Seabird survival ?
24th June 2010, ThursdayThe 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
Most abundant are the brown and blotchy fledglings of Black-headed Gull.
Most Common Terns have now hatched, but some of the chicks are being taken by larger gulls and Kestrel.
Lesser Black-backed Gull taking its second and third Common Tern chick.