Rye Harbour NR -29/04/09

After leaving 'Dunge' a short journey to Rye Harbour NR and the chance of Little Tern. There were at least five birds, but they were high in the sky. Two other tern species breed here on this well managed nature reserve - Common Tern and Sandwich Tern.



This pair were much easier to photograph :-)







The smart Mediterranean Gull thrive on the reserve.



Unexpectedly, a Kittiwake flew low overhead in to the sun.



Migrant waders were thin on the ground, this Bar-tailed Godwit tried to find a spot to land.



Northern Wheatear breed here too.

Lesvos Part 5 of 7, 15th May, 2006

There was always something on this small 'flash' behind the salt pans. The water was, however, rapidly diminishing as the week progressed. This morning a Spur-winged Plover posed for the camera.



En-route to the Achladeri picnic site a Great-white Egret was following the coast line North.



The Kruper's Nuthatch proved too difficult to photograph at the Achladeri picnic site. Photography was somewhat hampered as the army were on manouvres in the area - I didn't fancy spending a day in the cells accused of 'spying' ! This Masked Shrike was only slightly more obliging.



A Serin 'jangled' from the tree-tops on and off, but never gave easy views through the branches.



A Whinchat posed along a stretch of coastal track. Near Skala Vasilikon, we stopped for lunch at a remote beach cafe. As we left, a greasy obese Greek diner told us, in stilted English, to 'go back home' !



A Yellow-legged Gull tracking the coast.



Back at the salt pans, a Common Tern fishes in the main channel.



A Black-winged Stilt had nested on a small island in the main channel resulting in three chicks.