… for the Rye Harbour list today. Feeding on Hogweed this White Admiral was an addition to the area’s species list. As a woodland species it must have been lost, being more than 300 metres from the nearest tree and a kilometre to the nearest small wood. It looked rather exotic on its long rounded wings gliding from flower to flower.
Avian highlight at dawn was finding a Stone Curlew walking around the patch of bare shingle at the southern end of Castle Water. The bird showed well briefly before it realised it was not alone, it took flight to the nearby fields and was soon lost from view, a short time after from the hide 7 Common Sandpiper, 3 Green Sandpiper, Greenshank, 400 Lapwing and a Turtle Dove. Family groups of Bearded Tits are easier to see now and provided lots of good views from the reedy margins at the northern end of the main pit and infront of the viewpoint, at least 20 birds were counted from the two sites.
