RXwildlife Sightings

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The usual ups and downs for Rye Harbour’s nesting seabirds. Most of the smaller gulls and Sandwich Terns are now fledging and dispersing, so now is a good time to see a range of behaviour close up, right in front of the hides - lots of photo opportunities.

Sandwich Tern with its fledgling
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At Castle Water hide a fine selection of hoverflies could be found amongst the grass and bramble scrub near the bench, highlights included Xanthogramma pedissequum, Chrysotoxum bicinctum, Volucella bombylans and Helophilus trivittatus. Avian highlights were 3 Little Ringed Plover, 2 Green Sandpiper and 3 Marsh Harrier.

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