Warm, dry and sunny, W3 - The undoubted rarity highlight over the weekend was the discovery by Owen L of a Caspian Tern on the sands from the Tavern viewpoint on Friday evening. Unfortunately I couldn`t get to site but spent a fair bit of Saturday searching the bay area and Lade lakes without success; CT`s rarely tarry for long down here. However, I did see 30 Sandwich Terns and 10 Mediterranean Gulls amongst the usual range of gulls and waders, plus a steady stream of south-bound Swifts in the afternoon. Visits to the bird reserve and Dungeness since my last post have yielded little change, likewise the farmland around New Romney; although it was good to see three juvenile Dabchicks and an adult on the balancing pond down Church Lane this morning. The garden moth trap continues to deliver plenty of mainly common species including 15 Elephant Hawk-moths yesterday.
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