Roseate Tern

Lade - cool, cloudy, W 3 - Fairly similar to yesterday bird-wise on the local patch with hundreds of Sand Martins, a trickle of Yellow Wagtails south and Willow Warblers in the scrub. In addition four Wheatears were new on the Desert and a party of six Swifts moved through.
Dungeness - At the fishing boats this morning a steady passage of Gannets, Common and Sandwich Terns was enlivened by a Little and six Black Terns, a Fulmar and two Arctic Skuas. Harbour Porpoise and Grey Seal also present. A scattering of Wheatears were noted around the lifeboat station.
  News from the bird reserve told of an adult Roseate Tern on Burrowes, which by the time I arrived had settled on one of the rafts amongst the terns. Through the VC window I had obscured views as it preened and briefly raised its wings. The American Black Tern was still present amongst a flock of Black Terns while at the point this morning a juvenile Red-backed Shrike was caught and ringed (DBO). The afternoon was a washout as gale force winds and a band of rain swept up from the south.