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.

Sandwich Tern @ Stewartby Lake

After twenty years of birding in Bedfordshire I finally connected with a Sandwich Tern found by mjgbirder at Stewartby Lake !