RXwildlife Sightings

Some of the shingle flowers are now looking their best, so I took some time this morning, when there was calm and overcast weather to get some more photos.

Sea Kale is just coming to the peak of flowering and the sweet scent was attracting many insects from Bumblebees to tiny flies.

Sea Pea has only just started to flower and the promised rain should help to produce a good show.

Sea Campion as quite scarce, probably due to Rabbit pressure, but there are some clumps in flower, but they are past their best.

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Highlighhts from the viewpoint at dawn 2 Hobby, 2 Water Rail, Bearded Tit, Cetti’s Warbler, Cuckoo and Garden Warbler in song. Back on the Beach Reserve a good selection of waders were again present 7 Knot, 3 Grey Plover, 5 Dunlin, Little Stint, 2 Black-tailed Godwit, 5 Whimbrel, 3 Avocet, Curlew and a Greenshank were on the Quarry and a notable flock of 16 Ringed Plover were in flight over Shore Ridges. Harbour Farm Pools produced 2 Common Sandpiper (pictured), Wood Sandpiper, Little Ringed Plover and 14 Avocet.

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