ternery Pool.