Gull-billed Tern

Lade - warm, dry and sunny, e2 - Another belter of a day down here on the coast, although the midday heat was tempered somewhat by a pleasant sea breeze. We were out early for our daily circuit of the local patch, and by 7am plenty of butterflies were already on the wing. The only birds of note were two Marsh Harriers working the reedbeds and a Hobby over the Desert.
  Early this evening we attempted to check the bay on a falling tide for waders, but it was a lost cause as kite surfers and day-trippers were still everywhere, enjoying the wind and sun respectively.
  Local news today concerned a Gull-billed Tern and Black-winged Stilt on ARC and a Honey Buzzard over the point.

                               Gull-billed Tern, ARC

   Late on Monday evening a Gull-billed Tern was located at the southern end of ARC from the causeway road that separates the lake from New Diggings. Early on Tuesday morning it was re-found elsewhere on the bird reserve (which remains closed) from a public footpath and seen to fly strongly away over the power station and disappear.
  However, on Tuesday mid-afternoon it reappeared back on the ARC patrolling the southern end where viewing is, to say the least, somewhere between dodgy and outright dangerous, particularly when the power station is chucking out; while the speed at which some vehicles cross the causeway road is scary. Parking on the road is inadvisable and you will be moved on by the power station police. The tern was seen again today, off and on, flying between ARC and the reserve.
  Should anyone feel the urge to twitch it please note that the ARC car park remains closed, making the nearest safe parking area on the verge at the north end of Long Pits, east of the entrance to the power station.

                               Gull-billed Tern (by David Scott)