Little re-Terns
7th July 2010, Wednesday
After 2 years without nesting Little Terns at Rye Harbour, it is pleasing to report that 7 pairs are present this year and the chicks are growing well, so far (so we don’t have to change our logo just yet!) This has been achieved with a cunning combination of deploying decoys and sounds, which have enabled us to tempt them away from their strandline site and inside the permanent electrc fencing - here they are safer from Fox and Badger and from disturbance from beach users. So when watching Little Terns at Rye Harbour make sure you are looking at a real bird!
Chicks digiscoped from the road by Mick Davis.